17 best movies with Scarlett Johansson

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Scarlett Johansson played her first role at the age of 10 in the film North. But this picture is more remembered thanks to the young Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis in a rabbit costume. Shortly thereafter, she began to appear briefly in films with Sean Connery and Sarah Jessica Parker. Then they began to offer her full roles.

1. Horse Whisperer

• USA, 1998.
• Drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 170 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 6.

During a horse ride, young Grace is run over by a truck. She loses her leg and is forced to learn to live with a prosthesis. And her horse becomes aggressive and does not allow people to approach him. The girl's mother decides that her daughter can be helped if she returns calm to her pet. She wants to hire the best horse specialist, but he refuses to leave his ranch. And then the whole family goes to him.

It was thanks to the role of Grace that the actress was noticed by many directors. After all, 13-year-old Johansson was able to play a real drama.

2. Phantom world

• USA, UK, Germany, 2001.
• Tragicomedy.
• Duration: 111 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 4.

After graduating from school, friends Enid and Rebecca decided to relax and live for their own pleasure. They have fun and play shy losers in every possible way. But one day Enid meets a clumsy and introverted record dealer Seymour. From that moment on, the girl is more and more attracted to him, and she begins to move away from her friend.

The star of children's films, Torah Birch, played the main role here. Johansson appears as her friend mostly in the first half of the story. It was only after the release of the picture that Scarlett went into a big movie, and the Torah was gradually forgotten.

3. Lost in translation

• USA, Japan, 2003.
• Drama.
• Duration: 102 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

The famous American actor comes to Tokyo to shoot a whiskey commercial. Escaping insomnia, he spends nights at the hotel bar, where he meets Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson). She came to Japan with her husband, but he is always busy at work. Warm feelings arise between the characters, and they have fun. But they are constantly haunted by awkwardness and understatement.

Scarlett Johansson received her first major nominations and awards for this film. She managed not to get lost against the background of Bill Murray, and the audience appreciated her talent.

4. Girl with a pearl earring

• UK, Luxembourg, 2003.
• Drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 100 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

Young Griet (Scarlett Johansson) gets a job as a servant in Jan Vermeer's house. The artist quickly realizes that she is very smart and can subtly feel not only the paintings themselves, but also the process of working on them. Vermeer entrusts her to knead the paints, and then asks her to pose for him.

In addition to excellent acting (the popular Colin Firth went to Johansson as a partner), it is worth noting the image of the heroine. It came out very similar to the original painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring".

5. Love fever

• USA, 2004.
• Drama.
• Duration: 119 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

18-year-old Perslane (Scarlett Johansson), after the death of her mother, decides to return to New Orleans. In the parental home, she finds the literature teacher Bobby Long and the writer Lawson Pines. Now she has a lot to learn about the past of her family.

"Love Rush" is one of those films that are built solely on conversations and emotional play. And in the three performers of the main roles (John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht), the actress does not lose at all to more experienced colleagues, and sometimes even looks more convincing than, for example, the overly restrained Macht.

6. Match point

• UK, 2005.
• Drama, thriller.
• Duration: 124 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

Chris Wilton's tennis career failed. After working as a coach, he marries Chloe and gets a job at her father's firm. It would seem that everything is fine in his life. But Chris begins dating the femme fatale Nola (Scarlett Johansson) and becomes literally obsessed with her. After a while, it turns out that Nola is pregnant.

Another iconic film in Johansson's career. Director Woody Allen has received numerous nominations for prestigious awards for this film, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. And literally the whole world learned about the actress.

7. Island

• USA, 2005.
• Science fiction, dystopia, action movie.
• Duration: 136 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 9.

Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) and Jordan Two Delta (Scarlett Johansson) are among the few people who survived the global catastrophe. In an isolated bunker, they are engaged in useless work. All the inhabitants of the bunker dream of winning the lottery and going to the "Island" - the only place on earth suitable for life. But Lincoln Six Echo discovers that the reality is much more complicated.

8. Sensation

• UK, 2006.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 7.

Journalist Joe Strombel dies. And it is after death that he learns the name of the sinister maniac terrorizing London. This is a real sensation. The only problem is that Joe is now a ghost and no one sees or hears him.

But soon Strombel meets student Sondra Pranski (Scarlett Johansson), who can communicate with him during the performances of the Great Chudini. And he tells the girl how to solve the criminal.

After the success of Match Point, Woody Allen continued his collaboration with the actress. In addition, the magnificent Hugh Jackman joined them here.

9. Prestige

• USA, UK, 2006.
• Drama, thriller.
• Duration: 130 minutes.
• IMDb: 8, 5.

