Movies Like Romeo and Juliet

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

West Side Story

1961·2h 33m·★ 7.6·Jerome Robbins

4 shared themes: romeo & juliet, forbidden love, tragic...Fans also likedDrama & Romance

West Side Story

2021·2h 36m·★ 7.1·Steven Spielberg

4 shared themes: romeo & juliet, forbidden love, tragic...Fans also likedDrama & Romance

Romeo + Juliet

1996·2h·★ 6.7·Baz Luhrmann

4 shared themes: romeo & juliet, forbidden love, tragic...Fans also likedDrama & Romance

Crazy/Beautiful

2001·1h 39m·★ 6.4·John Stockwell

Themes: crush, love of one's life, forbidden loveFans also likedDrama & Romance

Love and Other Disasters

2006·1h 31m·★ 6.1·Alek Keshishian

Themes: lovers, new loveTMDB recommends

Romeo & Juliet

2013·1h 58m·★ 5.8·Carlo Carlei

Themes: romeo & juliet, based on play or musicalFans also likedRomance & Drama

Lilies

1997·1h 36m·★ 7.3·John Greyson

Themes: tragedy, based on play or musicalFans also likedDrama & Romance

Closer

2004·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Mike Nichols

Themes: secret love, forbidden love, based on play or musicalDrama & Romance

The Notebook

2004·2h 3m·★ 7.8·Nick Cassavetes

Themes: love of one's life, secret loveRomance & Drama

In the Mood for Love

2000·1h 39m·★ 8.0·Wong Kar-Wai

Themes: secret love, forbidden loveDrama & Romance

Rocky

1976·2h·★ 8.1·John G. Avildsen

Themes: lovers, love of one's life

Titanic

1997·3h 14m·★ 8.0·James Cameron

Themes: tragedy, forbidden loveDrama & Romance

Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961·1h 55m·★ 7.5·Blake Edwards

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Stolen Kisses

1968·1h 30m·★ 7.5·François Truffaut

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Lars and the Real Girl

2007·1h 47m·★ 7.3·Craig Gillespie

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Open Hearts

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Susanne Bier

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

My Life Without Me

2003·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Isabel Coixet

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

How Good Is Romeo and Juliet?

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