4 Movies Starring Robert Sean Leonard

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-06-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(254082 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Weir

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, 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, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.

Swing Kids

Swing Kids

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-03-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (12782 Reviews)

Director:

Thomas Carter

Genres:

DramaMusic

Fullplot:

The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazis begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is forced to face some tough choices about right, wrong, and survival.

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1659 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Metcalfe

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas E. Gaddis (book)

James Long (book)

Tim Metcalfe (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.

Tape

Tape

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (14845 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Belber (play)

Stephen Belber (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on a three-character, one-act play, Tape is set entirely in Room 19 of a seedy motel in Lansing, Michigan rented by Vince, an ill-tempered, outgoing party animal/drug dealer who's visited by his old high school friend Jon, a documentary filmmaker, where they pass the time reminiscing about the good old times which take a turn when Vince records their conversation with Jon admitting to a possible date-rape of Vince's old girlfriend Amy, who later shows up and opens up a new wave of talk and arguments about whose story is fact or fabricated.

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