Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Name: Romeo + Juliet
Released: 1996
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brian Dennehy

• Movies, Drama, Romance

• 120 min

6.8

My only love sprung from my only hate.

Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Casting: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Miriam Margolyes, Harold Perrineau, Christina Pickles, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Rudd, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, M. Emmet Walsh, Edwina Moore, Zak Orth, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, Lupita Ochoa, Gloria Silva, Vincent Laresca, Carlos Manzo, Carolyn Valero, Paco Morayta, Rodrigo Escandon, Margarita Wynne, Harriet Sansom Harris, Michael Corbett, Pedro Altamirano, Mario Cimarro, Des'ree, Ismael Eguiarte, Ricardo Barona, Fausto Barona, Quindon Tarver, Alex Newman, Cory Newman, Jorge Abraham, John Sterlini, Farnesio de Bernal, Catalina Botello
Countries: Australia, Mexico, United States of America
Premiere: 1996-11-01
Status: Released

Tags: suicide, gang war, forbidden love, based on play or musical, murder, gun violence, star crossed lovers, shakespeare in modern dress, teenage romance, masquerade, ironic, romeo & juliet, absurd, incredulous, disapproving, dubious, frustrated, indifferent, tragic

In director Baz Luhrmann's 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.