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Jack Nicholson · 1970s

7 Jack Nicholson movies from the 1970s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 3 S-Tier picks including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Carnal Knowledge.

Carnal Knowledge

Carnal Knowledge(1971)

6.6/10

dir. Mike Nichols

S-Tier

S-Tier Indicator 4K. Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret in Mike Nichols' film about terrible men. Indicator did right by it.

Indicator · Limited Edition
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)

8.4/10

dir. Miloš Forman

S-Tier

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. The 50th anniversary steelbook is coming in November 2025. WB was already considering this alongside Gravity, Dirty Harry, and The Searchers. The steelbook artwork was criticized for being incongruent with the film.

Warner Bros. · 4K + Blu-ray
Tommy

Tommy(1975)

6.4/10

dir. Ken Russell

S-Tier

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.

Shout! Studios · 4K + Blu-ray Combo Pack 50th Anniversary Edition
Goin' South

Goin' South(1978)

6.2/10

dir. Jack Nicholson

A-Tier

Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Chinatown

Chinatown(1974)

7.9/10

dir. Roman Polanski

A-Tier

Paramount Presents #45 is the canonical 4K, and it pairs the upgrade with The Two Jakes on Blu-ray as a bonus disc that most collectors didn't expect to get at all. It went OOP within weeks and has been a back-in-print scavenger hunt ever since. The UK Limited Edition from Paramount UK is region-free, and Orbit DVD still has it with the poster and slipcase if you're chasing the matched set.

Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
The Last Detail

The Last Detail(1973)

7.0/10

dir. Hal Ashby

C-Tier

Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.

Shout! Studios · 4K + Blu-ray
Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces(1970)

7.1/10

dir. Bob Rafelson

Jun 2, 2026

Criterion's June batch gives this a proper 4K special edition for the first time. Rafelson's restless, uncomfortable energy is the kind of thing that rewards a good transfer, and the quieter handheld moments in the oil fields are where a new scan will really show.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray Special Edition