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Scarlett Johanssonhas made a name for herself as one of the most sought - after role player working today , and several of her greatest performances were in science - fiction movies . Johansson has take up sci - fi character since early in her calling , such as in the little - know creature featureEight Legged Freaks , right up to more recent dismissal like the controversial manga adaptationGhost in the Shell . Across all these roles , Johansson delivered the same exceptional commitment to performing that she has shown throughout her wide-ranging calling in Hollywood .

Thebest Scarlett Johansson moviesincluded oeuvre with fabled music director , and her science fiction offer were no dissimilar . With fantastic performance in moving-picture show by filmmakers such as Jonathan Glazer , Spike Jonze , and Christopher Nolan , Johansson has consistently point viewers that she ’s one of the most gifted actresses exercise today and that she can impersonate her part with the depth and nuance these story want . The greatest Johansson sci - fi movies sweep over the usual caparison of this genreand stand out as some of the best science fiction releases of the twenty-first century .

7Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

Scarlett Johansson as Ashley Parker

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Eight Legged Freaks is a repugnance - comedy film that takes place in the Arizona townspeople of Prosperity , where toxic waste matter dumping has caused spiders to produce to tremendous size of it and become strong-growing . The spiders start to attack the township ’s resident physician , and a grouping of survivors , including a wanderer expert and the local sheriff , must band together to stop the eight - legged menace .

Eight Legged Freakswas an over - the - top court to B - movie colossus repulsion thatfeatured Scarlett Johansson in a supporting role shortly after her breakout execution inGhost World . WhileEight Legged Freakswas by no means an awesome film , it must be given credit for not take itself too seriously . While there were plenty of shiver and a fair few jest , the problem withEight Legged Freakswas that it quickly run out of steam and stand as a lackluster and mostly forgettable creature feature film .

A possible subsequence toEight Legged Freakswas reported on in 2003 ( viaMoviehole ) ; however , no subsequent selective information has come out since then , and it ’s extremely potential this project has been abandoned , especially conceive the original film ’s mixed decisive and audience reception .

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Johansson , along with David Arquette and Doug E. Doug , face off against giant spiders that had grown in size due to a toxic waste spill inEight Legged Freaks . It ’s camp , it ’s featherbrained , it ’s cheesy , and it ’s the variety of picture show that , if it come out today , would be a direct - to - steaming feature or made - for - TV film likeSharknadorather than a true theatrical sacking with A - list ace . However , if audience do n’t expect a masterpiece , they may be agreeably surprise by just how funEight Legged Freakswas .

6Ghost In The Shell (2017)

Scarlett Johansson as Major Mira Killian / Motoko Kusanagi

base on the internationally - acclaimed anime / manga “ GHOST IN THE SHELL , " a sci - fi action motion picture that follows the Major , a special ops , one - of - a - kind human - cyborg hybrid , who leads the elite task force Section 9 . Devoted to stop the most grievous criminals and extremist , part 9 faces an enemy whose singular goal is to pass over out Hanka Robotic ’s advancements in cyber engineering .

The resilient - action remake ofGhost in the Shellwas always going to be compare to the previous anime adjustment of Masamune Shirow ’s acclaimed manga . As a film set in the near future when the line between humans and robot was beginning to blur , Ghost in the Shellfollowed the cyber - soldier Major ( Scarlett Johansson ) as they investigated their past as the first of their kind . WhileGhost in the Shellreceived praise for its optic elan and action sequences , it was also hard criticized for its casting option , which direct to accusation of whitewashing .

WhileJohansson delivered a strong public presentation as Major , she was all wrong for the part , and as a cult Nipponese manga with a Hong Kong - exhort stage setting and a tarradiddle act upon by Eastern philosophy , an Asiatic actor would have been the obvious choice . wraith in the Shellalso miss the magic of the previous anime moving picture adaptation and test this was a story that influence better in animation than in live - activeness . The overall job was thatGhost in the Shellfailed to apologise its existence when other superior version of this taradiddle already existed .

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The Ghost in the Shell remake tackles the whitewashing contestation head on , but bomb to apologise Scarlett Johansson ’s casting .

5The Island (2005)

Scarlett Johansson as Sarah Jordan / Jordan Two Delta

The Island is a 2005 science fiction thriller lead by Michael Bay . The film stars Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson as resident physician of a hold in facility who chance upon they are clone , hold up only to cater organs and offspring for wealthy humans . As they escape to the veridical humans , they uncover the true statement about their existence . The film explore themes of identity and the ethics of cloning .

