Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

8.3

Jun 02 1989

2h 8m

Drama

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

John Keating

Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard

Neil Perry

Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

Todd Anderson

Josh Charles

Josh Charles

Knox Overstreet

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