Overview
A knight framed for a crime he didn't commit teams up with a shape-shifting teen named Nimona to clear his name — but Nimona is everything knights have sworn to destroy, and the kingdom's institutions are far more corrupt than its monsters.
Released in 2023, Nimona was directed by Nick Bruno & Troy Quane and produced under the Annapurna Pictures banner. The film occupies a significant place within the Independent — telling a self-contained story outside of shared-continuity superhero franchises.
The film features lead performances from Chloe Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, among others, anchoring a story that adapts characters first brought to life in Independent. Its source material gives the film a foundation rooted in decades of published storytelling, which Quane and the creative team interpret through a cinematic lens.
With an audience rating of 7.8, Nimona is generally praised as a strong entry in the superhero genre — its strengths in storytelling, performance, and production design regularly cited by viewers.
Principal Cast
Trivia & Facts
Nimona released in 2023, placing it within the 2020s era of comic book cinema — a decade that saw superhero films become the dominant force at the global box office.
Directed by Nick Bruno & Troy Quane, the film was produced by Annapurna Pictures and adapts source material from Independent.
The principal cast features Chloe Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed, with key supporting roles played by Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy.
The film belongs to Independent — an independent / standalone production, not tied to a shared cinematic universe.
Nimona carries an audience rating of 7.8 — putting it in the solid-to-excellent tier of the genre.
The Independent source material for Nimona has been in continuous publication for decades, giving filmmakers a rich well of storylines, character arcs, and iconography to draw upon.
Modern superhero films like this one use a mix of practical effects and digital VFX, with entire sequences often shot against volume walls or LED stages pioneered by shows like The Mandalorian.
Nimona is catalogued on Movies on Comics among our collection of 163 comic book films spanning 48 years of cinema — from Richard Donner's 1978 Superman to the present day.