Best Institution
The One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest screenplay was written by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, adapting Ken Kesey's 1962 novel for the 1975 film. It follows Randle McMurphy after he is committed to an Oregon psychiatric hospital, where his resistance to Nurse Ratched's authority affects the other pat...
The film Ex Libris offers an intimate portrait of The New York Public Library. Director Frederick Wiseman captures daily life within this historic institution revealing its staff and patrons navigating a vital space for learning and community engagement. It showcases the library’s enduring role as a...
Doubt is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964, it follows Sister Aloysius, played by Meryl Streep, as she suspects Father Flynn, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, of improp...
Frederick Wiseman’s *Titicut Follies* documents life at the Danvers State School in Massachusetts during the 1960s. The film offers an unprecedented and unflinching look into a large psychiatric institution, revealing daily routines and interactions among patients and staff. It gained notoriety thro...
Ratched is an American psychological thriller television series released by Netflix in 2020. Created by Evan Romansky and developed by Ryan Murphy, it presents a fictional backstory for Nurse Mildred Ratched, the institutional nurse associated with Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's N...
A Cure for Wellness is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski, depicting an ambitious executive's harrowing investigation into a mysterious Swiss wellness center.
