Romeo + Juliet
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
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. From TMDB
53 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 drama romance film, directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes and Jesse Bradford.
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53 of 53 · most liked firstMaestro of excess... King of chaos... I unequivocally LOVE Australian film visionary Baz Luhrmann. So delightfully over-the-top, he always swings for the fences. Happy Birthday, 9/17/62 Red Curtain Trilogy (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge) is sheer entertainment. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie: Romeo + Juliet This is an amazing rendition of the play.
positive · AI labelView post →ROMEO+JULIET the exact same movie except everyone is a trans woman car full of trannies with guns chanting "I AM, I AM, A PRETTY PIECE OF FLESH I AM" would fix me
neutral · AI labelView post →Romeo + Juliet is on HBO Max. This movie is such a staple of my childhood
positive · AI labelView post →This was a dream come true!! I sat down with @haroldperrineau.bsky.social, Craig Pearce, and Baz Luhrmann himself to talk about being “butchers of the Bard” with ROMEO + JULIET, how Ewan McGregor auditioned, and why Mercutio changed lives. @goldderby.com www.goldderby.com/film/2026/ro...
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked Romeo + Juliet fine when it came out, then soured on it upon rewatching ten years ago. I came all the way back around watching it tonight. What a movie! It’s a story I’ve read and seen a thousand times, but I was fully vibrating at this version’s frequency this time. Loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →Sorry the definitive film for me is “Romeo + Juliet” largely because of John Leguizamo as the fiery Tybalt youtu.be/D3BayBl6_2g?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I love when a movie commits to the bit, and my most guiltiest love is that of Romeo + Juliet. Just makes me happy whenever I watch it.
positive · AI labelView post →I've never watched the 1996 Romeo + Juliet and this shit makes acid seem like ginger beer.
negative · AI labelView post →I dragged my friends to see Romeo + Juliet a record 11 times. Saw that movie 11 times, loved it. great piece of film
positive · AI labelView post →Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet was released 30 years ago so if this movie helped shape you, it's time to go take your vitamins, get lots of fiber, and have blood tests done. Don't forget to schedule your colonoscopy!
neutral · AI labelView post →Baz Luhrmann's brilliant 1996 adaptation of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET completely blew my mind & opened my eyes. Truly a flawless film & it gets bonus points for making Shakespeare cool again! Tell me your memories of this film, please! youtube.com/shorts/D3ICP...
positive · AI labelView post →30 years ago: Romeo + Juliet (AU,US) In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, ... 1996-11-01 #Cinema #BazLuhrmann #LeonardoDiCaprio #ClaireDanes #JesseBradford https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/454
neutral · AI labelView post →God, I've watched this movie so many times that I know it by heart, and ever since I was a teenager, I've always had a huge crush on Tybalt. 😍🖤 #Romeo+Juliet #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Omg what did you think about the Romeo + Juliet movie that came out in the ‘90s with Leonardo DiCaprio and had guns and car chases and stuff lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Starting to see clips of Romeo + Juliet film in concert and I am *overwhelmed* with emotion and cannot wait until it’s my turn in January.
positive · AI labelView post →Romeo + Juliet is a Halloween movie and therefore acceptable to watch today.
neutral · AI labelView post →I really have to go back and watch it again. When I saw this, I was still fully in Snob Mode and it's the same thing that kept me from enjoying Romeo + Juliet back then - a movie which I REALLY love now lmfao
positive · AI labelView post →Shout outs to my middle school drama teacher who saw a bunch of dumb kids performatively gagging at the drag scene in Romeo + Juliet and turned the movie off and never let us finish it
neutral · AI labelView post →Ooops! I forgot to post some movie logs, again. I'll be better about this I promise 9/26/26: Romeo + Juliet (1998) 🎥 5/10 - Batshit crazy I love it. 9/26/26: Primetime (2026) 🎥 9/10 - Hungry hungry pizza for me 10/02/26: To Live and Die in LA (1985) 🎥 8/10 - You want bread, fuck a baker
neutral · AI labelView post →@30podcast.bsky.social Y'all covering Romeo + Juliet reminded me of a film a couple of years ago called Ghostlight. There's a scene where a daughter talks about a movie that's old but good and shows a clip to her dad & it's this film: Romeo + Juliet. It's a great scene and also made me feel old
neutral · AI labelView post →Mercutio from Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo + Juliet? Ruby Rhod from The Fifth Element? I don't really get the reference in this Japanese Namco Time Crisis II ad but I'm here for it.
neutral · AI labelView post →30 years ago today, the soundtrack for Romeo + Juliet (1996) was released. The soundtrack contained two separate releases: the first containing popular music from the film and the second containing the score to the film, released in April 1997. #90smovie #CapitalRecords
neutral · AI labelView post →...as for Romeo + Juliet, the movie is silly garish nonsense before Claire Danes shows up, and the second hour is, overall, VASTLY better than the first hour. It's worth the trip, IMO, but it can be a real slog at times.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just got tickets for the 30th anniversary Romeo + Juliet movie/concert and I am already emotional thinking about how great it’s going to be.
positive · AI labelView post →I could never forget Tybalt, Prince of Cats, from the 1996 Romeo + Juliet movie (directed by Baz Luhrmann) Because he is a KEY PART of my brain chemistry
neutral · AI labelView post →Nothing beats Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. That movie is peak.
