"Carpe diem! Seize the day, boys! Make your lives extraordinary." More inspiring words have rarely been spoken on film, and Robin Williams' relentlessly rousing teacher is the perfect central character.

In one of his greatest roles, Robin Williams excels as the unconventional English teacher at a stuffy, conservative boys' school who implores his students to read poetry and enrich their lives by breaking free from the constraints that hold their lives down.