Top 10 Best Nicole Kidman Movies

As the dying courtesan Satine in Baz Luhrmann's extravagant musical, Kidman stars opposite Ewan McGregor. The role earned her an Oscar nomination and confirmed her versatility as both actress and singer.

As writer Virginia Woolf, whose life is intertwined with those of two women in different eras, Kidman delivered the role that won her an Oscar. A prosthetic nose transformed her appearance for the role.

As a mother living with her two light-sensitive children in an isolated mansion, Kidman leads this gothic ghost story, which builds its tension through atmosphere rather than explicit horror.

As an ambitious, manipulative TV weather presenter who has her husband murdered for her career, Kidman plays one of her sharpest early roles in a satire of America's obsession with fame.

As one of the women exposing sexual harassment at a major American news network, Kidman plays a key role in this drama based on true events.

Opposite her then-husband Tom Cruise, Kidman plays a woman whose confession sends her husband on a dark nocturnal odyssey in Stanley Kubrick's final film.

As a woman trying to survive during the American Civil War while her beloved walks home, Kidman leads this epic war drama.

As TV icon Lucille Ball during a crucial week of her popular show, Kidman plays one of her most discussed later roles. The casting was controversial but earned her an Oscar nomination.

As the mother of a teenager sent to a conversion therapy program, Kidman plays a supporting role that gradually shifts from supporting the church to supporting her son.

As a mother trying to move on after the death of her young son, Kidman plays one of her most restrained, sorrowful roles, avoiding sentimentality in favor of quiet, realistic moments.

In Yorgos Lanthimos' chilling psychological thriller, Kidman plays Anna Murphy, an ophthalmologist married to a successful heart surgeon (Colin Farrell). When a sinister teenager enters their family and casts an inescapable curse, Anna balances rational denial with ruthless survival instinct.

In this provocative erotic thriller by Dutch director Halina Reijn, Kidman plays Romy Mathis, a powerful New York CEO who risks her career and her marriage to Antonio Banderas when she begins a dangerous affair with her young intern (Harris Dickinson). Her daring performance won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival.

In Lars von Trier's bold arthouse masterpiece, Grace flees gangsters and seeks refuge in an isolated mountain town staged on a bare soundstage with chalk lines. The villagers offer protection in exchange for labor, but exploit her without limit. Kidman's transformation is widely considered one of the artistic peaks of her career.

This nerve-racking maritime thriller by Phillip Noyce was Kidman's international breakthrough. After losing their son, Rae and her husband (Sam Neill) seek peace on a yacht in the Pacific, until they rescue a survivor (Billy Zane) from a sinking ship who turns out to be a psychopath.

In Jonathan Glazer's hypnotic drama, Anna is about to remarry ten years after the death of her great love Sean, when a ten-year-old boy appears claiming to be Sean reincarnated. Kidman's virtuoso control, especially in a famous unbroken close-up of more than two minutes at the opera, makes this one of her most layered roles.

In Sofia Coppola's sultry adaptation, Kidman runs an isolated girls' school in the South during the Civil War. When a wounded Union soldier (Colin Farrell) is taken in, a toxic web of jealousy and betrayal develops. Kidman combines aristocratic grace with an icy, menacing resolve.

For his English-language debut, Park Chan-wook made a dark, sensual gothic thriller. After her husband's sudden death, Evelyn Stoker is left with her introverted teenage daughter India (Mia Wasikowska), until the charismatic Uncle Charlie moves in and a morbid family triangle emerges.

Kidman reunited with Baz Luhrmann for a large-scale Hollywood epic. She plays English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley, who travels to the rugged outback to claim a huge cattle station and, with a rough drover (Hugh Jackman), drives thousands of cattle across the land on the eve of World War II.

In this beloved fantasy rom-com, Kidman and Sandra Bullock play sisters Gillian and Sally Owens, modern witches burdened by a family curse that dooms every man they love. Kidman shines as the fiery, impulsive Gillian. A timeless cult classic about sisterhood.