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.
| Editing | William M. Anderson | Editor |
| Directing | Peter Weir | Director |
| Art | Wendy Stites | Production Design |
| Production | Tony Thomas | Producer |
| Production | Steven Haft | Producer |
| Production | Howard Feuer | Casting |
| Camera | John Seale | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Paul Junger Witt | Producer |
| Sound | Ann Kroeber | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony J. Scarano | Set Costumer |
| Sound | C.J. Appel | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Alan Splet | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eddie Marks | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Gloria D'Alessandro | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Carlos Delarios | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Aaron Rochin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn Matthews | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Michael J. Kohut | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Shoup | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Robert Shoup | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | John Verbeck | Sound Effects Editor |
| Writing | Tom Schulman | Writer |
| Production | Duncan Henderson | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Dale Covey | Greensman |
| Art | Cal DiValerio | Construction Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susan A. Cabral | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Stan Cockerell | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy Konrardy | Costume Design |
| Art | Hank Giardina | Standby Painter |
| Art | Charleton E. Reynolds | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bette Iverson | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Albert B. Cooper IV | Carpenter |
| Production | Duncan Henderson | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Alan B. Curtiss | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Charles R. Lipscomb | Leadman |
| Directing | John Rusk | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Sandy Veneziano | Art Direction |
| Art | Mike Carrillo | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Louis S. Fleming | Property Master |
| Art | George Fouche | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Louis M. Mann | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | John H. Anderson | Set Decoration |
| Art | Nigel A. Boucher | Leadman |
| Directing | Brian Fong | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dee Manges | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Tom Seidman | Second Assistant Director |