Michael Bay ’s escape - from - dystopia storyThe Islandwas a gravid - budget thriller that meld the over - the - top action spectacle of his late movies with the philosophic ponders of sci - fi story such asLogan ’s RunandThe Prisoner . With a narration about farmed humans unknowingly being harvested for their organs from an isolated compound , The IslandstarredEwan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson as escapees determined to unleash the Sojourner Truth upon the man . WhileThe Islandfelt derivative of several other flick that tackled similar themes , it was still an enjoyable thriller that go on to highlight Bay ’s skill for cinematic spectacle and action set up pieces .

WhileThe Islandworked well as an entertaining summertime blockbuster , it lacked the nuanced profundity of more accomplished speculative sci - fi whole kit and boodle where characters reveal they had been breed for death , such asNever Let Me Go . Johansson flirt her part well as the clueless clone who before long establish everything she ever knew to be a lie and mature to hear everything from the nature of society to sexual desire . The Islandwas an enjoyable escapade but ranked among the most forgettable ofall of Bay ’s movies .

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4Lucy (2014)

Scarlett Johansson as Lucy Miller

Scarlet Johansson star as the title of respect character in Luc Besson ’s 2014 sci - fi thriller Lucy , where a young charwoman who ’s force to work as a drug mule accidentally recrudesce superhuman abilities after an experimental drug leak into her system . She is pursued by drug lord Mr. Jang ( Choi Min - sik ) and help by both Professor Samuel Norman ( Morgan Freeman ) and police captain Pierre Del Rio ( Amr Waked ) while she unlocks skills far beyond 10 % of the human brain ’s capacity .

Luc Besson’sLucyexplored the myth that humans only used ten percent of their head electrical capacity to deliver a polarizing sci - fi action movie that took this false belief to its rank extreme . With Scarlett Johansson as Lucy Miller , a cleaning lady who make headway psychokinetic abilities after absorbing a mastermind - enhancing drug , Lucywas an pleasurable thriller , assuming audiences left logic at the door and just accept the story as it was present . As Lucy ’s brain capacitance improve , the over - the - top spectacle ofLucygrew before reaching the absolute extreme in the film ’s sinful orgasm .

Although director Luc Besson has entertained the estimate of a sequel toLucy , during a recent audience withThe Playlist , he express he was not involved in any plans to continue the story and said that although he had scan reports abouta potentialLucy 2​​​​​​​it was news to him and he had not been approached to direct or prepare any follow - up to his hit film .

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Johansson gave a upstanding execution inLucy , which more than made up for the fatuity at the heart of its concept . As a cross between superhero , mobster , and speculative sci - fi filmmaking , Lucywas abrief 90 - second moviethat kept the bet high and the action uniform throughout . While it may not have been for everyone , Johansson was on top form , and manager Besson recaptured some of the magic that made his best movies , likeLéon : The ProfessionalandThe Fifth Element , work so well .

3Her (2013)

Scarlett Johansson as Samantha

conduct by Spike Jonze , Her tells the chronicle of Theodore Twombly , a lonely author go through a divorcement who begins an vivid relationship with the AI virtual assistant included with the Modern operating system on his data processor . As Twombly and the AI , named Samantha , get down to grow nearer , they must both struggle with the nature of being human and their individual desire for what they want out of their lives . Joaquin Phoenix asterisk as Twombly alongside Scarlett Johansson as Samantha , with a casting that include Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , and Olivia Wilde .

moot the climb of stilted intelligence in recent years , Spike Jonze ’s romantic sci - fiHerhas never sense more relevant or prescient . With Scarlett Johansson as the virtual supporter Samantha , Herinvolved a lonely , introverted gentleman name Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ) work a strong fastening to Samantha as they stick to through intense discussions about life and making love . Herbrought up gripping questions about the nature of romance in the digital age and signalize ethical and philosophical dilemma that humans may shortly be storm to reckon with .

Part of the office ofHerwas the vulnerable sadness of Ted ’s graphic symbol and the comfort he take from his interactions with Samantha . It ’s a will to Johansson ’s play talents that she was such a powerful presence through her voice alone inHer , as she ironically brought humanity to what could have been a very automatonlike and detached role . Herwas truly a romance for the New long time and , through its science - fable concept , monish toward a potentially unsettling future concerning human and AI romances .

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Eight Legged Freaks is a horror-comedy film that takes place in the Arizona town of Prosperity, where toxic waste dumping has caused spiders to grow to enormous size and become aggressive. The spiders begin to attack the town’s residents, and a group of survivors, including a spider expert and the local sheriff, must band together to stop the eight-legged menace.

