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Luc Besson

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
Le Dernier CombatLe Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) (1983) Recommended
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno
The director's impressive debut (at the age of 24) is a post–apocalyptic fable, strikingly filmed in black and white with almost no…
Ultimate Luc Besson BoxsetUltimate Luc Besson Boxset (Le Dernier Combat, Subway, The Big Blue, Nikita, Atlantis, The Professional, The Fifth Element) (1983-1997)
Dir. Luc Besson
A seven–film boxset of Luc Besson's most memorable blockbusters.
SubwaySubway (1985)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani
Fast paced action thriller set in the Paris underground. A cool rebel–hero (Christopher Lambert) teams up with Isabelle Adjani in stylish…
Big Blue, TheBig Blue, The (1988) Aro Favourite
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno
Visually, aurally (and literally) breathtaking tale of two rival free–fall divers, an American journalist, and the glorious Mediterranean.…
NikitaNikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990) Aro Favourite
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo
A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…
AtlantisAtlantis (1992)
Dir. Luc Besson
Luc Besson takes his camera on an exclusive underwater journey through the world's marine life with regular composer Eric Serra on board to further…
Leon The Professional, TheLeon The Professional, The (Professional, The) (1994)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman
The director of NIKITA revamps his French hit with American money and the English language. An Italian hitman in New York reluctantly adopts a…
Fifth Element, TheFifth Element, The (1997)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Whether you think it's a gorgeous sci–fi masterpiece or narcissistic fluff, French director Luc 'Nikita' Besson's multi–million dollar…
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc (The Messenger) (1999)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Milla Jovovich, Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich
The French heroine gets the big–budget splurge with a religiously inspired Milla Jovovich leading the French peasantry against the Brits, only…
Angel-AAngel-A (2005)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen
This sleek, stylized departure for dir. Luc Besson dabbles in an unlikely romance between a statuesque blonde (Rassmusen), and a nebbish, diminutive…
Arthur and the InvisiblesArthur and the Invisibles (Arthur et les Minimoys) (2006)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Jimmy Fallon
Blending animation and live–action, Luc Besson directs the tale of ‘Arthur and The Minimoys’ (translated to ‘Invisibles’ for English…
Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, TheExtraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, The (Adèle Blanc-Sec) (2010)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche
Luc Besson helms this outlandish female–scented romp, centred on the tomb raiding escapades of a writer (a fetching Louise Bourgoin) whose…
Lady, TheLady, The (2011)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Benedict Wong
Luc Besson directs this stirring biopic of Burmese pro–democracy activist turned political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.
Family, TheFamily, The (2013)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron
In this stylised black comedy, De Niro sends himself up (yet again) as the patriarch of a mafia family shipped off to France under witness…
LucyLucy (2014)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi
A woman's full mental capacity is unlocked when she inadvertently digests a powerful synthetic drug in this outrageous action film from dir. Luc…
Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) Recommended
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke
Expensive and extravagant space opera set in the 28th Century, where a team of special operatives investigate a dark force that threatens peace in…
Anna Anna (2019)
Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans
A beautiful Russian woman goes undercover for the KGB in this slick spy thriller that ticks all the boxes for Luc Besson fans.

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