Dead Poets Society

Directed by Peter Weir
PG
1989    2h 9mDrama, Comedy
8.185%92%8.3
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Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
  • Robin WilliamsJohn Keating
  • Robert Sean LeonardNeil Perry
  • Ethan HawkeTodd Anderson
  • Josh CharlesKnox Overstreet
  • Gale HansenCharlie Dalton
  • Dylan KussmanRichard Cameron
  • Allelon RuggieroSteven Meeks
  • James WaterstonGerard Pitts
  • Norman LloydMr. Nolan
  • Kurtwood SmithMr. Perry
  • Carla BelverMrs. Perry
  • Leon PownallMcAllister
  • George MartinDr. Hager
  • Joe AufieryChemistry Teacher
  • Matt CareyHopkins
  • Kevin CooneyJoe Danburry
  • Jane MooreMrs. Danburry
  • Lara Flynn BoyleGinny Danburry
  • Colin IrvingChet Danburry
  • Alexandra PowersChris Noel
  • bigwoJune 10, 2025
    I miss Robin Williams, such a great movie in his name I’m sad it took me 36 years to watch this movie, and the rest of the cast was down right brilliant. 10/10
  • mickerdooJuly 5, 2025
    A courageous reminder to seize the day. the importance of being true to yourself comes through in big ways and hits you in the gut.
  • Rob MacKinnonApril 25, 2026
    Not my favourite Weir film. A little too heavy on the melodrama for my taste.
  • fazApril 20, 2026
    i hate this world, but i also love it.
  • David PortelaMarch 30, 2026
    One of the all-time classics. So many good performances and a great message to “suck the marrow out of life”. Carpe Diem!
  • WintlinkMarch 23, 2026
    What will your verse be ?
  • Julie JonesJanuary 12, 2026
    If you're looking for a film to make you think and inspire you then this is it! Dead Poets Society is hands down one of the most powerful and upfliting movies. This is a must-see movie, especially if you're a high school student who hates English.
  • SamDecember 12, 2025
    some amends not even robin can restore
  • harmanjotsingh316March 18, 2026
    Just watch and carpe diem
  • jkljlk1197March 5, 2026
    “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless… of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?”
  • One Maggi after AnotherOctober 27, 2025
    "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN" Since I'd seen its Bollywood remake called "Mohabbatein" which is honestly one of the worst films in India I've ever seen, despite all the good words I'd been hearing about it, I was just hoping an another old school coming of age teen drama with lots of nudity and profanity, and some of the finest actors of the American film industry as it was written there in most of the reviews and went in it skeptically. But just as it started, I could hear the sound of something different. It wasn't just another '80s Stranger Things but a perspection of humanity and the world we're living in. I loved how genuine and real all the characters were like they actually felt as if they were part of that Hell-ton. Their problems and mischefs and their own ways of living their lives didn't feel over-the-top but we could connect to it. I just didn't know they had sir Robin Williams in it or I might've already carried a box of tissues :D
  • Hugues GrelierSeptember 8, 2025
    One of the best childhood movie for me
  • NinepintcoggieMarch 10, 2025
    the second DVD i ever got from netflix
  • Movie_NerdFebruary 16, 2025
    Very deep movie and touching story
  • DonkeyFlixJanuary 1, 2026
    I wish Robin Williams was my teacher.

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