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Luc Besson

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer
March 18, 1959 (65 years old)
Fr. 2022. Drama by Luc Besson with Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs. Dogman tells the story of a wounded child who heals his wounds through his love for dogs.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2022. Thriller by Barthélémy Grossmann with Mathieu Berger, Thalia Besson, Yann Mendy. A fan of the Arthur and the Minimoys saga goes to the abandoned house where the film was shot, unaware that he's about to fall into a trap.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 2019. Thriller by Luc Besson with Sasha Luss, Luke Evans, Helen Mirren. In exchange for her freedom, a supermodel forcibly conscripted by the KGB agrees to carry out a dangerous contract for the CIA.
Runtime: 119 min.
Fr. 2018. Police comedy by Franck Gastambide with Franck Gastambide, Malik Bentalha, Salvatore Esposito. Transferred against his will to Marseille, a Parisian cop hunts down a gang of burglars with the help of a modified cab belonging to a getaway driver who once collaborated with the local police.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 2017. Science-fiction by Luc Besson with Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke. In the 28th century, two space-time agents are charged with recovering a precious transmitter and delivering it to an orbital station housing 17 million people.
Runtime: 137 min.
Fr. 2016. Adventures by Matthias Hoene with Uriah Shelton, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista. A teenager is magically transported to China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior. (Source: IMDb)
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 2016. Thriller by Steven Quale with Sullivan Stapleton, Charlie Bewley, Sylvia Hoeks. During the war in the former Yugoslavia, American soldierssearch for a Nazi treasure, buried at the bottom of a lake in enemy territory.
U.S. 2014. Thriller by McG with Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld. For his last mission, a secret service agent must neutralize the most wanted terrorist on the planet, while looking after his teenage daughter.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 2014. Crime drama by Camille Delamarre with Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA. In 2018 Detroit, a police officer is forced to team up with a bad guy to track down an arms dealer in a bad neighborhood who has stolen a neutron bomb.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2014. Thriller by Luc Besson with Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Amr Waked. A college student discovers she has superhuman powers after a packet of synthetic drugs that had been inserted into her belly by drug dealers bursts.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2014. Crime drama by Olivier Megaton with Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace. Wrongly accused of murdering his ex-wife, a former CIA agent foils the LAPD to find the real killers and protect his daughter.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 2013. Police comedy by Luc Besson with Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron. Participating in the witness protection program, a Mafia boss from New York moves with his family to a small village in Normandy.
Runtime: 112 min.

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

V.O.: Jack et la mécanique du coeur
Fr. 2013. Animation by Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla. Although love is forbidden to him, a young Scottish person, whose heart was frozen at birth and replaced by a clock, goes to Spain in search of the singer he has fallen in love with.
Runtime: 94 min.

Almost Charming

V.O.: Un Prince presque charmant
Fr. 2012. Sentimental comedy by Philippe Lellouche with Vincent Pérez, Vahina Giocante, Jacques Weber. While driving to the South of France, the cynical boss of a large Parisian company picks up a young worker whose company he has just relocated to Bulgaria.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 2012. Thriller by James Mather, Stephen St. Leger with Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare. In 2079, a secret agent unjustly accused of murder goes to save the daughter of the President of the United States who is being held hostage by mutinous inmates in a space penitentiary.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2012. Thriller by Olivier Megaton with Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. In Istanbul, a former CIA agent is kidnapped by Albanian criminals who want to avenge their relatives who were killed by him a few years earlier.
Runtime: 92 min.
U.S. 2011. Thriller by Olivier Megaton with Zoe Saldana, Jordi Molla, Cliff Curtis. Witnessing the murder of her parents as a child, a young woman from Bogott
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 2011. Biography by Luc Besson with Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Htun Lin. First elected minister of Burma in 1990, Aung San Suu Kyi is however under house arrest by the military junta, which refuses to grant a residence visa to her English husband.
Runtime: 132 min.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

V.O.: Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
Fr. 2010. Fantasy comedy by Luc Besson with Louise Bourgoin, Jacky Nercessian, Gilles Lellouche. In 1912, a reporter tries to break an old scientist out of prison, who released a pterodactyl on Paris, to revive the mummy of an Egyptian doctor who was supposed to cure his cataleptic sister.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 2010. Fantasy comedy by Luc Besson with Freddie Highmore, Ronald Crawford, Mia Farrow. An fearless kid goes after a megalomaniac monster who has escaped from a universe of miniature beings to conquer the planet.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 2009. Thriller by Pierre Morel with Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Arben Bajraktaraj. A former CIA agent searches Paris for his teenage daughter who has been kidnapped by Albanian criminals who are about to sell her to an Emir.
Runtime: 91 min.

