🎬 Movies Like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Loved One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)? A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. Here are 24 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest itself.
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Ragtime19817.3 IMDb85% RT critics77% RT audience70% TMDBShared talent: director Miloš Forman; Both are drama films
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Birdy19847.2 IMDb84% RT critics83% RT audience71% TMDBOften recommended together; Shared themes: lunatic asylum, set in united states
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Misery19907.8 IMDb86% RT critics90% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim86·90Often recommended together; Shared themes: psychological drama, nurse, set in united states
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The Elephant Man19808.2 IMDb91% RT critics93% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim91·93Shared themes: nurse, hospital, friendship; Both are drama films
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The Green Mile19998.6 IMDb78% RT critics61% Metacritic94% RT audience85% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser78·94Often recommended together; Shared themes: mentally disabled, set in united states
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Being There19797.9 IMDb95% RT critics92% RT audience76% TMDBBoth are drama films; Matching funny, emotional tone
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Hair19797.5 IMDb83% RT critics87% RT audience73% TMDBShared talent: director Miloš Forman; Both are drama films
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore19747.3 IMDb92% RT critics81% RT audience70% TMDBShared themes: psychological drama, set in united states; Both are drama films
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The Shining19808.4 IMDb84% RT critics93% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim84·93Shared talent: Scatman Crothers, Jack Nicholson; Both are drama films
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Amadeus19848.4 IMDb90% RT critics95% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim90·95Shared talent: director Miloš Forman; Both are drama films
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Paris, Texas19848.1 IMDb95% RT critics93% RT audience81% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·93Shared themes: psychological drama, set in united states; Both are drama films
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Taxi Driver19768.2 IMDb89% RT critics93% RT audience81% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim89·93Both are drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone
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Network19768.1 IMDb91% RT critics93% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim91·93Both are drama films; Same era (1970s)
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The Magdalene Sisters20027.7 IMDb91% RT critics89% RT audience74% TMDBOften recommended together; Both are drama films
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The Professor and the Madman20197.2 IMDb42% RT critics80% RT audience71% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser42·80Often recommended together; Shared themes: lunatic asylum
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Midnight Cowboy19697.8 IMDb89% RT critics88% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim89·88Shared themes: psychological drama, friendship, set in united states; Both are drama films
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Shutter Island20108.2 IMDb69% RT critics63% Metacritic77% RT audience82% TMDBOften recommended together; Both are drama films
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Rain Man19888.0 IMDb88% RT critics90% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim88·90Shared themes: mentally disabled, set in united states; Both are drama films
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?19668.0 IMDb96% RT critics90% RT audience77% TMDBBoth are drama films; Matching emotional tone
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The Shawshank Redemption19949.3 IMDb89% RT critics82% Metacritic98% RT audience87% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim89·98Both are drama films; Matching emotional, light tone
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Girl, Interrupted19997.3 IMDb53% RT critics84% RT audience76% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser53·84Often recommended together; Shared themes: medical drama, set in united states
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Sleeping with the Enemy19916.3 IMDb24% RT critics60% RT audience65% TMDB⚡ Polarizing24·60Often recommended together; Both are drama films
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The Wonder20226.6 IMDb84% RT critics72% RT audience66% TMDBOften recommended together; Shared themes: nurse
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Neverwas20056.5 IMDb14% RT critics65% RT audience64% TMDB⚡ Polarizing14·65Often recommended together; Both are drama films