Elle

Elle (2016) is a French psychological drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Paul Verhoeven cast Isabelle Huppert as Michèle, the head of a Paris video-game company — a performance that won her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination.

A masked intruder attacks Michèle in her home. She does not call the police. She cleans up, goes to the office, has dinner with her ex-husband, and starts quietly figuring out who did it. The supporting cast includes Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, and Virginie Efira. Verhoeven adapted the screenplay from Philippe Djian's novel "Oh," shooting across France, Belgium, and Germany.

The film competed at Cannes 2016 and won the César Award for Best Film. What makes it genuinely unsettling is not the attack itself but Michèle's refusal to behave like anyone expects her to — not as a victim, not as an avenger, not as anything easily categorised. Watch Elle (2016) online on iFILM.