One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Directed by Miloš Forman · 135 min · Drama
97.7 TOPICAL score · #8 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, directed by Miloš Forman) has a TOPICAL score of 97.7 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on audience and awards. It won 8 awards from 12 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Critics: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 84. Audiences: TMDB 8.4/10 (11,864 ratings) · IMDb 8.6/10. Wikipedia covers it in 78 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics93% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 84
- AudienceTMDB 8.4/10 (11,864 ratings) · IMDb 8.6/10
- Awards8 wins, 12 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Actress
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 78 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read168,363 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jack Nicholson (actor #4), Brad Dourif (actor #498), Louise Fletcher, Danny DeVito (actor #635)
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest received critical acclaim and is considered by critics and audiences to be one of the greatest films ever made.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10