Scarlett Johansson's 8 Most Underrated Movies. Yes, Even That One. Fight Me.

Everybody knows her as the Avenger with the best hair. These are the ones that got skipped, shrugged at, or filed under somebody else's name.

Number one is a movie you probably laughed at the trailer for.

1. 8
   Black Widow (2021)7.1

   Better than its reputation, mostly thanks to Florence Pugh.

   Audiences gave it an A− CinemaScore, then the internet treated it like homework. The finale is a mess, but the sister banter earns the rewatch.
2. 7
   Chef (2014)7.9

   Small role, but it's Favreau's most lovable movie.

   An $11M food truck movie that made $49.8M worldwide and a 7.9 movie.guru score. She's barely in it. The Cuban sandwiches are the actual lead.
3. 6
   Match Point (2005)6.8

   The best Woody Allen thriller, and she's the reason.

   A $15M budget, $85.6M worldwide, 7.6 on IMDb. The middle drags like a rally nobody wants to finish, but the tension is real.
4. 5
   The Prestige (2006)7.4

   Critics shortchanged it. That 77% is a clerical error.

   IMDb has it at 8.5 from 1.6 million votes. Metacritic says 66. The Guru's Take says 8.9. Its one real flaw: she's underused as the assistant.
5. 4
   Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)8.7

   Her best Natasha is hiding in somebody else's title.

   An 8.7 movie.guru score and $714.4M worldwide, and she drives half the plot. Still filed as a Captain America movie. Technically right, spiritually wrong.
6. 3
   Marriage Story (2019)9.4

   Her best performance, and most people never pressed play.

   A 9.4 movie.guru score and a 94 on Metacritic. Theatrical gross: $333,686 worldwide. It's a Netflix movie, sure. It also wrecks you, which scared people off.
7. 2
   Lost in Translation (2003)9.2

   A $4M movie that quietly beats almost everything she's made.

   Reported $4M budget, $118.7M worldwide, 9.2 movie.guru score. Yes, it's slow. The slow is the movie. Bill Murray staring at a hotel bar is the special effect.
8. 1
   Transformers One (2024)8.5

   Her best blockbuster is a cartoon about robot toys.

   8.5 movie.guru score, A CinemaScore, beats 93% of movies with audiences. Domestic gross: $59.1M against a reported $75M to $147M budget. Everyone skipped it. Everyone was wrong.

$43.17 says you defend the robot movie in the comments before you've even watched it.

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