One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Five Academy Awards for this cinematic gem that captured the rebellious spirit of its time, cemented Jack Nicholson's place among Hollywood's greats, and remains one of the defining landmarks of American cinema in the 1970s.

Synopsis

A convicted criminal is transferred to a psychiatric institution for evaluation, where his defiance of the hospital's brutal regime, ruled by the authoritarian Nurse Ratched, ignites a battle that will forever change everyone around him.