One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · 133 min
Directed by Miloš Forman. Written by Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben. Starring Jack Nicholson, Brad Dourif, Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito.
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Critics 92% · audiences 96% · 9 Oscar nominations, 5 won