Every Sofia Coppola Film Ranked Worst To Best

For her Lost in Translation script, Coppola won a well-deserved Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and created one of the best films of the 2000s. Lost in Translation tells the story of faded star Bob Harris (Bill Murray), who heads to Japan to film a series of advertisements for a local whiskey, whilst battling lonliness, marital discord and a midlife crisis.

In Japan, Bob meets Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a newly-wed unsure about both her marriage and her life's path. The film lacks a conventional narrative, telling its story through a series of time-jumping and interconnected character interactions and mundane activities (going to the gym, showering, singing karaoke).

With its sharp and witty script, Murray's career-best performance and the film's moody, stylish aesthetic, Lost in Translation is both a striking character study and a sweet, unconventional drama that touches on its themes with a serious and mature tone. To date, it remains Sofia Coppola's best film, and an endlessly iconic modern classic.