One of the major cinema hits of the 1990s makes a triumphant return to the big screen after restoration.
The Fifth Element
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23 Dec 2025
- Age restrictions
- 18+
The Fifth Element
1997, Luc Besson
France—United Kingdom
126 minutes, English with Russian subtitles
Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm
23rd century. A stunningly beautiful girl escapes from a government laboratory, jumps from a skyscraper and falls straight into the air taxi of Korben Dallas, a former secret service agent. It turns out that the fate of humanity depends on the fugitive, and after grumbling a little, the veteran agrees to help her, not yet knowing that he will find himself at the centre of a universal conspiracy.

Shot from The Fifth Element, 1997
Like Metropolis or Blade Runner, [the film] offers such extraordinary visions that you put your criticisms on hold and are simply grateful to see them.
— Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun-Times
The Fifth Element is worth seeing again on the big screen—just to appreciate in detail the unbridled futuristic imagination of Luc Besson, who has never shied away from being bold, romantic and naive.