Ollie rated it 10/10Aug 15, 2026
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Dead Poets Society
8.9/10
Popcorn · 136 ratings
8.3/10
TMDB · 12,938 votes
About
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.
The Popcorn verdict
Dead Poets Society is rated 8.9 out of 10 by 136 Popcorn members, each of whom rated it after watching. That is well above its 8.3 on TMDB — Popcorn members like it more than the wider internet does.
Details
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Writer
- Tom Schulman
- Starring
- Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Dylan Kussman, Allelon Ruggiero, James Waterston
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English, Latin
- Genres
- Drama
What Popcorn members say
bubbleavis rated it 10/10Jun 18, 2026
o captain my captain
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