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THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) feels like nothing else ever made. Luc Besson throws together outrageous production design, unforgettable costumes, wild humor, and nonstop sci-fi spectacle, yet somehow it all works. A true one-of-a-kind blockbuster.

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