Romeo + Juliet

About Romeo + Juliet

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 romance film. The film is filed under forbidden love, teenage romance, dubious, and gang war.

Leonardo DiCaprio appears as Romeo, Claire Danes as Juliet, Jesse Bradford as Balthasar, and Vondie Curtis-Hall as Captain Prince. At 120 minutes long, it arrived in November 1996.

The screenplay is by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce. Production companies include 20th Century Fox and Bazmark. It is adapted from a stage production. In the United States it streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and HBO Max.

Romeo & Juliet, Dear Evan Hansen, and Juliet & Romeo make useful companions to Romeo + Juliet, all filed under romeo & juliet, star crossed lovers, and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 5,497 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.