Keating doceert in 1959 Engels aan een deftige kostschool voor jongens waar ijzeren discipline heerst. Zijn filosofie 'the purpose of education is to think for yourself' valt in slechte aarde bij de staf en de ouders, maar maakt hem razend populair bij de leerlingen.
Nee, helaas is Dead Poets Society nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Art | Wendy Stites | Production Design |
| Production | Steven Haft | Producer |
| Directing | Peter Weir | Director |
| Production | Tony Thomas | Producer |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Paul Junger Witt | Producer |
| Editing | William M. Anderson | Editor |
| Camera | John Seale | Director of Photography |
| Production | Howard Feuer | Casting |
| Directing | Tom Seidman | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Tom Schulman | Writer |
| Production | Duncan Henderson | Associate Producer |
| Art | Sandy Veneziano | Art Direction |
| Art | John H. Anderson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy Konrardy | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan A. Cabral | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bette Iverson | Hairstylist |
| Production | Duncan Henderson | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Alan B. Curtiss | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Rusk | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Nigel A. Boucher | Leadman |
| Art | Mike Carrillo | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Stan Cockerell | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Albert B. Cooper IV | Carpenter |
| Art | Dale Covey | Greensman |
| Art | Cal DiValerio | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Louis S. Fleming | Property Master |
| Art | George Fouche | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Hank Giardina | Standby Painter |
| Art | Charles R. Lipscomb | Leadman |
| Art | Louis M. Mann | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Charleton E. Reynolds | Set Designer |
| Directing | Brian Fong | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eddie Marks | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Matthews | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony J. Scarano | Set Costumer |
| Sound | C.J. Appel | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Gloria D'Alessandro | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Carlos Delarios | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ann Kroeber | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Aaron Rochin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Shoup | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Robert Shoup | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Alan Splet | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Verbeck | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Manges | Makeup Artist |
