# The best Nicole Kidman movies

From Dead Calm to Virginia Woolf and Grace in Dogville: Nicole Kidman's finest film roles, ranked from Variety, Collider and Screen Rant.

- 67 votes · 13 items
- Aug 28, 2025 · Ryan Clarke
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## Top 10

1. **Moulin Rouge! (2001)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Satine, the courtesan of Baz Luhrmann's musical.
2. **The Hours (2002)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Virginia Woolf: her Best Actress Oscar.
3. **To Die For (1995)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — A weather girl who'll do anything to be famous, by Gus Van Sant.
4. **Dogville (2003)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Grace hiding in a mountain town, by Lars von Trier.
5. **Eyes Wide Shut (1999)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Alice Harford in Kubrick's last film.
6. **The Others (2001)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A mother and two light-sensitive children, by Amenábar.
7. **Lion (2016)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — The adoptive mother of Saroo, lost in India as a child.
8. **Birth (2004)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A widow and a boy who claims to be her husband reborn.
9. **Rabbit Hole (2010)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — A mother grieving her young son.
10. **Dead Calm (1989)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — A couple at sea with a dangerous castaway.
11. **Destroyer (2018)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A burnt-out LAPD detective chasing her past.
12. **Being the Ricardos (2021)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Lucille Ball during one week of I Love Lucy.
13. **The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — A surgeon's family under a curse, by Yorgos Lanthimos.

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