One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) (original) (raw)
Original title
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Year
1975
Running time
133 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Drama | Disease/illness. Disability. Comedy-Drama. Cult movie
Synopsis
A misbehaved con named McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), who shirks authority, finds himself in an asylum after faking insanity to get out of work detail in prison. The troublemaker soon finds himself in a place that's worse than prison when he meets Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), whose set of rules and regulations are meant to suppress patients' psychotic outbursts, and their spirits. It's not long before McMurphy is reaching out to his new inmates, trying desperately to bring life to an otherwise dead atmosphere and pit them against the dictatorship of Ratched, who thinks McMurphy's free spirit is as dangerous as a schizophrenic impulse.
Rankings Position
- #4 Best Movies of the '70s
- #23 Best Drama Movies
- #25 Best US Movies of all time
- #31 Best Movies in the history of film
Awards
1975: 5 Academy Awards: Movie, Director, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Ad. Screenplay
1975: 5 Golden Globes: Movie, Director, Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Screenplay
1976: BAFTA Awards: 6 Awards including Best Movie, Director and Actor. 10 Nominations
1976: César Awards: Nominated Best Foreign Film
1975: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actor (Nicholson). 2 Nominations
1975: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Film
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- 21 My Favorite Cult Classics (233)
- 23 My Favorite Book to Film Adaptation (66)
- 30 Movies with Great Screenplays (86)
- 38 Movies with the Best Endings (215)
- 46 My Favorite Movies (4106)
- 52 Most Moving Movies (83)
- 67 Absolute Musts (25)
- 73 Weird Films I Actually Love - Not Everybody's Thing (10)
- 74 Movies I Own (1083)
- 79 Movies with a Great Female Lead (44)
- 81 Best Directed Movies (28)
- 95 Movies I Like But Wouldn't Recommend to Everyone (30)
- 99 Movies I Liked More the Second Time I Watched Them (15)
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