One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

A 1975 American drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, with a screenplay by Lawrence Hauben. Starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and William Redfield, the film tells the story of Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), who fakes a mental illness to avoid prison and is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. There, he confronts the cruel and authoritarian Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), and his struggle for freedom and individuality becomes the film's central theme. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" won 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.