Screenplay: Luc Besson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Luc Besson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Michel Vaillant

2003 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Louis-Pascal Couvelaire

Cast Sagamore Stévenin · Peter Youngblood Hills · Diane Kruger · Jean-Pierre Cassel

Plot Based on the French comic about a famous racing car hero, this is a tale of revenge set against the backgrop of the Le Mans 24 hour endurance race.

4.6

935 votes

4.6

935 votes

La Femme Nikita (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 50 min. · Canada

Direction Terry Ingram · Joseph L. Scanlan · Ken Girotti · T.J. Scott

Cast Peta Wilson · Roy Dupuis · Don Francks · Matthew Ferguson

Plot TV Series (1997-2001). Nikita (Peta Wilson) goes from living on the streets to being the pawn in an elaborate government plot to convert criminals into trained operatives. Though opposed to...

4.6

5K votes

4.6

5K votes

Arthur and the Two Worlds War

2010 · Movie · 100 min. · France

Direction Luc Besson

Cast Freddie Highmore · Mia Farrow · Robert Stanton · Cooper Daniels

Plot Directed by Luc Besson, Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds is the third installment, completing the trilogy, in the Arthur and the Invisibles series.

4.6

998 votes

4.6

998 votes

Taken (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 41 min. · United States

Direction Luc Besson · Alexander Cary · Holly Dale · Romeo Tirone

Cast Clive Standen · Jennifer Marsala · James Landry Hébert · Simu Liu

Plot TV Series (2017-2018). 2 Seasons. 26 Episodes. TV series based on the kidnapping action film 'Taken'.

4.6

222 votes

4.6

222 votes

American Renegades

2017 · Movie · 103 min. · France

Direction Steven Quale

Cast J.K. Simmons · Sullivan Stapleton · Clemens Schick · Ewen Bremner

Plot A team of Navy SEALs discover an underwater treasure in a Bosnian lake.

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4.5

470 votes

4.5

470 votes

Brick Mansions

2014 · Movie · 90 min. · France

Direction Camille Delamarre

Cast Paul Walker · David Belle · RZA · Robert Maillet

Plot In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals. Unable to control the crime, the police constructed a colossal containment wall...

4.4

3K votes

4.4

3K votes

L'avant dernier (S)

1981 · Movie · 11 min. · France

Direction Luc Besson

Cast Pierre Jolivet · Jean Reno · Fabrice Roche · Luc Besson

Plot After a global nuclear catastrophe, all trace of civilisation is reduced to ruins. Pollution in the atmosphere has robbed man of his power of speech, and mankind is reduced to...

4.4

120 votes

4.4

120 votes

Taxi 4

2007 · Movie · 91 min. · France

Direction Gérard Krawczyk

Cast Samy Naceri · Frédéric Diefenthal · Bernard Farcy · Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Plot Daniel, the driver of a very special taxi in Marseille, gets a famous soccer player to the stadium in time and later helps his clumsy police friend Émilien catch the...

4.2

1K votes

4.2

1K votes

4.2

2K votes

4.2

2K votes

The Warrior's Gate

2016 · Movie · 107 min. · France

Direction Matthias Hoene

Cast Mark Chao · Ni Ni · Uriah Shelton · Dave Bautista

Plot A teenager is magically transported to China and learns to convert his video game skills into those of a Kung Fu warrior.

4.2

739 votes

4.2

739 votes

No Limit (TV Series)

2012 · Series · min. · France

Direction Franck Philippon · Luc Besson · Ludovic Colbeau-Justin · Didier Le Pêcheur

Cast Vincent Elbaz · Anne Girouard · Sarah Brannens · Philippe Hérisson

Plot A terminally ill French secret service agent is hired by Hydra, a mysterious black ops organization set up by the government, to fight crime by any means necessary and receive...

3.9

48 votes

3.9

48 votes

Bandidas

2006 · Movie · 93 min. · France

Direction Joachim Rønning · Espen Sandberg

Cast Salma Hayek · Penélope Cruz · Sam Shepard · Steve Zahn

Plot A comedy-adventure set in 1888 Mexico, in which two women – one a European-educated sophisticate, the other a rough-and-tumble peasant --- reluctantly join forces to fight a ruthless enforcer…by becoming...

3.7

9K votes

3.7

9K votes

Taxi

2004 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Tim Story

Cast Queen Latifah · Jimmy Fallon · Gisele Bündchen · Jennifer Esposito

Plot "Chicago's" Queen Latifah and "Saturday Night Live's" Jimmy Fallon team up in this non-stop action-comedy. Latifah is New York's fastest cabbie whose skills behind the wheel and souped-up car help...

3.6

7K votes

3.6

7K votes

Taxi 5

2018 · Movie · 102 min. · France

Direction Franck Gastambide

Cast Sabrina Ouazani · Franck Gastambide · Bernard Farcy · Malik Bentalha

Plot A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of...

3.3

348 votes

3.3

348 votes

Arthur and the Minimoys (TV Series)

2017 · Series · min. · France

Direction Pierre-Alain Chartier

Plot Arthur is a bright, clever and lively 10 year-old who spends his vacations at his favorite grandmother's house. And talk about vacations. Inside her garden there is a world invisible...

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Taxi Brooklyn (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 45 min. · France

Direction Franck Ollivier · Gary Scott Thompson · Stephen Tolkin · Frédéric Berthe

Cast Chyler Leigh · Jacky Ido · James Colby · Bill Heck

Plot It's an action-comedy police procedural centered on the fractious, closely bonded partnership between a streetwise Marseilles-born New York City taxi driver and an intensely driven NYPD detective for whom this...

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Not rated

Les courts des grands

2005 · Documentary · 203 min. · France

Direction Robert Zemeckis · Luc Besson · Tony Scott · George Lucas

Plot A journey through time, a true testimony on twelve of the greatest directors of contemporary cinema. This selection of short films is a tool for understanding their work. With 3...

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Not rated

Almost Charming

2012 · Movie · 88 min. · France

Direction Philippe Lellouche

Cast Vincent Pérez · Vahina Giocante · Jacques Weber · Nicole Calfan

Plot Once upon a time... Jean- Marc, a careerist in his forties who only cares about his personal interests, will cross paths with Marie, who seeks freedom and justice for all....

Not rated

Not rated

June and John

2024 · Movie · min. · France

Direction Luc Besson

Cast Honey Lauren · Don Scribner · Myles Cranford · Phillip-Charlie Daniell

Plot It follows a child who has been bruised by life as he grows to find his salvation through the love of his dogs.

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Not rated