- In the original version there is a shot of Tony's place at night just before Stansfield and his men come in on the birthday party. This isn't in the 'Version integrale' (International Cut).
- In the version released in India, the censors insisted on cutting certain scenes which included Matilda smoking on the stairs, a man pressing the breasts of the woman, 50% reduction in expressions on Stansfield's face after he consumes the drug capsule, 30% reduction in the shootout in the flat, the shooting by Stansfield at the dying man crawling on the floor, the scene where Leon teaches Matilda to use a telescopic gun and the subsequent visuals of her actually selecting a target and killing him ruthlessly in accordance with the shooting lesson, and Matilda's lines "He is my lover' and 'Shut the fuck up', before giving the film an A (adults only) rating.
- An extended cut, retitled 'Leon: version integrale' was released in French cinemas on June 26, 1996. This version is 26 minutes longer than the previously released version and includes, amongst others, one sequence that was removed from the film after the disastrous tests with L.A. preview audiences. This version of the film is available on various DVDs, and is usually called the 'International Cut'. New scenes found in the International Cut include:
- Mathilda asking Leon to have sex with her and Leon refusing;
- Leon explaining why he had to leave Italy and go to New York when he was 19 years old;
- Mathilda and Leon sleeping together in a bed;
- Mathilda threatening to shoot herself playing Russian roulette.
- Leon and Mathilda hitting the home of a tattooed drug dealer, and setting fire to his supply of drugs;
- New training missions where Mathilda learns the ropes of becoming an assassin.
- Leon and Matilda going to a restaurant to celebrate her first hit
- In the USA cable version, a flyover of Central Park in the beginning has been cut for no apparent reason, and the main titles moved to the first scene.
- All German versions until the Director's cut DVD by Kinowelt miss a small scene where Mathilda tells Leon how old she is.
- In Quebec there are 2 versions: the original R-Rated Version which is Rated 13+ in Quebec and the unrated uncut version which is 16+.
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