positive · AI labelView post →I don’t have an opinion about this movie plan, but I do have the sudden urge to listen to the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack.
neutral · AI labelView post →Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet is going to be hard to top, for me. It embodies the best kind of Shakespeare film, fitting the text into a new context and seeing what works. Eggers's period obsession will be a detriment.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm sorry but the Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet is the only film adaptation necessary. Ever.
positive · AI labelView post →William Shakespeare's ROMEO + JULIET Film in Concert | January 12, 2027 | Aronoff Center behindthecurtaincincy.com/2026/09/17/w...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ick. Thankfully the only thing I can remember about that movie was the massive and mildly confusing crush I had on John Leguizamo from watching that and Romeo+Juliet back to back.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1996 Romeo + Juliet movie is not a musical, but it has big musical energy
positive · AI labelView post →Maybe if copyright law/capitalism wasn’t so draconian right now, I think people would be more chill with remakes as like the new generation playing around with old things like that Romeo + Juliet 1996 movie where they made it a crime drama. But you know, not limited to the original company.
neutral · AI labelView post →FF to 2026, when, if you don’t have the physical R+J soundtrack, you can no longer hear all the songs, since many official versions are absent from streaming services. But you CAN hear them LIVE at the “Romeo + Juliet Film in Concert” event coming to #TheSmithCenter in #LasVegas on Feb 10!
neutral · AI labelView post →Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet turned 30 this past weekend, and its soundtrack was just as popular as the movie, with songs like “Lovefool” by The Cardigans.
neutral · AI labelView post →Romeo + Juliet is SO much better than Branagh's Much Ado. I am up for any film with Keanu and Denzel but it is quite vanilla.
positive · AI labelView post →Very rarely a movie is not just a masterpiece, but brilliantly innovative as well. Romeo + Juliet (1996) is such a film. Absolutely phenomenal soundtrack, brilliantly moved to a modern stage, while retaining Shakespeare’s fantastic lines. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/no...
positive · AI labelView post →30 years!!! This movie is a masterpiece. Romeo + Juliet at 30: how Baz Luhrmann made teens fall in love with Shakespeare www.theguardian.com/film/2026/no...
positive · AI labelView post →Movie 🎬 Romeo + Juliet Released today (October 27, 1996)...
neutral · AI labelView post →I fucking hated Romeo + Juliet. That movie pissed me off (the soundtrack was kinda cool) but that movie sucked. It took years before I could watch DiCaprio or Danes in a movie again.
negative · AI labelView post →Surviving on his own in a St. Louis hotel, he waits for his travelling salesman father, whose return is uncertain. A young Jesse Bradford (Romeo + Juliet, Bring It On) stars, receiving a Young Artist Award nomination for his performance in the film, alongside performances from
neutral · AI labelView post →Why would anyone make a Romeo and Juliet movie after Romeo + Juliet exists?
positive · AI labelView post →This is what I keep telling people! Romeo + Juliet in an incredible movie and deserves to be recognised as such.
positive · AI labelView post →A regular series in which I face swap myself into a random movie #1126 - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) #faceswap #randommovie #everydayifaceswapmyself
neutral · AI labelView post →Romeo + Juliet Film Concert is coming to Wallingford #connecticut #findingconnecticut
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #RomeoJuliet #LeonardoDiCaprio Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet' Officially Returns 30 Years Later With a Brand-New Release http://dlvr.it/TVV88m
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MusicFeatures #Radiohead #RomeoJuliet #Rock The Greatest Radiohead Song Secretly Written for This Legendary Leonardo DiCaprio Film http://dlvr.it/TQxn6h
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #RomeoJuliet #Othello #ChimesatMidnight 10 Shakespeare Movies That Can Be Called Masterpieces, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TNFjld
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #10ThingsIHateAboutYou #RomeoJuliet #Titus These 6 Movies Modernized Shakespeare Perfectly http://dlvr.it/TN9yS2
neutral · AI labelView post →Baz Luhrmann has relocated this classic to modern day Verona Beach and introduced a contemporary sound track to complement much of the original dialogue from the bard's story of true love, revenge and, quite possibly, the greatest tragedy ever written in the English language. The families "Montague" and "Capulet" have been feuding since God was a boy. The uneasy truce between them is to be severely tested when "Romeo" (Leonardo DiCaprio) and "Juliet" (Clare Danes) fall in love. Being from each…
positive · AI labelView post →Shakespeare is still getting work in Hollywood, and probably always will... ... but I like updated modern Shakespeare when it comes in the form of West Side Story, She's all That, Overboard (all the other million or so Rom-Coms based off of The Taming of the Shrew) and not when the film is modern day with Shakespearean English and... yeah. Too much of a Juxtaposition for me. The kind of WWII update of Richard III wasn't bad, but it wasn't really taking Richard II, putting it in a different…
negative · AI labelView post →Part 2 of Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy: 'Romeo + Juliet'. I remember watching a little bit of this years and years back at high school and I seem to recall enjoying it a lot. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I might've on this viewing, but it is still a film I'd recommend for sure - it's very good. I'm yet to see a bad - heck, even a just mildly good - film from Leonardo DiCaprio, which remains the case after this. It's probably the weakest performance I've seen from DiCaprio so…
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