One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Movie • 1975 • Drama
ReportWhile serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy, inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
This movie contains 43 potentially triggering events.
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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mimicamila
probably due to a scene with a lot of dead fish
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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A woman screams unexpectedly near the end.
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Abuse
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snakie
it's implied with billy bibbit's mother that she was emotionally manipulative.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Nurse Ratched gaslights the patients somewhat
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BardnBash
The main character is a pedophile and rapist
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Addiction
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hyperblossom1
Prescription drugs that knock 'em out
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Is there addiction?
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Figboy
Lots of tobacco use.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Sid
The patients have a party where they get drunk. One of the guards is implied to be an alcoholic and has a lot of empty bottles in his room
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Not on screen but they go fishing and come back with dead fish
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Is there a dead animal?
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Eratosthenese
We see a lot of dead fish with one long scene in particular which involves some unpleasant images and dialogue about putting fish on hooks. Then they come back from fishing with some big dead fish.
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Is there pedophilia?
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The main character has a sexual relationship with a 15 year old throughout the film.
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Is someone restrained?
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Chel
The film takes place in a mental institution and many scenes involve restraining the patients.
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wildrose
The main character is guilty of sexually assaulted a young girl.
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Bodily Harm
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Anonymous
Scene towards the end where a character slits his throat, it's just after a part where he is really distressed
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The main character chokes a nurse. She survives, but is seen coughing afterwards and has to wear a neck brace. Furthermore, the main character is later suffocated with a pillow.
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Is there a hanging?
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No, not in the 70s movie.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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A character is suffocated with a pillow.
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Does someone break a bone?
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snakie
nurse ratched's neck is broken after being strangled by mac. she survives, but is later depicted with a neck brace
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Sid
McMurphy has a seizure caused by the ECT
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Is someone tortured?
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The way the patients are treated could be interpreted as torture
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Is there eye mutilation?
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No human eye mutilation, but there is fish eye mutilation
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Is there excessive gore?
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ProfessorProcyon
There's some very brief and non-graphic blood, but that's all.
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Does a kid die?
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A character who is presumed to be an adolescent/young adult commits suicide.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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snakie
the main character is mentioned to have had a sexual relationship with a fifteen year old and describes her sexual drive.
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Is the r-slur used?
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There are a lot of derogatory terms used for mentally ill people throughout.
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Does someone cheat?
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There are conversations about a man's suspicions that his wife is cheating on him but there are no depictions of cheating
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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A scene takes place on a boat in open ocean.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Sid
There’s a hydrotherapy pool scene
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Large-scale Violence
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snakie
this movie is set in 1963 and was released in 1975
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Is there copaganda?
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Police appear briefly at the beginning and are not portrayed sympathetically.
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Major plot point
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Are needles/syringes used?
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hyperblossom1
In the book there used i believed
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Anonymous
basically the whole film is a mental institute scene
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Sarah Alden
the vast majority of the movie is a hospital scene.
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Mental Health
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snakie
there is a ww1 veteran who is sort of stuck but he is only very briefly depicted and this topic isn't really explored
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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snakie
the movie is set in a 1963 mental institution
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Sid
Billy cuts his throat
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Sid
This film is pretty groundbreaking in that none of the patients are violent or dangerous except for McMurphy, who is not actually mentally ill. They’re all good people and it’s the staff who are violent. The one secede of violence by McMurphy is completely justified
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Chel
A character commits suicide by slitting his throat.
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Is there misophonia?
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ProfessorProcyon
There's some occasional chewing noises, but they're not extreme.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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snakie
billy commits suicide at the end of the film
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There is a scene where a character is strapped to a bed in a narrow room surrounded by people which is somewhat claustrophobic.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Figboy
The film is set in a mental institution. We don’t know most of the characters’ diagnoses, but many of them are mistreated and taken advantage of due to their disability.
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Enchantix6789
One instance within perhaps the final half an hour of the film.
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Paranoia
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There's a brief scene where a character watches someone in a convex mirror in order to sneak past him.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Chel
A man is questioned about his sexuality and he uses the word qu**r in a derogatory manner.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A man wears a nurse's cap as a joke.
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Is there hate speech?
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The characters make fun of an indigenous character with stereotypes and calling him a “dumb Indian”
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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“Crazy”, “looney”, etc are used to describe mental patients
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Are there n-words?
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ProfessorProcyon
I don't think there are any in the movie, from what I remember, but there is one usage of the n-word in the book (as well as several other uses of derogatory race-related terms).
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Chel
Main character is in jail for statutory rape of a 15 year old. He is in his late 30s.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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ProfessorProcyon
Also, several sex jokes, including playing cards with (nearly) naked people on them; one card is held up, and the character asks "Where does she live?"
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Are there nude scenes?
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Very brief scene of the woman on the fishing boat. Blink and you miss it.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Sid
Sad but also hopeful. (Don’t read on if you don’t want spoilers) McMurphy is left brain damaged by ECT and the Chief smothers him with a pillow as a mercy killing. The Chief then takes back his power and autonomy by picking up the control panel in the hydrotherapy room (which had previously been shown as being too heavy to lift) and smashes a window with it, echoing one of McMurphy’s earlier escape attempts. As he runs away from the institution, the other patients cheer him on.
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a bus is driven recklessly and a boat is crashed, however.
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Sid
When Billy slits his throat
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Does someone drown?
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No one drowns in the 70s movie. I'm guessing the other person is either talking about the book or that Rachted show.
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