Essential Films to See at Least Once Before You Die

Good Will Hunting

Stellan Skarsgård, Matt Damon, and Robin Williams star in this critically-acclaimed drama. Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ, but he chooses to work as a janitor at MIT despite his intelligence. His talents are discovered by a professor; meanwhile, Will is forced to undergo treatment from a therapist.

Dead Poets Society

Robin Williams plays John Keating, a new English teacher at a traditional all-boys preparatory school, this Oscar-winning drama. Keating uses unorthodox teaching methods to reach out to his students, who are struggling to meet the sky-high expectations of both their school and parents.

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