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The Fifth Element
1997
· Movie
· 126 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1201
- IMDb #801
- Google retired #1058
- Rotten Tomatoes #1751
- Metacritic #2099
- Letterboxd #1228
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2756
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #848
- Metacritic Critics #3251
- Metacritic Audience #387
- Criticker #1020
- Douban #625
- Kinopoisk #106
- AlloCiné #171
- Trakt #218
Every rating
52–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 52, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 61, everyone else 79.
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Details
- Director
- Luc Besson
- Writers
- Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
- Studio
- Gaumont
- Released
- 2 May 1997
- Country
- France
- Language
- English, Swedish, German, Arabic, Egyptian (Ancient)
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $90.0M
- Box office
- $263.9M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Best Actress – Newcomer 1998 | — | Milla Jovovich | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography 1998 | — | Thierry Arbogast | Winner |
| Best Costume Design 1998 | — | Jean Paul Gaultier | Nominee |
| Best Costumes 1998 | — | Jean Paul Gaultier | Nominee |
| Best Director 1998 | — | Luc Besson | Winner |
| Best Dramatic Presentation 1998 | — | The Fifth Element | Nominee |
| Best Editing 1998 | — | Sylvie Landra | Nominee |
| Best Fight 1998 | — | Milla Jovovich vs. Aliens | Nominee |
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Best Director
2 nominations, 2 won
| — | Luc Besson | Winner |
| — | Luc Besson | Winner |
Best Cinematography
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Thierry Arbogast | Winner |
Best Production Design
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Dan Weil | Winner |
Best Special Visual Effects
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Mark Stetson, Karen Goulekas, Nick Allder, Neil Corbould, Nick Dudman | Winner |
Technical Grand Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Thierry Arbogast | Winner |
Worst Supporting Actress
2 nominations
| — | Milla Jovovich | Nominee |
| — | Milla Jovovich | Nominee |
Best Actress – Newcomer
1 nomination
| — | Milla Jovovich | Nominee |
Best Costume Design
1 nomination
| — | Jean Paul Gaultier | Nominee |
Best Costumes
1 nomination
| — | Jean Paul Gaultier | Nominee |
Best Dramatic Presentation
1 nomination
| — | The Fifth Element | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| — | Sylvie Landra | Nominee |
Best Fight
1 nomination
| — | Milla Jovovich vs. Aliens | Nominee |
Best Film
1 nomination
| — | Luc Besson | Nominee |
Best Music Written for a Film
1 nomination
| — | Éric Serra | Nominee |
Best Science Fiction Film
1 nomination
| — | The Fifth Element | Nominee |
Best Sound
1 nomination
| — | Daniel Brisseau | Nominee |
Best Sound Editing
1 nomination
| — | Mark Mangini | Nominee |
Best Sound Effects Editing
1 nomination
| — | Mark Mangini | Nominee |
Best Special Effects
1 nomination
| — | Special effects team | Nominee |
Best Supporting Actress
1 nomination
| — | Milla Jovovich | Nominee |
Best Visual Effects
1 nomination
| — | Mark Stetson | Nominee |
Film of the Year
1 nomination
| — | Patrice Ledoux | Nominee |
Worst Director
1 nomination
| — | Luc Besson | Nominee |
Worst New Star
1 nomination
| — | Chris Tucker | Nominee |
Worst Picture
1 nomination
| — | The Fifth Element | Nominee |
Worst Supporting Actor
1 nomination
| — | Chris Tucker | Nominee |