Luc Besson — Playwright (33)
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Fan-Fan the Tulip (2003) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Fanfan la Tulipe
director: Gérard Krawczyk actor: Penélope Cruz / Vincent Perez …
other title: Il tulipano d'oro / Tudo pela honra …
In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughters
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3 Days to Kill (2014) WikiData IMDb TMDB
3 Days to Kill
director: McG actor: Kevin Costner / Amber Heard …
other title: 3 Dias para Matar / 3 días para matar …
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.
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The Transporter Refueled (2015) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Transporter Refueled
director: Camille Delamarre actor: The Dinnerlady P.I.M.P. / Ray Stevenson …
other title: The Transporter Legacy / The Transporter - Refueled …
The fast-paced action movie is again set in the criminal underworld in France, where Frank Martin is known as The Transporter, because he is the best driver and mercenary money can buy. In this installment, he meets Anna and they attempt to take down a group of ruthless Russian human traffickers who also have kidnapped Frank’s father.
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Kiss of the Dragon (2001) IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Kiss of the Dragon
director: Chris Nahon actor: Jet Li / Bridget Fonda …
other title: O Beijo do Dragão / Le Baiser mortel du dragon …
Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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Subway (1985) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Subway
director: Luc Besson actor: Isabelle Adjani / Christopher Lambert …
other title: Subway. En busca de Freddy / 地下铁 …
Fred, a raffish safe blower, takes refuge in the Paris Metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and conduits of the Metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.
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Unleashed (2005) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Unleashed
director: Louis Leterrier actor: Jet Li / Morgan Freeman …
other title: Danny the Dog / Danny the Dog - Força Destruidora …
Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.
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District B13 (2004)
Banlieue 13
director: Pierre Morel actor: David Belle / Cyril Raffaelli …
other title: Banlieue 13 / Os Gangs do Bairro 13 …
Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
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Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004)
Les Rivières pourpres 2 : Les Anges de l'apocalypse
director: Olivier Dahan actor: Jean Reno / Benoît Magimel …
other title: I fiumi di porpora 2 - Gli angeli dell'apocalisse / De blodrøde floder 2: Apokalypsens engle …
No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.
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Taxi 5 (2018)
Taxi 5
director: 弗兰克·盖思堂彼得 actor: 弗兰克·盖思堂彼得 / 马利克·班泽拉 …
other title: 的士速递5 / 终极杀阵5(台) …
2018 film directed by Franck Gastambide
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Weekend in Taipei (2024) WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
Weekend in Taipei
director: George Huang actor: Luke Evans / Gwei Lun-Mei …
other title: Weekend a Taipei / Week-end à Taipei …
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
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The Family (2013) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Malavita
director: Luc Besson actor: Robert De Niro / Michelle Pfeiffer …
other title: Malavita / Cose nostre - Malavita …
After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.
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Transporter 3 (2008) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Transporter 3
director: Olivier Megaton actor: Jason Statham / Natalya Rudakova …
other title: Transporter - Correio de Risco 3 / Le Transporteur 3 …
Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
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The Transporter (2002)
The Transporter
★ 6.2 (9 ratings) director: Corey Yuen / Louis Leterrier actor: Jason Statham / Shu Qi …
other title: Correio de Risco / Le Transporteur …
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
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Brick Mansions (2014) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Brick Mansions
director: Camille Delamarre actor: Paul Walker / David Belle …
other title: Bairro 13 / Brick Mansions (La fortaleza)
In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.
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Taken 3 (2014)
Taken 3
director: Olivier Megaton actor: Liam Neeson / Forest Whitaker …
other title: Taken 3 - L'ora della verità / 96 Hours - Taken 3 …
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
Joan of Arc
director: Luc Besson actor: Milla Jovovich / John Malkovich …
other title: Giovanna d'Arco / Jeanne d'Arc …
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.