What is the best Nicole Kidman movie of all time?

From Cannes darlings and Oscar-winning roles to beloved blockbusters, this list covers the full range of one of cinema's most chameleonic stars. Which performance stands tallest?

1. 1
   Moulin Rouge!

   A 2001 Baz Luhrmann musical romance where Kidman plays a doomed Parisian courtesan, earning her first Oscar nomination.
2. 2
   The Hours

   A 2002 drama in which Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress playing Virginia Woolf with a prosthetic nose.
3. 3
   Eyes Wide Shut

   Stanley Kubrick's 1999 erotic psychological thriller starring Kidman opposite Tom Cruise, his final completed film.
4. 4
   To Die For

   A 1995 dark satirical thriller directed by Gus Van Sant where Kidman plays a ruthlessly ambitious TV personality.
5. 5
   Rabbit Hole

   A 2010 intimate drama in which Kidman plays a grieving mother, earning her third Academy Award nomination.
6. 6
   Dogville

   Lars von Trier's 2003 experimental drama where Kidman plays a mysterious fugitive sheltered by a small mountain community.
7. 7
   Birth

   A 2004 mysterious drama where Kidman plays a widow who becomes convinced a young boy is her reincarnated late husband.
8. 8
   The Killing of a Sacred Deer

   A 2017 psychological horror by Yorgos Lanthimos where Kidman and Colin Farrell face a teenager's supernatural curse.
9. 9
   Lion

   A 2016 true-story drama where Kidman plays the Australian adoptive mother of a lost Indian boy searching for his family.
10. 10
    Practical Magic

    A 1998 romantic fantasy where Kidman and Sandra Bullock play witch sisters navigating love and family curses.
11. 11
    Cold Mountain

    A 2003 Civil War epic where Kidman plays a sheltered young woman waiting for the return of her soldier love.
12. 12
    Being the Ricardos

    A 2021 biographical drama where Kidman plays Lucille Ball navigating a tumultuous week of television and personal crises.
13. 13
    Bombshell

    A 2019 docudrama based on the Fox News sexual harassment scandal, with Kidman playing Gretchen Carlson.
14. 14
    Batman Forever

    A 1995 blockbuster where Kidman plays psychologist Dr. Chase Meridian alongside Val Kilmer's Batman.
15. 15
    Far and Away

    A 1992 epic romantic adventure where Kidman and Tom Cruise play Irish immigrants chasing the American Dream.
16. 16
    The Beguiled

    Sofia Coppola's 2017 Southern Gothic thriller where Kidman leads a girls' school harboring a wounded Union soldier.