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1. Animal House of Blues: How a Community Helped Create a Hollywood Blockbuster or Two (2012)
59 min | Documentary
This is a documentary about the making of National Lampoon's Animal House in Eugene Oregon in 1978.
Directors: Jay Richardson, Marv Leake | Stars: Robert Bailey, Maida Belove, Dennis Cozzalio, The Cry
Votes: 25
2. Edge City: The Story of the Merry Pranksters (2008)
97 min | Documentary
This is a documentary on Ken Kesey and the group of hippies that "followed" him in the late 50s/60s. They had this yellow painted school-bus with a plate "Further" on its front and traveled... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Reuter, Gregor Wille | Star: Ken Kesey
Votes: 7
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
R | 133 min | Drama
In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Votes: 1,073,467 | Gross: $112.00M
4. Rock & Roll (1995– )
Documentary, Music
A history of rock and roll music.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, David Bowie, Robbie Robertson, Debbie Harry
Votes: 86
5. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,173
6. Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978 TV Special)
375 min | Music
The title derives from the fact that it was the last concert in San Francisco's Winterland Arena, which was shut down shortly thereafter. The Dead celebrated the closing as an approximately... See full summary »
Stars: Jerry Garcia, Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart
Votes: 113
7. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 33
9. History's Mysteries (1998–2011)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, Mystery
Explore the stories, events, legends and myths that have incited debate throughout the ages.
Stars: David Ackroyd, Arthur Kent, Christopher Chacon, William L. MacDonald
Votes: 237
10. Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995 Video)
58 min | Documentary
Pre" embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance. As a freshman, he appeared on the... See full summary »
Director: Erich Lyttle | Stars: Steve Prefontaine, Dana Carvey, Ken Kesey, Phil Knight
Votes: 98
11. Toestanden (1976)
80 min
The improvisation-based performance was inspired by psychiatrists such as RD Laing (Family and Madness) and J. Foudraine (Who is of wood). The Werkteater played this performance 'in the den... See full summary »
Director: Thijs Chanowski | Stars: Joop Admiraal, Yolande Bertsch, Cas Enklaar, Peter Faber
Votes: 35
12.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
The Dance
(2020)
TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, History
Promoted to head nurse, Ratched plans a dance at the hospital and invites Gwendolyn to be her companion. Lenore makes Ratched an offer.
Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 1,771
13.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
Angel of Mercy: Part Two
(2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, History
Ratched helps Edmund find an outlet for his urges and offers her services to Wainwright. Tired of living a lie, Gwendolyn leaves her husband.
Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 1,835
14. The Beatles Revolution (2000 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Music
Celebrities explain how The Beatles (who only appear in archival footage) and their music touched their lives.
Director: Rudy Bednar | Stars: Meredith Vieira, Tim Allen, Bono, David Bowie
Votes: 177
15.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
Angel of Mercy
(2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
When a woman from his past puts a price on his head, Hanover reveals a dark secret to Ratched. Nurse Bucket administers a brutal treatment.
Director: Nelson Cragg | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 1,903
16.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
The Bucket List
(2020)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, History
Rivals put a plan into action as secrets from the past surface, and Hanover takes a risk that pays off for Ratched.
Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 1,639
17.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
Got No Strings
(2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, History
Lovers on the lam seek refuge at an abandoned farmhouse. When Ratched attends a marionette show, traumatic childhood memories come rushing back.
Director: Jessica Yu | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 1,703
18.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
Ice Pick
(2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
Dr. Hanover demonstrates a cutting-edge procedure. Ratched visits a survivor of Edmund's massacre and joins Gwendolyn on an outing in Monterey.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 2,040
19. Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Popular late-night comedy/talk-show with host David Letterman, interviewing famous guests.
Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Wendell, Calvert DeForest
Votes: 4,995
20. Tripping (1999 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A look at the life and influence of acclaimed sixties writer Ken Kesey. Features archive footage of his 1964 Magic Bus Tour with The Merry Pranksters.
Director: Vikram Jayanti | Stars: Roger Steffens, Carolyn Adams Garcia, Ken Babbs, Linda Breen
Votes: 43
21. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg Deluxe Set (2008)
Not Rated | 680 min | Documentary
For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 120 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America's greatest... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Aronson | Stars: Joan Baez, William F. Buckley, William S. Burroughs, Dick Cavett
Votes: 43
22.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
Pilot
(2020)
TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, History
Nurse Mildred Ratched seeks employment at Lucia State Hospital as it prepares to admit a new psychiatric patient: notorious killer Edmund Tolleson.
Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 2,437
23. Completely Cuckoo (1997 Video)
87 min | Documentary
A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, tracing the path from Ken Kesey's1962 novel to a 1963 Broadway play starring Kirk Douglas, to the 1975 film that would sweep that year's Academy Awards.
Director: Charles Kiselyak | Stars: Ken Kesey, Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Milos Forman
Votes: 175
24.
Ratched (2020)
Episode:
Mildred and Edmund
(2020)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, History
One month later, Ratched fights to save Edmund from the electric chair while dreaming of a new life with Gwendolyn.
Director: Daniel Minahan | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 1,688
25. Ratched (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.
Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Jon Jon Briones
Votes: 70,706
26. Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993)
120 min | Documentary, Drama
How drugs have influenced artistic production in the course of the last 200 years, focusing on major European and American literary figures and visual artists.
