Kidman kuma ta fito a cikin Alejandro Amenábar's fim mai ban tsoro The Others (2001), a matsayin Grace Stewart, mahaifiyar da ke zaune a Channel Islands a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II wanda ke zargin gidanta yana da hauka. Kasuwancin sama da dalar Amurka miliyan 210 a duk duniya, fim din kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Goya Awards da dama, ciki har da mafi kyawun mata na Kidman. Ta karɓi BAFTA ta biyu da kuma lambar yabo ta Golden Globe ta biyar. Roger Ebert ya yi sharhi cewa "Alejandro Amenábar yana da haƙuri don ƙirƙirar yanayi mai banƙyama, mai mafarki, kuma Nicole Kidman ta yi nasara wajen tabbatar mana cewa ita mutum ce ta al'ada a cikin yanayi mai ban tsoro, kuma ba kawai fim mai ban tsoro ba". Kidman an kira shi mafi kyawun mutum na duniya ta hanyar Beautiful People.
Lars von Trier