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. false 2026-04-18 06:08:01 Dead Poets Society Peter Weir Tom Schulman Tom Schulman plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=rLCJaTDdWtw plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=s_jsDreXFZU 8.3 1989 PG tt0097165 207 1989-06-02 1989-06-02 85 130 He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary. United States of America Drama A Steven Haft Production Silver Screen Partners IV Touchstone Pictures Witt/Thomas Productions 1950s angry arrogant based on true story coming of age defiant friendship individual literature new england philosophy playful poetry preparatory school professor school play schoolteacher somber teacher teenager vermont /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/e4/e4a31ec299de9d4bf0a94ca8928ba81b/poster.jpg /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/library/e4/e4a31ec299de9d4bf0a94ca8928ba81b/backdrop.jpg Paul Junger Witt Producer Producer /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/P/Paul Junger Witt/folder.jpg Robin Williams John Keating Actor 0 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Robin Williams/folder.jpg Steven Haft Producer Producer Tony Thomas Producer Producer Robert Sean Leonard Neil Perry Actor 1 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/R/Robert Sean Leonard/folder.jpg Ethan Hawke Todd Anderson Actor 2 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/E/Ethan Hawke/folder.jpg Josh Charles Knox Overstreet Actor 3 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/Josh Charles/folder.jpg Gale Hansen Charlie Dalton Actor 4 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/G/Gale Hansen/folder.jpg Dylan Kussman Richard Cameron Actor 5 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/D/Dylan Kussman/folder.jpg Allelon Ruggiero Steven Meeks Actor 6 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/A/Allelon Ruggiero/folder.jpg James Waterston Gerard Pitts Actor 7 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/J/James Waterston/folder.jpg Norman Lloyd Mr. Nolan Actor 8 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/N/Norman Lloyd/folder.jpg Kurtwood Smith Mr. Perry Actor 9 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/K/Kurtwood Smith/folder.jpg Carla Belver Mrs. Perry Actor 10 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/C/Carla Belver/folder.jpg Leon Pownall McAllister Actor 11 George Martin Dr. Hager Actor 12 /var/lib/jellyfin/metadata/People/G/George Martin/folder.jpg Joe Aufiery Chemistry Teacher Actor 13 Matt Carey Hopkins Actor 14 tt0097165