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10 Best Movies Like Elle

If you loved Elle, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Last Woman

The Last Woman

1976★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Psychological drama of the compelling relationship between a young French engineer and the girl he takes into his home after his wife has left him with their baby son....

#2
Death Race 2

Death Race 2

2010★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elle for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas di...

#3
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elle for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer ...

#4
Irreversible

Irreversible

2002★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elle for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Becaus...

#5
Julien Donkey-Boy

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severe...

#6
Extremities

Extremities

1986★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Elle for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the ...

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