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Dead Poets Society (1989) poster
1989
global pct
86.4

Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s

Dead Poets Society

Scored from 670 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

86.4%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
85.0%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
98.7%
AI-adjusted percentile
670 calibrated reviewers

Summary

At a prestigious all-boys boarding school in the 1950s, an unconventional English teacher challenges his students to think independently and embrace life's possibilities, inspiring them to question authority and pursue their passions despite parental expectations and institutional pressure.

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 drama and coming-of-age film directed by Peter Weir. It runs 2h 8m. Its certificate is PG. Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard and Ethan Hawke head the billed cast. Its country of origin is listed as the United States.

The calibrated figure is built from 670 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 722 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 11,931 of whom clear the calibration test. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them.

DramaComing-of-age

Is Dead Poets Society (1989) worth watching?

Cohort
Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers
670

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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