Directed by Cory Yuen, The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 French-English action-thriller film based on a script by Robert Mark Kamen and Luc Besson. Jason Statham plays Frank Martin in the first movie of the Transporter franchise, which also stars Shu Qi, François Berléand, Matt Schulze, and Ric Young. Frank, a British mercenary driver residing in France, becomes embroiled in a people-smuggling scheme during the film.

The Transporter was inspired by the short film series The Hire. The Transporter premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on 2 October 2002 and was first theatrically released in the United States on 11 October by 20th Century Fox, and in France on 23 October by EuropaCorp. It received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences but criticism for its story. It grossed $43.9 million worldwide and was followed by the sequel Transporter 2 (2005).

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