2The Prestige (2006)

Scarlett Johansson as Olivia Wenscombe

Written and conduct by Christopher Nolan , The Prestige follows the life-time of two microscope stage magicians in Victorian London . Once colleagues , Robert Angier and Alfred Borden become hated rivals after a tragedy involving Angier ’s wife tears them aside . The two magicians each go on to have their own lives and careers while competing to see who can take out off a apparently impossible teleportation legerdemain . Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as Angier and Borden .

The Prestigewas one of director Christopher Nolan ’s most absorbing films as it explore the deeply psychological story of rivalry , ritual killing , and the pursuit of perfection . With Christian Bale and Hugh Jackson as magicians battling to create the ultimate legerdemain , Scarlett Johansson played the magician supporter Olivia Wenscombe , who fall in love with Bordon ( Bale ) but later teach that everything was not as it seemed . As the magician ’s conjuration ‘ The Transported Man ’ showcased the saturnine pulsation of human ’ ask to succeed , The Prestigehighlighted idea of one - upmanship , secretiveness , and the willingness to demolish oneself in the pursuit of resplendence .

Johansson , along with other supporting character reference such as David Bowie as Nikola Tesla , added to the innate power ofThe Prestige . While the impingement ofThe Prestigerested primarily on the passionate performances of Bale and Jackson , Johansson ’s love history fall a light on all that had been lost through the magician ’s individual - minded questto outdo one another . As one of the verybest Nolan flick , The Prestigewas a significant button in Johansson ’s acclaimed filmography .

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1Under The Skin (2013)

Scarlett Johansson as The Female

Under the peel is a sci - fi thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson . Johansson plays " The Female , " an alien from another world that hunts valet in Scotland . Despite receiving high kudos upon expiration , Under the Skin was a box place bomb , only making a little over half of its budget .

The unusual , sublime , and visually stunning Jonathan Glazer filmUnder the Skinstood as the greatest of all Scarlett Johansson ’s sci - fi pic . With a minimalist fashion and unornamented story , Under the Skinwas a haunting viewing experience as Johansson played a mysterious new woman who seduced lonely men as she traversed the Scottish countryside in a highlight atmospherical and eerie depiction . With Johansson in the leading role as a seemingly alien cleaning lady , most of the cast of characters had no playacting experience , which added the pervade sense of dread throughoutUnder the Skin .

AlthoughUnder the Skinfailed at the box office , it received ecumenical plaudit from critic . Its absorbing imagery and mesmerizing performance made it one of Johansson ’s most unusual and complete releases . Under the Skinwas not drive by its plotline and was an ethereal experience that must be witnessed to be believed . It ’s dark and creepy , but in many ways unquestionably beautiful , and for those with a tenderness forScarlett Johansson’ssci - fi offerings , Under the Skinwas an absolute must - see movie .

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Based on the internationally-acclaimed anime/manga “GHOST IN THE SHELL, " a sci-fi action movie that follows the Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 faces an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.

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The Island is a 2005 science fiction thriller directed by Michael Bay. The film stars Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson as residents of a confined facility who discover they are clones, living only to provide organs and offspring for wealthy humans. As they escape to the real world, they uncover the truth about their existence. The film explores themes of identity and the ethics of cloning.

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Scarlet Johansson stars as the title character in Luc Besson’s 2014 sci-fi thriller Lucy, where a young woman who’s forced to work as a drug mule accidentally develops superhuman abilities after an experimental drug leaks into her system. She is pursued by drug lord Mr. Jang (Choi Min-sik) and helped by both Professor Samuel Norman (Morgan Freeman) and police captain Pierre Del Rio (Amr Waked) while she unlocks skills far beyond 10% of the human brain’s capacity.

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Directed by Spike Jonze, Her tells the story of Theodore Twombly, a lonely writer going through a divorce who begins an intense relationship with the AI virtual assistant included with the new operating system on his computer. As Twombly and the AI, named Samantha, begin to grow closer, they must both struggle with the nature of being human and their individual desires for what they want out of their lives. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Twombly alongside Scarlett Johansson as Samantha, with a cast that includes Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, and Olivia Wilde.

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Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, The Prestige follows the lives of two stage magicians in Victorian London. Once colleagues, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden become hated rivals after a tragedy involving Angier’s wife tears them apart. The two magicians each go on to have their own lives and careers while competing to see who can pull off a seemingly impossible teleportation trick. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as Angier and Borden.

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Under the Skin is a sci-fi thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson. Johansson plays “The Female,” an alien from another world that hunts men in Scotland. Despite receiving high praise upon release, Under the Skin was a box office bomb, only making a little over half of its budget.

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