|
|
Luc Besson
News |
What members say |
Filmography
Luc Besson - news / articles
-
-
Besson's The Lady to open Rome Film Festival -
26 August 2011
-Revered moviemaker Luc Besson's new film The Lady has been selected to open the Rome Film Festival in Italy in October (11).-The movie - a biopic of Burmese human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi - will feature Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis.- Aung San Suu Kyi wa
-
-
Director Besson to be honoured at film festival -
5 April 2011
-Director Luc Besson will be honoured for his special effects work at the Future Film Festival in Bologna, Italy later this month (Apr11).-Besson, who directed The Fifth Element and The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, will be recognised for using cuttin
Luc Besson - what members say
review by A customer from Brixton
Brilliant 15 September 2003
review by from UK
Refreshing cinema 10 July 2004
review by from Wigan, England
A film of two halves 19 December 2004
Luc Besson - filmography
-
-
The Lady
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh, William Hope
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures ..read more »
 
74%
from 453 members
-
-
The Lady - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: David Thewlis, Michelle Yeoh, William Hope
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures ..read more »
76%
from 179 members
-
-
Arthur and the Two Worlds War
(2010)
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Selena Gomez, Jimmy Fallon
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state where he's unable to fend him off. With the help of ..read more »
74%
from 20 members
Currently unavailable
-
-
Arthur And The Great Adventure
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Selena Gomez, will.i.am, Jimmy Fallon
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
Visionary French filmmaker Luc Besson (THE BIG BLUE) continues the tale that began in ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES with this tale of a young boy who embarks on a wondrous journey into a magical land of microscopic creatures. Freddie Highmore (FINDING NEVERLAND) and Mia Farrow (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS) ..read more »
67%
from 2,720 members
-
-
Arthur and the Invisibles
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Madonna
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmony with nature.
69%
from 21,712 members
-
-
Angel-A
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Serge Riaboukine, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
68%
from 7,943 members
-
-
Angel-A - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Serge Riaboukine, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »
68%
from 925 members
-
-
The Fifth Element
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the site of an event that transpired centuries earlier. Aliens, it seemed, arrived to collect four stones ..read more »
73%
from 44,076 members
-
-
The Fifth Element - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
A visual feast combining ancient mysticism, cyberpunk sensibilities, flamboyant entertainment personalities, and gun-toting alien mercenaries. In the 23rd century, Korben Dallas, an ex-special forces agent who now practices as a down-and-out cabbie, finds himself caught in a struggle to defy a ..read more »
80%
from 1,838 member
Not available for rental
-
-
Leon - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
88%
from 5,145 members
-
-
Leon
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
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...
81%
from 92,039 members
-
-
Atlantis - Blu-ray
(1993)
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
50%
from 219 members
-
-
Atlantis
on DVD
(1993)
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate: 
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 »
56%
from 582 members
-
-
Nikita
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
The serpentine plotline of Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita begins its 117-minute slither when punkish, psychotic, and drug-ridden Nikita (Anne Parillaud) fires her gun into a cop's face following the stick-up of a drug store, and is promptly imprisoned. She is thrown into a dank cell, then injected ..read more »
69%
from 17,054 members
-
-
Nikita - Blu-ray
(1990)
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
70%
from 1,327 member
-
-
The Big Blue
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Paul Shenar, Kimberly Beck, Griffin Dunne
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
68%
from 5,914 members
-
-
The Big Blue - Blu-ray
(1988)
Starring: Paul Shenar, Kimberly Beck, Griffin Dunne
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
70%
from 531 members
-
-
Subway - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Adjani
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
This strange combination of comedy, violence, fantasy, and suspense tells the story of Fred (Christopher Lamber), a safe cracker who is hiding in the dark tunnels of the Paris subway system after stealing documents from a shady businessman. There he meets a subterranean society of strange ..read more »
62%
from 334 members
-
-
Subway
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Adjani
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
Coming in on the heels of his internationally acclaimed first film, Le Dernier Combat, 26-year-old director Luc Besson created this tongue-in-cheek look at filmmaking and at the denizens in the tunnels of the Paris Metro -- a new kind of underground movie. Fred (Christopher Lambert) has just stolen ..read more »
59%
from 3,303 members
-
-
Le Dernier Combat - Blu-ray
(1983)
Starring: Jean Bouise, Pierre Jolivet
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
58%
from 182 members
-
-
Le Dernier Combat
(1983)
Starring: Jean Bouise, Pierre Jolivet
Director: Luc Besson
Certificate:
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 »
58%
from 794 members
Not currently released
|
Luc Besson facts
|
...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...