Once upon a time, the two illusionists were partners. But the competition has made them the worst enemy, and now everyone is ready not only to disrupt the opponent's performance, but also to endanger the lives of his loved ones.

It's amazing that in one year, two films appeared on the screens at once, where Scarlett Johansson starred with Hugh Jackman. And both directors turned out to be world legends: "Prestige" was the work of Christopher Nolan.

10. Babysitting Diaries

• USA, 2007.
• Comedy, drama.
• Duration: 106 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 2.

A poor young student got a job as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan. But she had no idea how difficult it was: the mother did not want to deal with her son at all and do at least something useful, the father always disappears at work, and it is impossible to keep track of the five-year-old child. Saves only a sweet neighbor, with whom the heroine begins a romantic relationship.

Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson have already starred together in the not-so-famous movie "Top Score". In The Nanny Diaries, their characters fell in love with each other. And then they had a chance to meet several times on the set while working on films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

11. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• Spain, USA, 2008.
• Melodrama.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 1.

American women Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Christina (Scarlett Johansson) go on summer holidays to Barcelona. They are delighted with the city, and besides, both fall in love with the artist Antonio. And now it is not clear who he will choose: the serious and old-fashioned Vicki or the liberated Christina. Or maybe even his ex-wife.

Another fruit of collaboration with Woody Allen. True, for this picture, Penelope Cruz (Antonio's ex-wife) received greater recognition. But a lot of the film is in contrast to Johansson's flamboyant image.

12. Another one of the Boleyn family

• UK, USA, 2008.
• Drama.
• Duration: 114 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 7.

One of the daughters of the Boleyn family - Anne - should become the mistress of King Henry VIII of England. But he liked her sister - married and modest Maria. And now they both share the bed with the king himself, but only one then will be able to ascend the throne herself.

Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson played the Boleyn sisters excellently. Moreover, the traditionally brighter and more emotional Scarlett got the role of the restrained Mary.

13.iron Man 2

• USA, 2010.
• Superhero thriller, fantasy.
• Duration: 124 minutes.
• IMDb: 7, 0.

Tony Stark has revealed his identity to the world. And now a new enemy is hunting for Iron Man - the Russian inventor Ivan Vanko. He believes that the Stark family stole the development from his father.

In this picture, Johansson first appeared in the form of Natasha Romanova, a special agent nicknamed the Black Widow. Then she repeatedly returned to this role in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And now the company is planning a separate film about the Black Widow.

14. The Passion of Don Juan

• USA, 2013.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 6.

John Martello put his life in order: apartment, car, family, gym, women. He loves porn the most and believes that no real intimacy compares to the enjoyment of watching. But one day he meets Barbara and they have an affair. True, communication between two selfish people is unlikely to lead to anything.

By the way, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has shot only one full-length film during his career. And for a significant part of the timing, his hero has sex with the character Scarlett Johansson.

15. Stay in my shoes

• UK, 2013.
• Science fiction, thriller.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 3.

Every evening the heroine drives along the highway and asks the men for directions. If it turns out that the interlocutor lives alone, the girl offers to give him a lift. But she doesn't just want to rob or kill …

The complex science fiction film by renowned music video maker Jonathan Glazer was largely a success thanks to Johansson's controversial image. The beautiful heroine scares her with her detachment, and the scene where she peels off her skin looks really scary.

16. Lucy

• France, 2014.
• Science fiction, thriller.
• Duration: 89 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

Lucy works as a drug courier. One day a bag with an unknown substance is sewn into her stomach. The bag breaks, and the experimental drug gets into the girl's blood. From that moment on, Lucy realizes that her brain works faster than that of other people. Gradually, she discovers in herself almost supernatural abilities and even learns to control the forces of nature and time.

Johansson's collaboration with Luc Besson turned out to be unusual. This film was criticized by many for excessive pathos and many inaccuracies in describing the work of the brain. But most viewers were delighted with the interesting action with a touch of science fiction and reflections on nature.

17. Ghost in the Shell

• USA, 2017.
• Cyberpunk, action movie.
• Duration: 107 minutes.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

The main character wakes up in the laboratory, where she is informed that as a result of the tragedy, only her brain survived. She is given a synthetic body, and now she is a major, the world's first combat cyborg in the police service. She heads the counter terrorism department and is looking for a dangerous hacker. But then it turns out that with the heroine's past, everything is somewhat more complicated.

The American adaptation of the popular manga was perceived ambiguously: the script turned out to be too complicated and lengthy. But the special effects and the image of the main character here were a success.