After "Cuckoo's Nest", Fletcher had mixed success in film. She made several financially and critically successful films, while others were box office failures. Fletcher's film roles were in such features as "" (1977), "The Cheap Detective" (1978), "The Lady in Red" (1979), "The Magician of Lublin" (1979), "Brainstorm" (1983), "Firestarter" (1984), "Invaders From Mars" (1986), "Flowers in the Attic" (1987), "Two Moon Junction" (1988), "Best of the Best" (1989), "Blue Steel" (1990), "Virtuosity" (1995), "High School High" (1996), and "Cruel Intentions" (1999, as Sebastian's aunt). Additionally, she played the character Ruth Shorter, a supporting role, in "Aurora Borealis" (2005), alongside Joshua Jackson and Donald Sutherland, and appeared in the Fox Faith film "The Last Sin Eater" (2007).