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

Moulin Rouge!

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

2

The Hours

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

3

Eyes Wide Shut

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

4

To Die For

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

5

Rabbit Hole

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

6

Dogville

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

7

Birth

A 2004 mysterious drama where Kidman plays a widow who becomes convinced a young boy is her reincarnated late husband.

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

Lion

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

10

Practical Magic

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

11

Cold Mountain

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

12

Being the Ricardos

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

13

Bombshell

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

14

Batman Forever

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

15

Far and Away

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

16

The Beguiled

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