Romeo & Juliet: Music Edition (1996)

Director Baz Luhrmann's audacious, stylized updating of the Bard's timeless romance shifts the setting to modern-day Verona Beach, where two brutal crime families, the Montagues and the Capulets, vie for power. Amid the violence, teenagers Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes meet and fall in love, but their parents' bitter rivalry leads to tragedy all around. Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, and Paul Sorvino also star. 120 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; documentary; featurettes; "music machine" feature lets the viewer jump to individual songs.