At Welton Academy, tradition and discipline ruleuntil a new English teacher, the charismatic John Keating, challenges his students with a simple but powerful message: Make your lives extraordinary.

Moved by Keatings passion for poetry and unorthodox teaching methods, Todd Anderson and his friends uncover a new way of thinking. In secret, they revive the Dead Poets Societyan underground club where they read poetry, express themselves freely, and begin to chart their own paths beyond the rigid expectations of school and family.

As the boys delve into the works of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they awaken to the beauty of language and the urgency of living authentically. But with freedom comes riskand the boys soon face the harsh realities of defying convention.

Can the spirit of the Dead Poets Society endure in the face of pressure and consequence? Or will the cost of individuality be more than they imagined?

A major film.