List of the best Milos Forman movies: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975), Amadeus(1984), Hair(1979), Man on the Moon(1999), Taking Off(1971), The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996), Ragtime(1981), Goya's Ghosts(2006), Visions of Eight(1973), Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton(2017), Beloved(2011), New Year's Day(1989) ... ...
Drama
USA
1975
133 Minutes
Director
Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Brad Dourif William Redfield Michael Berryman Peter Brocco Dean R. Brooks Alonzo Brown Scatman Crothers Danny DeVito Christopher Lloyd
anti-hero nurse native american mentally challenged patient bleak gutsy powerful mental institution oregon boat abuse rebellion conformity mental illness rivalry transformation 1960s
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|France|Czechoslovakia|Italy
1984
158 Minutes
Director
F. Murray Abraham Thomas Hulce Jeffrey Jones Elizabeth Berridge Simon Callow Roy Dotrice Christine Ebersole Charles Kay Kenny Baker Lisbeth Bartlett Barbara Bryne
composer rival musician engaging passionate vienna royal court ambition music jealousy deception wolfgang amadeus mozart royalty rivalry fall 18th century
The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
Musical
USA|West Germany
1979
121 Minutes
Director
John Savage Treat Williams Beverly D'Angelo Annie Golden Dorsey Wright Don Dacus Cheryl Barnes Richard Bright Nicholas Ray Charlotte Rae Miles Chapin
farmer debutante hippie military officer soldier frenetic unrestrained wild central park new york city military base nevada vietnam war love freedom growing up transformation love 1960s
Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
Biography
UK|Germany|Japan|USA
1999
118 Minutes
Director
Jim Carrey J. Alan Thomas Bob Zmuda Max Alexander Peter Bonerz Bobby Boriello Brent Briscoe Jeff Conaway Danny DeVito Tom Dreesen Paul Giamatti
comedian wrestler agent actor actress singer quirky amusing nightclub television studio comedy fame cancer wrestling deception television quest transformation fall 1980s
The life and career of legendary comedian Andy Kaufman.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1971
93 Minutes
Director
Lynn Carlin Buck Henry Linnea Heacock Georgia Engel Audra Lindley Paul Benedict Vincent Schiavelli
mother father runaway neighbor boyfriend amusing hilarious lighthearted suburbia new york city parenthood coming of age marriage running away discovery temptation growing up 1970s
While searching for their runaway teenage daughter, the parents rediscover life's joys as they get acquainted with a self-help group for parents of vanished children.
Drama
USA
1996
130 Minutes
Director
Woody Harrelson Courtney Love Edward Norton James Cromwell Crispin Glover James Carville Brett Harrelson Donna Hanover Norm Macdonald Vincent Schiavelli Miles Chapin
pornographer stripper lawyer judge religious person reverend amusing creative fascinating melodramatic courtroom cincinnati georgia photography studio free speech pornography court battles determination assassination plot publishing
The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.
Drama
USA
1981
155 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Howard E. Rollins Jr. Elizabeth McGovern Brad Dourif Moses Gunn Kenneth McMillan Pat O'Brien Donald O'Connor James Olson Mandy Patinkin Mary Steenburgen
maid jazz musician father mother showgirl fireman charming fascinating crafty new york city white plains, n.y. new rochelle, n.y. murder race relations love historical events adventure revenge love 1900s
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Drama, History
USA|Spain
2006
117 Minutes
Director
Javier Bardem Natalie Portman Stellan Skarsgård Randy Quaid José Luis Gómez Michael Lonsdale Blanca Portillo Mabel Rivera Unax Ugalde Craig Stevenson Julian Wadham
francisco goya priest muse merchant dark powerful gripping spain art deception torture betrayal spanish inquisition father/daughter relationship rivalry 15th century
Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Documentary
West Germany|USA
1973
105 Minutes
John Schlesinger Claude Lelouch Milos Forman Michel Pfleghar
olympic athlete boxer weightlifter gymnast rousing engaging munich olympics olympic village stadium olympic games competition losing sports winning transformation underdog sacrifice rivalry 1970s
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Claude Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|Canada
2017
94 Minutes
Jim Carrey Danny DeVito Milos Forman Peter Bonerz Paul Giamatti Ron Meyer
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).
Musical, Romance, Drama
France|UK|Czech Republic
2011
133 Minutes
Jaromil Passer
Chiara Mastroianni Catherine Deneuve Ludivine Sagnier Louis Garrel Milos Forman Paul Schneider Radivoje Bukvic Omar Ben Sellem Guillaume Denaiffe Michel Delpech Dustin Segura-Suarez
In London, a mother and daughter navigate their respective romances: Madeline rekindles an affair from thirty years earlier, while her daughter Vera is caught between a musician who cannot commit and her ex, who still pines for her.
Drama
USA
1989
89 Minutes
Lazlo
Maggie Wheeler Gwen Welles Melanie Winter Henry Jaglom David Duchovny Milos Forman Michael Emil Donna Germain Tracy Reiner Harvey Miller Irene Moore
A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.
Romance
USA
2000
127 Minutes
Father Havel
Ben Stiller Edward Norton Jenna Elfman Anne Bancroft Eli Wallach Ron Rifkin Milos Forman Holland Taylor Lisa Edelstein Rena Sofer Ken Leung
best friend rabbi priest executive bartender amusing charming heartwarming new york city church synagogue apartment bar temple friendship love love triangle religion following your heart faith
Two friends, a priest and a rabbi, fall in love with the same woman they knew in their youth, but the religious position of both men denies them romance.
Drama
USA
1986
108 Minutes
Dmitri
Meryl Streep Jack Nicholson Maureen Stapleton Jeff Daniels Stockard Channing Richard Masur Catherine O'Hara Steven Hill Milos Forman Mamie Gummer Karen Akers
food critic columnist daughter journalist cheeky emotional sad new york city washington, d.c. marriage pregnancy infidelity home repairs sex commitment fall love transformation sacrifice 1980s
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.