Elle vs Oldboy
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.7/10 for Elle). Oldboy is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 11m. Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Elle
Oldboy| Elle | Oldboy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 11m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paul Verhoeven | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Laurent Lafitte, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Arthur Mazet | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su |
Synopsis
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.
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.