Luke Besson is one of the most famous personalities of French cinema. He is simultaneously a film director, producer and screenwriter of about 100 art films.
Top 10 includes the best Luke Besson's films. The list of films includes works where Besson has acted, both as a director and producer.
10. Lady | 2011
Biographical film "Lady" opens the ranking of the best films of Luc Besson. The tape was released in 2011but work has been going on since 2008. The film tells about the fate of Aung San Suu Kyi - a woman who stood up to protect the inhabitants of her country and lost her personal happiness. The director tried to convey the political situation in Myanmar as accurately as possible, the domestic environment of Suu Kyi, making the viewer look at what was happening through her eyes. The main events unfold from 1988 to 2010. Arriving from England due to illness of his mother, Suu Kyi is amazed at the arbitrariness and lawlessness of local authorities. She joins the democratic movement, whose leader was once her father. The father's last name also makes her a symbol of the liberation movement. Having founded the party, Suu Kyi wins the election. But the ruling elite does not recognize these results and puts the heroine under house arrest. So she is separated from children and her husband, who are denied entry into the country. But the family does not despair and does everything to rescue Suu Kyi from captivity. Thanks to these efforts, the whole world learns about her, and in 1991 she receives the Nobel Prize.
9. Angel-A | 2005 year
Film "Angel A", Filmed in 2005, viewers consider one of the best for director Luke Besson, and part-time scriptwriter and producer. The protagonist Andre scored debts under 30 thousand euros, but when the day of reckoning came, he had only a hole in his pocket and not a single cent. Andre found only one way out - to jump from the bridge to the Seine. But they just got ahead of him - in front of the hero’s eyes a girl jumps into the river. Without hesitation, Andre rushes into the water and saves her. In gratitude, the saved one follows him everywhere and somehow miraculously helps him pay off his creditors, get away from troubles, and find money. And only when problems began to be solved, Andre wonders, why does the girl protect him?
8. Nikita | 1990 year
Nikita (1990) - a film that strengthened the love of viewers for films by Luc Besson. A very dynamic plot twisted around a girl who was captured by the police while trying to rob a pharmacy. In the shootout that began, her friends die, and the girl herself kills a policeman. For her deed, she is sentenced to life imprisonment. The girl is given an injection, after which she loses consciousness, and when she regains consciousness, she does not remember her past. They give her a new name Nikita and say that she will be an agent of the French Foreign Security Directorate. Failure - means death. Nikita agrees and starts training. From an angular girl, she turns into a fatal woman and takes the first task - to kill foreigners in a restaurant.
7. Joan of Arc | 1999 year
Historical drama "Joan of Arc" was shot by Luke Besson in 1999. The main role was played by Mila Jovovich - the favorite actress of the director and at that time his wife. The film tells a very realistic story of the famous story of Joan of Arc, whose actions saved Orleans from the British who were invading the city. After being liberated from the siege, the name of the Virgin of Orleans was on the lips of the whole people. The story further tells how, thanks to Jeanne, King Charles VII ascended the throne, but betrayed her and allowed her to be captured by the British. The girl is considered a heretic and forced to abandon their views in exchange for life. She agrees, but the sad ending of this story is known to everyone — Jeanne d’Arc is burned at the stake.
6. Lucy | year 2014
In 2014, Luke Besson removes the sci-fi thriller "Lucy". The film tells the story of the transformation of an ordinary girl into a dangerous creature with super intelligence. Lucy lends herself to persuading a friend and decides to make money by transporting drugs in her stomach. In a skirmish, the girl receives a blow to the stomach, from which the packet breaks and a huge dose of drugs enters the body. Powder endowed her with superpower and made her brain work at a level inaccessible to ordinary people. But the action will soon begin to end and Lucy sets off to search for the remaining couriers carrying the same drug. She manages to find them and extract the packages. But by this she provokes the wrath of the mafiosi - the owner of drugs. Thanks to the knowledge that has been discovered, she uses the brain one hundred percent, penetrates the past, can be immediately in all places.
5. The Blue Abyss | 1988 year
The Blue Abyss (1988) - the adventure drama of Luc Besson. Enzo Molinari and Jacques Maillol are childhood friends who are fond of diving from an early age. They grow and become professional divers to great depths without air. In addition to his hobby, Jacques starts a family and prepares to become a father. At this moment, a depth diving championship is scheduled, where Enzo and Jacques will compete with each other. They plunge into life-threatening depths, but are not going to give in to each other. What will this life-threatening rivalry lead to?
4. 13 area: Ultimatum | year 2009
"13th district: Ultimatum" (2009) - crime action movie of Luc Besson. The thirteenth district is one of the most dangerous and criminal places in the city, where several gang groups are operating. This place is fenced by a high wall, and its laws rule there. It seems that the current lawlessness is beyond the power of even law enforcement agencies to overcome. Then, special forces soldier Damien and a desperate guy from the criminal district of Leito come out to fight crime and the ongoing chaos. A few years ago, they managed to stop the crime unfolding here, but will it work this time too?
3. Do not tell anyone | 2006 year
"Do not tell anyone" (2006) - one of the best detective thrillers, where Luke Besson acted as a producer. Margot and Alexander Beck are happily married. But in an instant, a happy life ends, they are attacked. Margo is killed, and Alexander miraculously manages to survive. The offender is found, imprisoned, but he never confesses to the murder. Eight years pass, and the man still can not recover from the death of his wife. One day, a strange message comes to his email with a video on which he sees Margo. The record dates back to the time when the wife was already dead. In the same period, evidence of the murder of a woman is accidentally discovered and the case is reopened for investigation. Now the main suspect is Alexander himself.
2. The fifth element | 1997 year
"Fifth Element" (1997) - the fantastic action movie of Luc Besson. In the courtyard of the 23rd century, and the Earth again threatens the end of the world in the face of dark forces. The alien race of the Mondoshavans stands in defense of our planet. But on the way to Earth, aliens die. The government manages to obtain DNA of an unearthly race in order to clone a girl from Mondoshavanka, Lila, who speaks an unknown language. In saving the world, the cloned alien will help taxi driver Korben Dallas, to whom she accidentally got into the car. To avoid the death of the Earth, it is necessary to procure and combine four elements that symbolize fire, air, sky and earth, as well as the fifth mysterious element that Leela herself must launch.
1. Leon | 1994 year
"Leon" (1994) tops the list of best films by Luc Besson. He is a hired killer, who is unfamiliar with a sense of pity and mercy. Leon prefers to have nothing to do with people. But once his neighbors are killed. Only their daughter, a teenage girl, remains alive. She turns to Leon for help, so that he will teach her the skill to kill, in order to avenge the bandits for the death of her parents. Despite his principles, the mercenary decides to help her in return for the fact that she will manage his household and teach English. Slowly, friendships are building between a strange couple. For the first time in his life, Leon learns what sincere, warm human feelings are.