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Movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and what it does not.
What did you love about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Mental institution Institutional satire Authoritarian regime Individualism Conformity Rebellion Free will Psychological drama Your best matches Ranked against what One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is actually about, not its genre labels.
66% Reverina match Top pick 1998 · Film · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Built around the same free will Watched for the same thing: social commentary Centres on the same rebel figure More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its hopeful and contemplative register What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or rebellion Not really psychological drama or institutional satire Emotionally lighter Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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1979 · Film · Drama · Thriller
Worth a look
Why it matches Also about individualism Centres on the same rebel figure Shares its tense and hopeful register Builds as slowly What's different Does not promise social commentary or character study Not built around moral ambiguity or free will Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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1968 · Film · Adventure · Drama
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: social commentary Centres on the same believer figure Also about power dynamics Built around the same moral ambiguity What's different Not built around free will or rebellion Not really psychological drama or institutional satire Noticeably slower Add to watchlist Not for me
Apocalypse Now 1979 · 2h 27m
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its tense and contemplative register Brubaker 1980
Watched for the same thing: social commentary Centres on the same rebel figure The Pianist 2002
Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same outsider figure Get Out 2017 · 1h 44m
Watched for the same thing: social commentary Built around the same moral ambiguity Persona 1966 · 1h 25m
Watched for the same thing: character study Also psychological drama at heart
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