Dead Poets Society Drinking Game Rules
This Dead Poets Society drinking game brings fresh energy to Peter Weir's 1989 school drama. Join Keating and his students as poetry, friendship, and rebellion test Welton's strict code. Robin Williams leads the film with wit, warmth, and lines that still inspire fans.
The 128-minute story shifts from playful class scenes to deep loss and hard choices. Pace yourself, keep water nearby, and use any drink you enjoy. Nonalcoholic options work just as well.
Dead Poets Society Drinking Game Rules:
- Take a sip whenever someone says "carpe diem" or "seize the day"
- Take a sip whenever Keating addresses his students as "boys" or "gentlemen"
- Take a sip whenever Keating cites or recites Whitman, Thoreau, Shakespeare, or another writer
- Take a sip whenever Neil's father gives him an order or plans his future
- Take a sip whenever Knox says Chris's name or makes a bold move to win her
- Take a sip whenever the Dead Poets Society meets in the cave and someone reads verse aloud
- Drink when Keating stands on his desk to show the class a new point of view
- Drink when the students rip the essay about rating poetry from their books
- Drink when Keating turns the courtyard march into a lesson on conformity
- Drink when Keating answers McAllister's guess of "Tennyson" with "No, Keating"
- Drink when Todd creates his "sweaty-toothed madman" poem before the class
- Drink when Todd and Neil send the unwanted desk set crashing from the roof
- Drink when Charlie starts calling himself Nuwanda
- Drink when Charlie's newspaper article calls for girls to attend Welton
- Drink when a phone rings in assembly and Charlie announces a call from God
- Drink when Neil takes the stage as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Drink when Cameron betrays the group and Charlie answers with a punch
- Finish your drink when Todd stands on his desk and says "O Captain! My Captain!"
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About the Movie
- Title
- Dead Poets Society
- Released
- 09 Jun 1989
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genre
- Comedy
- Plot
- Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His roommate, Neil Perry, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each does so in his own way, and is changed for life.
- Language
- English, Latin, French
