One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
In this clean, orderly, disciplined world, who needs guys like McMurphy? Everybody.
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.
- Director
- Miloš Forman
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $109M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Philosophical Movies Ranked #19
Placed at #19 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Movies With Incredible Endings Ranked #21
Placed at #21 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Drama Movies Ranked #29
Placed at #29 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #32
Placed at #32 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
8 wins · 9 nominations
Academy Awards
5 wins · 9 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actress
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
BAFTA Awards
2 wins
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- WinnerBAFTA Award for Best Film
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest returned 36.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $109M
- Release date
- Nov 19, 1975
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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