Scarlett Johansson Movies List | Scarlett Johansson all Movies List
Scarlett Johansson Movies List | Scarlett Johansson all Movies List
Ghost in the Shell
- 2017
- US
- Directed by: Rupert Sanders
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Michael Pitt, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche
- UK release: 31 March 2017
Live-action remake of the animated film based on the Manga comic title.
Captain America: Civil War
- 2016
- US
- 147 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
- Written by: Christopher Markus , Stephen McFeely, Mark Millar (comic book)
- Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Emily VanCamp, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Frank Grillo, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt
- UK release: 29 April 2016
When world leaders demand that the Avengers operate under UN supervision, the team splits. If you haven't seen previous instalments it will make no sense, but if you have, all the plot points bear bittersweet fruit, in a brilliant combination of hectic action and one liners with intimate, heartbreaking moments.
The Jungle Book
- 2016
- US
- 106 min
- PG
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
- Written by: Justin Marks (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling
- Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken
- UK release: 15 April 2016
You know the story: boy (Sethi) left in woods, adopted by wolves (Nyong'o and Esposito), mentored by panther (Kingsley), befriended by bear (Murray), hunted by tiger (Elba, terrifying). Favreau and his team successfully retool the story with stunning CGI, and a script with heart, soul and spirit. A feelgood delight.
Hail, Caesar!
- 2016
- US
- 106 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Cast: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson
In this latest offering from the Coen brothers, Eddie Mannix (Brolin) is an MGM studio executive with a reputation for keeping the stars in line and preventing any employees from embarrassing the company. A witty and whimsical gang-show featuring an over-qualified cast doing extravagant turns unencumbered by narrative…
Sing
- 2016
- US
- 108 min
- U
- Directed by: Garth Jennings
- Written by: Garth Jennings
- Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Tori Kelly, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Scarlett Johansson
Koala impresario Buster Moon (McConaughey) decides to save his ailing theatre with a singing competition. Most of the humour comes from cute critters singing occasionally inappropriate songs; the plot is spread far too thin and there no real surprises, but it ticks the usual boxes.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
- 2015
- US
- 141 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Joss Whedon
- Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson
- UK release: 23 April 2015
Ultron, an artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark (Downey Jr) to keep the peace, goes rogue and decides to kill off the Avengers. Barely logical but impressively entertaining superhero fun; Johansson and Olsen are central to the action and Whedon's script is strong, snappy and irreverent, but it doesn't have much…
Lucy
- 2014
- US/France
- 89 min
- 15
- Directed by: Luc Besson
- Written by: Luc Besson
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton
- UK release: 22 August 2014
Lucy (Johansson) is forced to be a drug mule by crime boss Mr Jang (Choi), but when the drugs leak into her system, she acquires superhuman powers. Insane and largely humourless but ambitious and entertaining action flick, and it's satisfying to see a formidably intelligent and physically ferocious female at the centre.
Chef
- 2014
- US
- 115 min
- 15
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
- Written by: Jon Favreau
- Cast: Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson
- UK release: 27 June 2014
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to recreate his creativity, while piecing back together his estranged family.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- 2014
- US
- 128 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
- Cast: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
- UK release: 28 March 2014
Just as the titular hero (Evans) is adjusting to life in the 21st century, SHIELD turns out to have been infiltrated, and he must team up with Black Widow (Johansson) and Falcon (Mackie). A highly enjoyable conspiracy thriller with stunning action sequences, outstanding performances and a clever, morally complex plot.
Under the Skin
- 2013
- UK
- 108 min
- 15
- Directed by: Jonathan Glazer
- Written by: Michel Faber (novel), Walter Campbell (screenplay)
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Robert J. Goodwin
- UK release: 14 March 2014
An alien in human form (Johansson) picks up unwary travellers in Scotland. Glazer's adaptation of Michel Faber's novel is a genuinely unique, full-on sensory experience that leaves you dazed, disturbed and full of questions, aided no end by Johansson's believable 'otherness' and her character's infectious fascination with…
Her
- 2013
- US
- 126 min
- 15
- Directed by: Spike Jonze
- Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Scarlett Johansson
- UK release: 14 February 2014
A sultry-voiced operating system (voice of Johansson) and a lonely writer (Phoenix) develop an unlikely relationship.
Don Jon
- 2013
- US
- 90 min
- 18
- Directed by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
- UK release: 15 November 2013
Jon (Gordon-Levitt) is a porn junkie whose shallow attitude to women is challenged when he meets Barbara (Johansson). Gordon-Levitt is a likeable actor and as a writer-director he shows promise, but there's a lack of balance between the laughs and bravado of the first half of the film and the more sensitive approach taken…
Hitchcock
- 2012
- US
- 98 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Sacha Gervasi
- Written by: John McLaughlin (screenplay), Stephen Rebello (book)
- Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel
- UK release: 8 February 2013
Biopic of Alfred Hitchcock focussing on his relationship with wife Alma Reville and set during the filming of Psycho. This is Hitchcock for a tabloid audience: simplistic, judgemental, smug and pat. Rewatch the actual films instead.
Avengers Assemble
- 2012
- US
- 142 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Joss Whedon
- Written by: Zak Penn (screenplay), Joss Whedon (screenplay)
- Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson
- UK release: 27 April 2012
Big blockbuster superhero action as Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye team up to save the world.
