11 films with Jean Reno that are worth seeing at least once

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker has collected the main pictures with the participation of the French artist, who is 73 years old today.

1. Blue Abyss

• France, 1988.
• Drama, adventure, sports.
• Duration: 132 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

Based on true events, the story of the sporting confrontation between two famous freediving champions Enzo Molinari and Jacques Maillol. Growing up on one of the Greek islands, the heroes carried their love for the sea and friendly rivalry for the title of the main diver on the planet throughout their lives.

The most successful French film of the late 80s made Jean Renaud and the young director Luc Besson national favorites. It was Renault's first nomination for the French Cesar Film Awards in his career.

2. Aliens

• France, 1993.
• Fantasy, comedy.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 0.

By an accidental oversight of a mighty wizard, Count Godefroy de Montmirail and his squire fall from the XII century straight into the 90s. In the modern world, a medieval nobleman will have to find his descendants and come up with a way to return home in order to correct an unfortunate mistake he made in the past.

One of the best French comedies in history and yet another Renault Cesar nomination. In the homeland of the actor, the film still ranks fifth at the box office among all the films that have ever been released in the cinema.

3. Leon

• France, 1994.
• Thriller, drama, crime.
• Duration: 133 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

After, in front of 12-year-old Matilda, her entire family is killed, the girl has no choice but to knock on the apartment of the unsociable killer Leon. He reluctantly takes the orphan under his wing and soon discovers an unexpected affection for her, but for now the clever Matilda hatches a plan for revenge.

An undeniable classic and one of the most recognized films in the history of cinema. Without "Leon" not a single conversation about Jean Reno, who for the role of a killer with a kind heart received the third nomination for the Cesar Prize, is complete. The film is ranked 30th on the IMDb website and sixth on KinoPoisk in the lists of the best films according to users' opinion.

4. French kiss

• UK, USA, 1995.
• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 111 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 6.

Kate has been living with her fiancé Charlie for a long time, they have a common home, friends, life. But one day Charlie goes to a conference in Paris and a few days later reports that he fell in love with another. Unable to believe what happened, Kate forgets about her fear of air travel and goes after Charlie. On board the plane, she meets the charming Frenchman Luke, who uses a naive American woman to smuggle a stolen necklace across the border.

One of the first English-speaking roles of Jean Reno. In this iconic romantic comedy, he plays the imperturbable inspector Jean-Paul Cardona chasing the charming smuggler played by Kevin Kline.

5. Mission Impossible

• USA, 1996.
• Action, thriller, adventure.
• Duration: 110 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

The life of the CIA agent Ethan Hunt is in jeopardy when his entire team dies through the fault of the "mole", and he himself is exposed as the culprit of the incident. To whitewash his name and avenge his fallen comrades, Hunt will have to accomplish the impossible.

The first episode of the famous spy film franchise, in which Renault plays the French accomplice of the hero Tom Cruise.

6. Place in the cemetery

• USA, Italy, 1997.
• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 98 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

Rosanna dies of heart disease. All she wants is to be buried next to her daughter in the old cemetery. However, there are only three empty seats left. Rosanna's husband Marcello is doing everything in his power to prevent anyone from dying in the town and to fulfill the will of his dying wife.

7. Ronin

• UK, France, USA, 1998.
• Action, thriller, crime, adventure.
• Duration: 122 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 3.

A mysterious client hires a team of former operatives known as "ronin" in Paris to steal a carefully guarded briefcase with unknown contents. It soon turns out that this simple task is almost impossible, because several other criminal groups are hunting for the portfolio, including Irish militants and the Russian mafia.

The tape is included in the list of "100 best action films according to Time Out".

8. Crimson rivers

• France, 2000.
• Thriller, crime, detective.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

A brutal murder has been committed in a prestigious alpine college. Experienced Police Commissioner Pierre Niemans is taking on his investigation. Meanwhile, elsewhere, young detective Max Kerkerian is investigating the strange desecration of a 10-year-old girl's grave. At first glance, there is no connection between these cases. However, both events will lead the heroes to the terrible truth about the life of the local community.

The tape is based on the bestseller of the same name by Jean-Christophe Granger. For his role in this film, Jean Reno received his first nomination for the European Film Academy.

9. Wasabi

• France, Japan, 2001.
• Action, thriller, drama, comedy, crime.
• Duration: 94 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 7.

Learning that his former lover has died in Tokyo, the Parisian policeman Hubert Fiorentini goes to Japan. There he will meet an old friend, a 19-year-old Japanese daughter, whose existence he did not even suspect, and from nowhere who came from $ 200 million, for which the yakuza are already hunting.

Luc Besson's production project, realized by his protégé Gerard Kravchik (Taxi 2-4).

10. Unlucky

• France, Italy, 2003.
• Comedy, crime.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

Before being arrested, the unlucky swindler Ruby manages to hide the money he had stolen from the mafia in a secret place. In prison, he meets the dumb giant Quentin, who quickly becomes attached to Ruby and helps her escape. Having got out to freedom, the newly-made friends pursue Ruby's former accomplices in order to avenge the death of his beloved woman and get to the money faster than the mafia.

Brilliant French comedy from the director of Toys and The Runaways.

11. Tiger and Snow

• Italy, 2005.
• Drama, melodrama, comedy, military.
• Duration: 118 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Attilio de Giovanni is a comic and talented professor of literature, to whom the beautiful Vittoria comes every night in his sleep. One day he meets a girl in real life, but she turns out to be proud and unapproachable. Soon Vittoria flies to Baghdad with the Iraqi poet Fuad. There she is seriously wounded, and Attilio, despite the war, goes to his beloved in the hope of saving her life.

An eccentric melodrama from the author of "Life is Beautiful" Roberto Benigni.