100 Best Movies of 1975 Ranked (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)

(Photo by United Artists / Courtesy Everett Collection. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.)

100 Best Movies of 1975 Ranked ( One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest )

The latest: Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher went toe-to-toe, winning oscars for their rich adversarial performances in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest , which is celebrating its 50th anniversary!

1975 was a landmark year for the movie biz, with Jaws (directed by a 27-year-old Steven Spielberg) creating the summer blockbuster as we know it, where audiences lined up around the block to escape the heat and pick up some aquaphobia along the way.

As you’ll witness in our guide to the 100 best movies of 1975, Jaws was that rare beast that not only made all the money (it was the highest-grossing movie ever, beating 1972’