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Luc Besson

Best rated: Léon: The Professional (8.5)

Films
21
Avg rating
6.58
Peak run
1988’97
7+ run
2 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Luc Besson, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1988 to 1997, 7.4856789198519901995200020052010201520202025Léon: The Professional 8.5Arthur and the Revenge of… 5.3Career avg 6.58

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Luc Besson's career barcodecoolhot
198321 films2025
Current formLast 5: 6.26 vs career 6.58 (−0.32)
  1. LValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017 · 6.4−0.2
  2. WAnna2019 · 6.7+0.1
  3. WDogMan2023 · 6.8+0.2
  4. LJune and John2025 · 5.2−1.4
  5. LDracula2025 · 6.2−0.4
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Luc by the numbers

Average
6.58
21 rated films
Vote weighted
6.65
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.77
rating spread
Career
43y
1983 to 2025
Total votes
3.42M
across every film
Best
8.5
Léon: The Professional
Worst
5.3
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
2025June and John posterJune and John5.21,235
2025Dracula posterDracula6.244,872
2023DogMan posterDogMan6.823,729
2019Anna posterAnna6.7110K
2017Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets posterValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets6.4212K
2014Lucy posterLucy6.4587K
2013The Family posterThe Family6.3129K
2011The Lady posterThe Lady7.011,736
2010Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds posterArthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds5.511,856
2010The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec posterThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec6.324,863
2009Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard posterArthur and the Revenge of Maltazard5.312,759
2006Arthur and the Invisibles posterArthur and the Invisibles6.045,184
2005Angel-A posterAngel-A7.137,703
1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc posterThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc6.473,794
1997The Fifth Element posterThe Fifth Element7.6553K
1994Léon: The Professional posterLéon: The Professional8.51.37M
1991Atlantis6.62,080
1990La Femme Nikita posterLa Femme Nikita7.282,527
1988The Big Blue posterThe Big Blue7.559,467
1985Subway posterSubway6.518,113
Better together?

Luc Besson's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Luc Besson

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