Arthur 2 - The Revenge of Maltazard

V.O.: Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Fr. 2009. Fantasy comedy by Luc Besson with Freddie Highmore, Robert Stanton, Penny Balfour. A boy returns to a world of miniature beings nestled beneath the grounds of his grandfather's farm to rescue his beloved princess who is in danger.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 2007. Comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy. In Marseilles, a speedaholic cab driver helps a clumsy policeman catch a dangerous Belgian bank robber.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2006. Fantasy comedy by Luc Besson with Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow. To help his grandmother, a boy goes in search of a treasure that his grandfather hid in a microscopic world on their property.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2006. Fantasy comedy by Luc Besson with Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki. A debt-ridden small-time crook is about to commit suicide when he is rescued by an angel who offers to turn his life around.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2005. Western by Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg with Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn. In 19th century Mexico, two bank robbers try to prevent an American railroad company from expropriating peasants.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2003. Police comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy. A speeding cab driver from Marseille and his policeman friend try to catch bank robbers dressed as Santa Claus.
Runtime: 88 min.

Fanfan

V.O.: Fanfan La Tulipe
Fr. 2003. Adventures by Gérard Krawczyk with Vincent Pérez, Penélope Cruz, Didier Bourdon. After joining the army to escape an arranged marriage, a womanizing adventurer uncovers a plot against Louis XV.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 2001. Police comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller. In Tokyo, a Parisian police inspector works to protect his Japanese daughter, threatened by dangerous Yakuza members.
Runtime: 94 min.
Fr. 2001. Thriller by Ariel Zeïtoun, Julien Seri with Maher Kamoun, Charles Perriere, Laurent Piemontesi. Seven suburban youths adept at parkour rob seven doctors to pay for a dying kid's heart transplant.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2000. Police comedy by Gérard Krawczyk with Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Emma Sjöberg. A speeding cab driver from Marseille and his policeman friend go after yakuzas who have kidnapped a Japanese minister.
Runtime: 88 min.
Fr. 1999. History by Luc Besson with Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway. In 1429, thanks to supposed divine revelations, a simple peasant girl became the head of the armies of the French king Charles VII.
Runtime: 145 min.
Fr. 1997. Science-fiction by Luc Besson with Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich. In the twenty-third century, a New York cab driver protects a mysterious young woman who can save the world from certain destruction.
Runtime: 125 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1994. Crime drama by Luc Besson with Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman. A fearsome hitman takes in a teenager whose family has been decimated by a crooked and psychopathic detective.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1991. Documentary by Luc Besson. Collection of scenes exploring various aspects of underwater life.
Runtime: 78 min.

La Femme Nikita

V.O.: Nikita
Fr. 1990. Thriller by Luc Besson with Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo. Officially dead, a criminal is subjected to rigorous training to become a killer for the secret service.
Runtime: 117 min.

The Big Blue

V.O.: Le Grand Bleu
Fr. 1988. Adventures by Luc Besson with Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette. To recover his title of world champion in freediving, Enzo Molinari leads his rival and childhood friend Jacques Mayol in competitions into deeper and deeper waters.
Runtime: 168 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by Luc Besson with Christophe Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Michel Galabru. Pursued by the henchmen of a dishonest businessperson, a young outsider takes refuge in the forbidden corridors of the subway.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Last Battle

V.O.: Le Dernier Combat
Fr. 1982. Science-fiction by Luc Besson with Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno. After a nuclear war, a lonely young man enters into conflict with other survivors.
Runtime: 93 min.

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