On this day, in 1989, 'Dead Poets Society' was released and its director, Peter Weir, has been credited as one of the greatest filmmakers in the Australian New Wave Movement. On this occasion, here's a look into his films. (Compiled by Thomas Tom)
Two young men from Western Australia enlist in the Australian army during WWI. Little did they know that they would enter into the entrails of the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, the most fraught campaign the Army has ever faced.
Detective John Book must protect Rachel and her eight-year old son, Samuel, an Amish family, after they witness a murder by corrupt cops.
John Keating, an alumni, arrives at Welton Academy, a prestigious school for boys as an English teacher. There, he captures the hearts of every student with his passion for poetry and embracing childhood curiosity.
After surviving a plane crash, unscathed, a man sets out on a journey to understand what fear is, using his newfound understanding to comprehend life itself.
Truman realises that his whole life has been a lie: he has been living on a set and people all over the world, who watch his daily routine. Now, the made up world is trying to prevent him from leaving.
A Frenchman is trying to get citizenship in America, while an American woman is trying to get an apartment of her dreams. Their paths collide and slowly, so do their hearts.
In WWII, a group of prisoners of a Russian Gulag escape from Siberia, taking the long walk through the Gobi Desert and into the Himalayas, planning on reaching British India.
An American inventor is sick with the "American Dream" and decides to run away into a jungle in Central America, with his family and aims to establish a utopia with his inventions.