One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975 · directed by Miloš Forman · 135 min

27,667 feet · Prominence

33rd of 24,106 films scored

Not coveredThe 33rd highest film on the mountain, and The Rewatchables has never done it.

How this film scores

Draw74

Lifetime worldwide gross $109m, re-releases included; about $668m in 2026 money.

Rank394 of 11,051In 19753 of 43

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise94

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics88 baseAwards100 signal → +6 lift

Oscars5 won Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, Adapted Screenplay4 nominated Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Dramatic Score

Golden Globes4 won Best Picture, Actor, Lead acting, Screenplay1 nominated Lead acting

BAFTAs5 won Film, Direction, Actor, Lead acting, Craft and other2 nominated Screenplay, Craft and other

How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy87

Judged directly: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest reviewed.

Verdict87 of 100IMDb8.6 from 1.2mWikipedia86k views a monthAge51 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100evidence, not an input to the score

Scored beside it · 50 of 4,039 films judged

88Groundhog Day (1993)

88The Princess Bride (1987)

87The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

87Parasite (2019)

87One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

86Forrest Gump (1994)

86The Breakfast Club (1985)

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 74 praise 94 legacy 87averages 85, placing it at27,667 ft

How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Louise Fletcher

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jack Nicholson20,857 ft Louise Fletcher20,857 ft Brad Dourif19,677 ft Danny DeVito18,373 ft Christopher Lloyd18,301 ft Scatman Crothers18,004 ft Anjelica Huston17,677 ft