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For every Oscar-worthy hit, there's a Kidman gem that's been swept under the Hollywood red carpet.
From psychological thrillers that'll leave you sleeping with the lights on, to romantic dramas where Kidman's hair deserves its own Oscar, these are the films that prove our girl Nicole has always been more than just a pretty face in Hollywood.
1. "Trespass" (2011) Rotten Tomatoes score: 9% A thriller about a wealthy couple held for ransom in their own home by brutal criminals, leading to a tense game of betrayal and deception.
2. "The Invasion" (2007) Rotten Tomatoes score: 20% A science fiction thriller where an alien epidemic hits Earth, causing humans to become emotionless automatons, with a psychiatrist fighting to protect her son.
3. "Just Go With It" (2011) Rotten Tomatoes score: 19% A romantic comedy about a plastic surgeon who pretends to be unhappily married to woo women, and his assistant who helps maintain the ruse during a trip to Hawaii.
4. "Queen of the Desert" (2015) Rotten Tomatoes score: 17% A biographical drama chronicling the life of Gertrude Bell, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, and political attaché in the Middle East during the early 20th century.
5. "Grace of Monaco" (2014) Rotten Tomatoes score: 9% A biopic focusing on a period in the life of American actress Grace Kelly, who became Princess Grace of Monaco, during a political dispute between Monaco and France.
6. "Before I Go to Sleep" (2014) Rotten Tomatoes score: 37% A psychological thriller about a woman who wakes up every day with no memory due to a traumatic accident and begins to question her life and those around her.
7. "Billy Bathgate" (1991) Rotten Tomatoes score: 36% A crime drama set in the 1930s, following a young man's rise in a mob organization under the wing of the notorious gangster Dutch Schultz.
8. "Strangerland" (2015) Rotten Tomatoes score: 40% A drama about a couple whose lives unravel after their two teenage children go missing in the Australian desert.
9. "Birth" (2004) Rotten Tomatoes score: 39% A psychological drama where a woman's life is turned upside down when a young boy claims to be the reincarnation of her deceased husband.
10. "Nine" (2009) Rotten Tomatoes score: 39% A musical drama inspired by Fellini's "8½", focusing on a film director struggling with a midlife crisis and creative block while juggling the women in his life.
11. "Far and Away" (1992) Rotten Tomatoes score: 50% An epic romantic adventure about a young Irish couple who immigrate to America in the late 19th century, seeking land and fortune but finding love and hardship.
12. "Hemingway & Gellhorn" (2012) Rotten Tomatoes score: 49% A biographical drama centered around the passionate and tumultuous relationship between literary titan Ernest Hemingway and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn.
13. "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" (2017) Rotten Tomatoes score: 48% A quirky sci-fi comedy about a teenager in 1970s London who discovers an alien cult at a local party, leading to a wild adventure and unexpected romance.
14. "The Peacemaker" (1997) Rotten Tomatoes score: 46% An action thriller where a U.S. Army Colonel and a civilian nuclear expert team up to track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists.
15. "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996) Rotten Tomatoes score: 46% A period drama based on Henry James' novel, focusing on a young American woman's disastrous marriage to a deceitful and cruel older man in Europe.
16. "Destroyer" (2018) Rotten Tomatoes score: 74% A gritty crime thriller following a detective who reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
17. "Cold Mountain" (2003) Rotten Tomatoes score: 70% A historical drama set during the American Civil War, telling the story of a wounded soldier's perilous journey back home to his beloved in the rural South.
18. "Dogville" (2003) Rotten Tomatoes score: 70% A dark drama set in a small American town during the Great Depression, where a woman on the run finds refuge but is betrayed, leading to a harrowing conclusion.
19. "Stoker" (2013) Rotten Tomatoes score: 70% A psychological thriller about a girl who becomes infatuated with her mysterious uncle after her father's death, uncovering dark family secrets.
20. "Boy Erased" (2018) Rotten Tomatoes score: 81% A biographical drama about the son of Baptist parents who is forced to take part in a gay conversion therapy program, leading to a journey of self-discovery and acceptance.
