Movies like Dead Poets Society
12 films like Dead Poets Society (1989), 10 Things I Hate About You, Ed Wood, Oscar among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Dead Poets Society: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
1989 · 129 min · Comedy, Drama. Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
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10 Things I Hate About You
Also comedy and dramaA high-school boy, Cameron, cannot date Bianca until her anti-social older sister, Kat, has a boyfriend. So, Cameron pays a mysterious boy, Patrick, to charm Kat.
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Ed Wood
Also comedy and dramaAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.
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Oscar
Also comedyA gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
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Speaking of Sex
Also comedyA female marriage counselor and a male depression expert try to solve the marital problems of a troubled couple.
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The Age of Innocence
Also dramaA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
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Threesome
Also comedy and dramaA girl named Alex is by mistake housed with 2 guys, Stuart and Eddy, in a college dorm suite. After initial problems they become friends. Stuart has the hots for Alex, Alex for Eddy and Eddy for Stuart. Can it work?
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Awakenings
Also stars Robin WilliamsDr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic ...
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Tape
Also stars Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean LeonardThree old high school friends meet in a Michigan motel room to dissect painful memories from their past.
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Insomnia
Also stars Robin WilliamsA Los Angeles detective chases a murder suspect in a remote Alaskan town.
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Hello Again
Also comedy and dramaA suburban housewife chokes to death and is brought back to life by a spell cast by her wacky sister.
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Romeo + Juliet
Also dramaShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
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Rushmore
Also comedy and dramaA teenager at Rushmore Academy falls for a much older teacher and befriends a middle-aged industrialist. Later, he finds out that his love interest and his friend are having an affair, which prompts him to begin a vendetta.