Iron Man 2
- 2010
- US
- 124 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Jon Favreau
- Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke
Favreau returns to direct Downey Jr as the man in the metal suit. As expected, the action is big, bold and brash, the first appearance of Rourke in his Whiplash guise at the Monaco Grand Prix is a masterpiece of flying debris and crackling electricity. But it is Downey Jr who steals the show, playing Tony Stark as Bruce…
He's Just Not That Into You
- 2009
- US
- 129 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Ken Kwapis
- Written by: Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein
- Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Kris Kristofferson, Hedy Burress, Busy Phillips
Romantic comedy based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, following the lovelorn misadventures of several individuals in their 20s and 30s. Lightweight occasionally amusing comedy pitched at the 'Sex and the City' demographic.
The Other Boleyn Girl
- 2008
- UK
- 115 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Justin Chadwick
- Written by: Peter Morgan, Philippa Gregory
- Cast: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, Ana Torrent, David Morrissey, Eddie Redmayne
The 'hidden history' of Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne, the second of Henry VIII's six wives. Playing the Boleyn girls, Portman and Johansson are cast against type in less-than-thrilling sibling rivalry, while the usually excellent Bana (as the King) simply looks fed up. But rather than the cast it's probably Peter Morgan's…
The Spirit
- 2008
- US
- 102 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Frank Miller
- Cast: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Dan Lauria, Sarah Paulson, Paz Vega, Stana Katic, Jaime King, Louis Lombardi
Disappointing adaptation of Will Eisner's legendary superhero comic serial. It looks good but it's fairly incomprehensible and the dialogue is really lame, plus phoned in performances from Jackson and Johansson really don't help.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- 2008
- Spain/US
- 96 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Woody Allen
- Written by: Woody Allen
- Cast: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall
Young Americans Vicky (Hall) and Cristina (Johansson) go to stay in Barcelona for one summer. When artist Juan Carlo (Bardem) declares his lust for both of them a series of events are put in place that may just be a bit too 'Latin' for either of them. Dampened by uneven shifts from farce to melancholy, two-dimensional…
The Nanny Diaries
- 2007
- US
- 104 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
- Written by: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, Novel:, Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Nicholas Art, Donna Murphy, Alicia Keys
Johansson plays a college grad student working as a nanny for a wealthy dysfunctional New York family in this childcare satire that lacks edge, despite coming from the husband and wife filmmaking team who made 'Little Miss Sunshine'.
The Black Dahlia
- 2006
- UK/Germany
- 120 min
- 18
- Directed by: Brian De Palma
- Written by: Josh Friedman
- Cast: Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Fiona Shaw
A true Hollywood crime fictionalised in James Ellroy's novel with bags of potential as a money making movie. Add an obscenely glamorous cast and, surely, success? Well, no. The result underlines De Palma's foibles as a director, while the adaptation of Ellroy's source book is perplexingly loose and alarmingly trite in its…
The Prestige
- 2006
- US/UK
- 130 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Christopher Nolan
- Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, Rebecca Hall
The 'Memento' director adapts Christopher Priest's novel of rival stage magicians in turn-of-the-last-century London. The non-linear chronology interweaves the three stories of Rupert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden's (Bale) magic tuition, Angier's journey to meet a mad scientist (Bowie), and Borden awaiting the…
Scoop
- 2006
- UK/US
- 32 min
- Directed by: Woody Allen
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Jim Dunk
Short detective thriller.
The Island
- 2005
- US
- 136 min
- Directed by: Michael Bay
- Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou
Johansson and McGregor play clones who discover they're 'harvestable beings' and attempt to escape the island they're kept on.
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie
- 2004
- US
- 87 min
- U
- Directed by: Stephen Hillenburg
- Written by: Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt
- Cast: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Mr Lawrence, Alec Baldwin, David Hasselhoff, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Tambor
Charmless Nickelodeon channel spinoff cartoon feature movie, suitable for under fives only.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
- 2003
- UK/Luxembourg
- 95 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Peter Webber
- Cast: Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Cillian Murphy, Judy Parfitt
Adapted from the book by Tracy Chevalier, Webber's sumptuously upholstered film deals with the story behind the creation of Vermeer's famous painting. Marred by miscasting and an overly literal approach to the cinematography, this is a major disappointment: a fascinating story has been rendered into a dull, syrup-thick…
Lost In Translation
- 2003
- US/Japan
- 105 min
- 15
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
- Written by: Sofia Coppola
- Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris
Bill Murray plays it straight as an ageing movie star forced to shoot advertisements in Tokyo because they are so lucrative. This culture clash, fish out of water, pan-faced pseudo comedy marks Sofia Coppola's second outing as director. Part love story, part oddball lost weekend drama, 'Lost in Translation' underlines the…
Ghost World
- 2001
- US
- 111 min
- 15
- Directed by: Terry Zwigoff
- Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Stacey Travis
Daniel Clowes adapts his own cult comic with Zwigoff, opting not to translate parrot-fashion, but to distil the essence of the source material. Thus, characters, setting and tone are spot on, but the episodic nature of the serialised strip is shaped into a low key story revolving around high school graduates Enid and…
The Man Who Wasn't There
- 2001
- US
- 116 min
- 15
- Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (uncredited)
- Written by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
- Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Adam Alexi-Malle, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, and James Gandolfini
Set in the Californian backwater town of Santa Rosa circa the 1940s, 'The Man Who Wasn't There' takes its cue from the cynical world of pulp crime writers like James M Cain. The tale turns on a regular fella, Thornton's mild-mannered barber Ed Crane, who is unwittingly the catalyst for a spiralling series of events…
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