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  • Sarandon and Besson land Stockholm film festival honours - 22 October 2009
    -Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon and French filmmaker Luc Besson are due to accept high honours at the Stockholm Film Festival in Sweden next month (Nov09).- -Sarandon, 63, will receive the lifetime achievement award at the event - with organisers celebrating the s


  • WIN! Luc Besson classics on Blu-ray - 17 September 2009
    - -To celebrate the Blu-ray release of Luc Besson cinema classics, available to buy now, we’ve got 5 sets of his greatest films to giveaway. This cool prize includes Atlantis, The Big Blue, Léon, The Last Battle, Nikita, Subway, and Angel-A.- -Born in Pa


  • Besson to produce 'wiseguy' flick - 23 June 2006
    Controversial French director Luc Besson looks set to adapt Tonino Benacquista's mafia novel Malavita, not to be confused with the 1951 Italian film of the same name. - -Besson, who found fame in the early 1990s with assassin films Nikita and the exceptional Leon, w

Luc Besson - what members say


  • Leon
  • Leon review by A customer from Brixton
    Rated - 5 stars Brilliant 15 September 2003
    ...s, and a clinically effective hitman, performing jobs with a lethal detachment. Luc Besson handles the mix between action and burgeoning relationship with great skill, an...  
  • The Big Blue
  • The Big Blue review by from UK
    Rated - 5 stars Refreshing cinema 10 July 2004
    ...Luc Besson is fast becoming a movie director who can compete with the like of Ridley scott, and James Cameron, this is one of his much earlier films and it's is extremely...  
  • Joan Of Arc - The Messenger
  • Joan Of Arc - The Messenger review by from Wigan, England
    Rated - 2 stars A film of two halves 19 December 2004
    ...g set of dialogues with Dustin Hoffman dressed as the Grim Reaper minus scythe. Luc Besson does action better than introspection. And if you were wondering about one ...  

Luc Besson - filmography


  • Angel-A - BLU-RAY Version (2005)
    Starring: Serge Riaboukine,  Jamel Debbouze,  Gilbert Melki
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    ANGEL-A follows self-described liar and shady businessman Andre (Jamel Debbouze), who is down on his luck and owes Parisian gangsters money. In a desperate and weak state, Andre finds himself on the edge of one of the City of Light's majestic bridges, ready to plunge into the river below. After one ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 96 members
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  • Angel-A on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Serge Riaboukine,  Jamel Debbouze,  Gilbert Melki
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    ANGEL-A follows self-described liar and shady businessman Andre (Jamel Debbouze), who is down on his luck and owes Parisian gangsters money. In a desperate and weak state, Andre finds himself on the edge of one of the City of Light's majestic bridges, ready to plunge into the river below. After one ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,113 members
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  • Leon - BLU-RAY Version (1994)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Natalie Portman,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    French director Luc Besson tackles his first American movie in this unusual tale of Leon (Jean Reno), a stoic assassin who develops a reluctant relationship with an orphaned 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman, in an excellent debut performance). When a corrupt DEA official (Gary Oldman) murders the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 584 members
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  • Leon (1994)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Jean Reno,  Natalie Portman
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 81% from 77,139 members
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  • Atlantis on DVD (1993)
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    French director Luc Besson (LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, LA FEMME NIKITA) spent 3 years diving all over the globe, movie camera in tow, to capture the natural, awe-inspiring ballet of undersea life. Set to an ever-changing soundtrack, fish, sharks, sea snakes, whales, dolphins, and more are beautifully ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 515 members
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  • Atlantis - BLU-RAY Version (1993)
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    French director Luc Besson (LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL, LA FEMME NIKITA) spent 3 years diving all over the globe, movie camera in tow, to capture the natural, awe-inspiring ballet of undersea life. Set to an ever-changing soundtrack, fish, sharks, sea snakes, whales, dolphins, and more are beautifully ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 32 members
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  • Nikita on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Anne Parillaud,  Jean-Hugues Anglade,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A beautiful junkie condemned to death for the murder of a policeman is given a chance to live - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely existence is warmed when she falls in love with a gentle, humorous man who knows nothing of her bizarre and mysterious life. Remade ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 13,880 members
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  • Nikita - BLU-RAY Version (1990)
    Starring: Anne Parillaud,  Jean-Hugues Anglade,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A beautiful junkie condemned to death for the murder of a policeman is given a chance to live - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely existence is warmed when she falls in love with a gentle, humorous man who knows nothing of her bizarre and mysterious life. Remade ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 178 members
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  • Big Blue, The - BLU-RAY Version (1988)
    Starring: Rosanna Arquette,  Jean-Marc Barr,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are considered masters of free-diving and have made a career out of this one-of-a-kind competition. Jacques feels an unusual bond with the sea and Enzo is in it for the sheer danger involved. A new dimension of ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 82 members
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  • The Big Blue on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Rosanna Arquette,  Jean-Marc Barr,  Jean Reno
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,876 members
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  • Subway on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Christopher Lambert,  Isabelle Adjani,  Richard Bohringer
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An early work from director Luc Besson, Subway is a dark and highly stylised picture which concerns an enigmatic safecracker (Christopher Lambert) hiding out in the Paris Metro system. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colourful ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,840 members
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  • Le Dernier Combat - BLU-RAY Version (1983)
    Starring: Jean Bouise,  Pierre Jolivet
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Luc Besson's (THE FIFTH ELEMENT, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL) first feature tells the tale of a bleak post-nuclear war world where survival is a day-to-day struggle. One man (known only as The Man) struggles to build an airplane so that he can fly about in search of a mate. His goal is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 23 members
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  • Le Dernier Combat on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Jean Bouise,  Pierre Jolivet
    Director: Luc Besson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Luc Besson's (THE FIFTH ELEMENT, LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL) first feature tells the tale of a bleak post-nuclear war world where survival is a day-to-day struggle. One man (known only as The Man) struggles to build an airplane so that he can fly about in search of a mate. His goal is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 616 members
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Luc Besson facts

5 most recent films

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard - 4.5 stars
Arthur And The Invisibles - 3.5 stars
Angel-A - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Angel-A - 3.5 stars
Joan Of Arc - The Messenger - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Leon - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Leon - 4.0 stars
Fifth Element, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Big Blue, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Nikita - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Atlantis - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Le Dernier Combat - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Subway - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard - 4.5 stars
Atlantis - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jean Reno - 8 times - show films
Jean Bouise - 6 times - show films
Milla Jovovich - 4 times - show films
Gary Oldman - 4 times - show films
Jean-Hugues Anglade - 4 times - show films