Dead Poets Society Film • 1989 • Comedy, Drama Watch trailer 76% 81% 86.8% 83% 92%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.Where to watch Streaming information by Cast & CrewPeter WeirDirectorTom SchulmanWriterRobin WilliamsJohn KeatingRobert Sean LeonardNeil PerryEthan HawkeTodd AndersonJosh CharlesKnox OverstreetGale HansenCharlie DaltonDylan KussmanRichard CameronAllelon RuggieroSteven MeeksJames WaterstonGerard PittsNorman LloydMr. NolanKurtwood SmithMr. PerrySee all cast & crew on IMDbDetailsStatusReleasedReleaseJune 2, 1989OriginsUnited States of AmericaGenresComedyDramaTagsComing-of-AgePsychological DramaTeen DramaExternal linksLinks AllMovie American Film Institute Apple TV Britannica Disney+ FilmAffinity Google Knowledge Graph Google Play IMDb Letterboxd MUBI Metacritic Movie Review Query Engine Netflix Plex Rotten Tomatoes TCM TMDB TV Tropes The Numbers Trakt Wikidata Wikipedia iTunes RemakesTitleYearAvg.Life Is Beautiful200060.9%Dead Poets Society198983.8%EvolutionPositions in the top 50 for Dead Poets Society in the past 30 days