# The Fifth Element (1997)

> A wisecracking taxi driver and a reconstructed cosmic guardian race across a flamboyant future Earth to stop an ancient evil.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/19

## Facts

- Runtime: 126 min
- Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
- Director: Luc Besson
- Cast: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry, Brion James, Tommy Lister Jr.
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: campy, witty, exuberant, movie night, late night viewing

## Synopsis

In a future where evil threatens humanity, a hero emerges to save the day.

## Movies like The Fifth Element

- [Demolition Man (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/4903)
- [The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/6362)
- [Men in Black 3 (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/26299)
- [Drive (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/15162)
- [The Matrix Resurrections (2021)](https://ember.film/movie/248766)
- [Returner (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/3049)
- [Barbarella (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/3947)
- [Surrogates (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/12026)
- [Taxi 3 (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/1645)
- [Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/217527)

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