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Romeo + Juliet
1996
· Movie
· 120 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2597
- IMDb #2799
- Google retired #3291
- Rotten Tomatoes #1961
- Metacritic #2677
- Letterboxd #2307
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2419
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1905
- Metacritic Critics #2275
- Metacritic Audience #3355
- Criticker #2067
- Douban #1127
- Kinopoisk #1742
- AlloCiné #1399
- Trakt #2335
Every rating
45–77
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two young teenagers from rival business empires in a stylized modern city meet at a party and fall instantly in love. Their passionate romance is conducted in secret, hidden from their warring families. They enlist the help of friends and a well-meaning friar to be together, but a series of tragic misunderstandings and violent confrontations between their factions threatens to destroy their future.
Details
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Writers
- Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
- Based on
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Bazmark
- Released
- 1 November 1996
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $14.5M
- Box office
- $147.3M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →2 major awards won · 10 wins from 24 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 1996 | Alfred Bauer Prize | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1996 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Catherine Martin ; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 1996 | Golden Bear | Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |
| Australian Film Institute Awards 1996 | Best Foreign Film | Baz Luhrmann and Gabriella Martinelli | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1996 | Favorite Actor – Romance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1996 | Favorite Actress – Romance | Claire Danes | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1996 | Best Production Design | Catherine Martin | Winner |
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Berlin International Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Alfred Bauer Prize | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
| Silver Bear for Best Actor | Leonardo DiCaprio | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Catherine Martin ; Set Decoration: Brigitte Broch | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Winner |
| Best Direction | Baz Luhrmann | Winner |
| Best Original Film Music | Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Catherine Martin | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Donald McAlpine | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Jill Bilcock | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Gareth Vanderhope, Rob Young and Roger Savage | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Favorite Actor – Romance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Winner |
| Favorite Actress – Romance | Claire Danes | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Female Performance | Claire Danes | Winner |
| Best Kiss | Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Romeo + Juliet | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio | Nominee |
| Best Song from a Movie | " #1 Crush " by Garbage | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Actress of the Year | Claire Danes | Winner |
| Director of the Year | Baz Luhrmann | Nominee |
| Film of the Year | Romeo + Juliet | Nominee |
Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Baz Luhrmann and Gabriella Martinelli | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Costume Design | Kym Barrett | Nominee |