麦克墨菲（杰克·尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）为了逃避监狱里的强制劳动，装作精神异常，被送进了精神病院，他的到来，给死气沉沉的精神病院带来了剧烈的冲击。 麦克要求看棒球比赛的电视转播，挑战了医院严格的管理制度，受到护士长拉契特（路易丝·弗莱彻 Louise Fletcher 饰）的百般阻挠；麦克带领病人出海捕鱼，振奋了他们的精神，却让院方头痛不已。院方为了惩处麦克胆大妄为、屡犯院规，决定将他永远留在疯人院。生性自由的麦克再也无法忍受疯人院的生活，他联合病友，高大的印第安人“酋长”，开始自己的计划：飞越疯人院。 本片获1975年第48届奥斯卡最佳影片，最佳男、女主角，最佳导演和最佳改编剧本五项大奖。主人公“不自由，毋宁死”的精神在当今社会仍有很大的现实意义。

NBC旗下的基础有线网Syfy电视网宣布续订表现稳健的《僵尸国度(Z Nation)》第四季，第四季将于2017年回归，订数为13集。

Trevor is 'between jobs'. He spends his days avoiding his nagging heifer of a wife by hiding out in his allotment shed and painting figurines for his wargames with his agoraphobic friend, Graham, and dreaming of his heroic alter-ego, the battle mage Casimir the Destroyer. When Mr Parsons, one of the other allotment tenants, petitions to have Trevor removed from his disgrace of a plot (he's not there to grow stuff!) an argument ensues that leaves Trevor with a corpse to hide. Unfortunately, this untimely accident coincides with the zombie apocalypse and Mr Parsons' return is just the beginnings of Trevor's problems. More pressing is whether or not he should try and save his wife and her beautiful best friend, who both he and Graham have a thing for.