Luc Besson Shares His Favorite Films

From The Fifth Element to Lucy to his newest, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (and really, that’s just scratching the surface of his wide-ranging, decades-long career), French director Luc Besson is known for his uncompromising vision and his keen sense for high-octane spectacle. In fact, he even started his own production studio so that he could maintain control over his creative process, the scope of which is nothing short of epic. So which movies ignite the imagination of a filmmaker who brings extraordinary fantasies to life? Turns out, it takes all kinds.