Luc Besson is one of the most famous personalities of French cinema. He is also a film director, producer and screenwriter of about 100 art paintings.
The top 10 includes the best films by Luc Besson. The list of films includes works where Besson performed both as a director and producer.
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Lady 2011 year
Biographical film " Lady" opens the rating of the best films of Luc Besson. The tape went to the rental in 2011 , but the work was conducted since 2008.The film tells about the fate of Aung San Suu Kyi - a woman who stood up for the protection of the inhabitants of her country and lost her personal happiness. The director tried to accurately convey the political situation in Myanmar, the domestic environment of Suu Kyi, making the viewer look at what is happening with her eyes. The main events unfold from 1988 to 2010.Arriving home from England due to illness of the mother Suu Kyi is struck by the arbitrariness and lawlessness of local authorities. She joins the democratic movement, whose leader was once her father. Her father's surname makes her a symbol of the liberation movement. Based on the party, Suu Kyi wins the election. But these results are not recognized by the ruling elite and puts the heroine under house arrest. So she is separated from her children and her husband, who are banned from entering the country. But the family does not despair and does everything to rescue Suu Kyi from captivity. Thanks to these efforts the whole world will know about her, and in 1991 she receives the Nobel Prize.
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Angel-A 2005 year
The film " Angel-A ", filmed in 2005, viewers consider one of the best in the director Luc Besson, and concurrently screenwriter and producer. The protagonist Andre collected 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 off the bridge to the Seine. But only ahead of him - in front of the hero in the river jumping girl. Without hesitation, Andre rushes into the water and saves her. As a token of gratitude, the rescued follows him everywhere and somehow miraculously helps him pay with creditors, get away from trouble, find money. And only when the problems began to resolve. Andr wondered, and why the girl protects him?
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Nikita 1990 year
Nikita ( 1990) - a film that strengthened the love of viewers for the films of Luc Besson. A very dynamic plot is twisted around the girl, who was captured by the police while trying to rob a pharmacy. In the commencing firefight, her friends die, and the girl herself kills the policeman. For her deed sentenced to life imprisonment. The girl is given an injection after which she loses consciousness, but when she regains consciousness she does not remember her past. They give her a new name to Nikita and say that she will be an agent of the French foreign security department. 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 foreign people in a restaurant.
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Joan of Arc 1999
The historical drama "Jeanne d'Arc" was filmed by Luc Besson in 1999.In the title role starred Mila Jovovich - the director's favorite actress and at that time his wife. The film is very realistic, telling the famous story of Joan of Arc, whose actions saved Orleans from the English settlers on the city. After liberation from the siege, the name of the Maid of Orleans was on the lips of the whole people. Then the story tells how, thanks to Jeanne, King Charles VII ascended the throne, but treacherously refused it and allowed the British to capture her. The girl is considered to be a heretic and is forced to give up her views in exchange for life. She agrees, but the sad finale of this story is known to everyone-Jannu D'Arc is burned at the stake.
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Lucy 2014
In 2014, Luc Besson shoots the science fiction thriller "Lucy." The tape tells the story of the reincarnations of an ordinary girl in a dangerous creature with super intelligence. Lucy lends herself to the companionship of a friend and decides to make money by transporting drugs in her stomach. In a skirmish, a girl gets hit in the stomach, from which the package breaks and a huge dose of drugs enters the body. Powder gave her super strength and made her brain work at a level inaccessible to the average person. But the action will soon begin to end and Lucy goes to search for other couriers carrying the same drug. She manages to find them and retrieve the packages. But this causes the anger of the Mafiosi, the owner of drugs. Thanks to the knowledge that has been discovered, she uses the brain for one hundred percent, penetrates into the past, maybe at once in all places.
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The blue abyss 1988
The Blue Deep ( 1988) is an adventure drama by Luc Besson. Enzo Molinari and Jacques Maillol are childhood friends, who from an early age are fond of snorkeling. They grow up and become professional divers to a great depth without air. In addition to his hobbies, Jacques gets a family and is preparing to become a father. At this point, there will be a diving championship, where Enzo and Jacques will compete. They are immersed in a life-threatening depth, but they are not going to concede to each other. What will lead to this life-threatening rivalry?
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13 district: Ultimatum 2009 year
"13 district: Ultimatum" ( 2009) is a criminal insurgent of Luke Besson. The thirteenth district is one of the most dangerous and criminal places in the city, where several bandit groups operate. This place is enclosed by a high wall, and its laws are governed there. It seems that the ongoing lawlessness can not be overcome even by law enforcement agencies. Then, on the fight against crime and the chaos, chaos comes out spetsnazovets Damien and a desperate guy from the criminal district of Leito. Several years ago they succeeded in stopping the crime that was unfolding here, but will it succeed this time?
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Do not Tell Anyone 2006
"Do not Tell Anyone" ( 2006) is one of the best detective thrillers where Luc Besson acted as a producer. Margot and Alexander Beck are happy in marriage. But in one moment a happy life ends, they are attacked. Margo is killed, and Alexander miraculously manages to survive. The offender is found, put in prison, but he still does not admit of committing a murder. It takes eight years, and the man still can not recover from the death of his wife. One day a strange message comes to his e-mail with a video recording, on which he sees Margo. The recording dates back to the time when his wife was already dead. In the same period, accidental evidence is found of the murder of a woman and the case is again opened for investigation. Now the main suspect is Alexander himself.
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Fifth element 1997 year
"The Fifth Element" ( 1997) is a fantastic action film by Luc Besson. In the courtyard of the 23rd century, and Earth is again threatened by the end of the world in the face of dark forces. The alien race of the Mondoshavans rises to protect our planet. But on the way to Earth, aliens are killed. The government manages to get the DNA of an unearthly race to clone a girl Mendoshavanka Lila, speaking in an unknown language. The rescue of the cloned alien world will help taxi driver Corben Dallas, to which she accidentally got into the car. To avoid the death of the Earth, you need to get and connect the four elements, symbolizing fire, air, sky and earth, as well as the fifth mysterious element that Lilu herself must launch.
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Leon 1994 year
"Leon" ( 1994) tops the list of the best films of Luc Besson. He is a hired killer who does not know the feeling of pity and mercy. Leon prefers not to have anything to do with people. But one day they kill his neighbors. Only their daughter, a teenage girl, remains alive. She turns to Leon for help, that he taught her the skill to kill, in order to take revenge on the bandits for the death of their parents. Despite his principles, the mercenary decides to help her in return that she will lead his farm and teach English. Slowly a friendly relationship is built between a strange couple. Leon for the first time in his life knows what sincere, warm human feelings.