Director: Storm Thorgerson | Stars: Bernard Hill, Phil Daniels, Thom Booker, Patrick Barlow
Votes: 77
27. Great Drives (1996– )
283 min | Documentary, History
Celebrity hosts explore famous U.S. highways.
Stars: Levon Helm, Robert Townsend, Teri Garr, Graham Greene
Votes: 22
28. Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000 Video)
128 min | Action, Comedy
The major characters in "Twister" faces turn-of-the-twenty-first-century crises in the world today: The Hungry Wind, The Lonely Virus, and The Restless Earth, which deal, respectively, with... See full summary »
Director: Ken Kesey | Stars: Phil Deitz, George Walker, Arzinia Richarson, Ken Kesey
Votes: 27
29.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
(1994)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the greatest of the Beat Generation poets is put in focus in this film
Director: Jerry Aronson | Stars: Joan Baez, William F. Buckley, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 286 | Gross: $0.00M
30.
Everyman (1977– )
Episode:
The Beyond Within: The Fall of LSD
(1986)
Documentary
This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral judgmental, and features contributions from such ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter France, Rosie Boycott, Albert Hofmann, Aldous Huxley
Votes: 26
31. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.
Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 4,498 | Gross: $9.20M
32. Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)
R | 107 min | Documentary
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' fabled road trip across America.
Directors: Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Jim Meskimen
Votes: 1,675 | Gross: $0.15M
33. Timothy Leary's Last Trip (1997)
56 min | Documentary
Learning that Leary is going to die, journalists interviews him about his perception and acceptance of death, and on key moments of his life.
Directors: O.B. Babbs, A.J. Catoline | Stars: Ken Babbs, O.B. Babbs, Neal Cassady, Jerry Garcia
Votes: 110
34. A Conversation with Ken Kesey (1995)
PG-13 | 8 min | Short
Writer Ken Kesey discusses life, his work, and the 1960s in an interview conducted on his Oregon ranch.
Director: Paul Chart | Star: Ken Kesey
Votes: 11
35. Go Further (2003)
Unrated | 80 min | Documentary
Woody Harrelson and a group of friends take a road trip on a bio-fueled bus to demonstrate ways to be environmentally responsible and visit people who live by that principle.
Director: Ron Mann | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ken Kesey, Tom Ballanco, Jessica Yoon Ji Chung
Votes: 377
36. Gerry (2002)
R | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Votes: 19,713 | Gross: $0.24M
37. How Much Is That Window in the Doggie? (1991)
1 min | Animation, Short
Director: John Callahan
Votes: 6
38. 90 Minutes Live (1976– )
90 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Peter Gzowski, John Harvard, Danny Finkleman, John Kastner
Votes: 21
39. TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (1976 TV Special)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Wendy Apple | Stars: Army Archerd, Rona Barrett, Marisa Berenson, Ronee Blakley
Votes: 51
40. Ricochet River (2001)
R | 112 min | Drama
High school seniors Wade and Lorna have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a conservative place where change comes slowly. Jesse Howl, a teenager of Native American ancestry.
Director: Deborah Del Prete | Stars: John Cullum, Eddie Thiel, Tyler Miller, Jason James Richter
Votes: 329
41. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $1.71M
42. Gökboet (1996 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
A straight story about the Savior's return, about the right and duty to question our living conditions, about the sacrifice that must be made to gain insight and courage to act.
Director: Göran Stangertz | Stars: Örjan Ramberg, Birgitte Söndergaard, Richard Carlsohn, Pierre Dahlander
43. Echoes Anthology - Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo (2020– )
9 min | Thriller
Despite the constant and palpable tension in the air, which only Ken Kesey's words and Pietro Michelini's voice can arouse, even this reading was bottled up in the end.
Stars: Adam Alexander, Pietro Michelini, Niccolò Voltolini, Anna Bertoli
44. Flashbacks (1990)
Documentary, Short
Directors: Jeff Scheftel, Andrew Thomas | Stars: Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, G. Gordon Liddy
45. Further! Ken Kesey's American Dreams (1987 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography
"Further: Ken Kesey's American Dreams" is a one-hour public television biography of the famed counter-culture leader of the Merry Pranksters and the author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Sometimes a Great Notion."
Director: Joan Saffa | Stars: Richard Alpert, Stewart Brand, Jerry Garcia, Allen Ginsberg
46. Destination: WOW Hall (1996)
26 min | Short
Director: G.B. Hajim | Stars: Matthew Butler, Shelley Doty, Chris Haugen, Mike Sugar
47. Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (2000 TV Movie)
125 min | Drama
Director: Jean-Paul Jaud | Stars: Bernard Tapie, Bunny Godillot, André Falcon, Marc Zammit
48. The Grateful Dead: The Vacation Tapes (2008 Video)
Documentary, Short
Director: Richard Loren | Stars: John Cutler, David Freiberg, Carolyn Garcia, Jerry Garcia
49.
90 Minutes Live (1976– )
Episode:
Episode dated 16 March 1977
(1977)
Talk-Show
Stars: Danny Finkleman, Dan Greenburg, Peter Gzowski, Paul Horn
50.
Rock & Roll (1995– )
Episode:
Renegades
(1995)
Documentary, Music
Directors: David Espar, Robert Levi | Stars: Hoss Allen, Al Aronowitz, Joan Baez, Jeff Barry