Blackmail vs Elle
Blackmail has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Elle). Blackmail is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 11m. Elle is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blackmail
Elle| Blackmail | Elle | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mu. Maran | Paul Verhoeven |
| Main cast | Redin Kingsley, Ramesh Thilak, Muthukumar, Srikanth, Teju Ashwini | Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Arthur Mazet |
Synopsis
Blackmail
Trapped in escalating blackmail, Mani faces mounting danger as crime, passion, and greed intertwine, exposing hidden truths and changing allegiances throughout his ordeal.
Elle
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.