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* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film starring [[Olivia Hussey]] as Juliet.
* ''[[Romeo Must Die (Film)|Romeo Must Die]]'', a modern-day retelling moving the action to LA and changing the feud to one between rival black and Chinese gangsters.
* ''[[William
* ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]'', an anime adaptation set [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]] with less [[Grey and Gray Morality]] (the Montagues are villains who ousted and all but extinguished the rightfully ruling Capulets)
* ''[[West Side Story]]'', probably the most famous adaptation out there, telling the story of [[Recycled in Space|a romance between two teens from rival gangs in the 1950s.]]
* ''[[Tromeo and Juliet]]'', a typically outrageous outing from Troma Films with a rather [[Brother
* ''[[Romeo Et Juliette De La Haine a Lamour]]'', a French musical by Gerard Presgurvic, which has played in more or less similar format in Canada, Mexico, Japan and various countries throughout Europe and in a much [[Darker and Edgier]] Hungarian adaptation.
* ''[[The Lion King|The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride]]'', which followed up the first film's [[Lighter and Softer]] African ''[[Hamlet]]'' with a similarly brighter version of ''this'' story.
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* ''[[Romeo And Juliet Sealed With A Kiss]]'', an animated adaption with seals playing the roles.
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', an upcoming 2012 film by Carlo Carlei to star [[Hailee Steinfeld]] and Douglas Booth.
* ''November 30'', a 1995 Swedish movie with a [[Non
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* [[A Plague On Both Your Houses]]
* [[Serial Romeo]]
* [[Star
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Most adaptations seem to forget Paris. His death is one of the most frequently omitted sequences, even though it makes a nonsense of the Prince's "I have lost a brace of kinsmen" lines.
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: Repeatedly. The line about "star-crossed lovers" in the opening narration is a [[Lampshade Hanging]]; the stars - meaning Fate - are going to make sure everyone ends up miserable.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Juliet stabs herself to death with a dagger. Fine. "O happy dagger, this is thy sheath." Huh.
** There's even more [[Freud Was Right|symbolism]] in that scene than [[Get Thee to A Nunnery|is apparent to modern audiences]]. The cup that Romeo drinks his poison from is supposed to be a symbol of femininity, and furthermore, Shakespeare often used "die" as a euphemism for "orgasm".
*** Made even clearer in the 1996 version with [[Leonardo Di Caprio]] -- Romeo and Juliet's lying position (in Juliet's coffin) after their double suicide was exactly the same as the morning after their wedding night (on Juliet's bed). This is implying sex = death.
*** Not to mention all the French influence at the time. A French term for orgasm is ''petit mort'', or small death. So Romeo hooked up with Juliet [[Incredibly Lame Pun|for a]] ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|petit mort]]'', [[Incredibly Lame Pun|but ended up with a]] ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|grand mort]]''.
** Heck, the whole show is basically like that. Especially Juliet's [[Get Thee to A Nunnery|"Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds"]] monologue. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night."]]
* [[Downer Ending]]: There is the glimpse of a [[Bittersweet Ending]], as the rival families finally reconcile their differences.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Some of Mercutio's lines, overlapping with [[Get Thee to A Nunnery]].
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** It is also worth noting that Romeo's lines regarding his romance of Rosaline are ''very'' over-used cliches at Shakespeare's time, but as soon as Romeo starts describing Juliet, his lines become very creative and much more poetic.
* [[Enter Stage Window]]: Probably the [[Ur Example]].
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Prince and the Nurse. (Although on the character list the Prince's name is given as "Escalus" and Capulet calls the Nurse "Angelica" at one point.)
* [[Exact Time to Failure]]
* [[Faux Death]]: Juliet.
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* [[The Ghost]]: Rosaline. Though she's not even that important anyway.
* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]
* [[
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: Some of the archaic uses of the word "ho" become a tad awkward in this day and age. Such as "Fetch me my long sword, ho!"
** (Even funnier because, as mentioned previously, at this point in the play, his wife is trying to ''stop'' him from jumping into the fight.)
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* [[Love At First Sight]]: The title characters fell in love like this. They fell ''HARD''.
* [[Lost in Imitation]]: The two are a pair of shallow barely teens who want to have sex. Good luck finding anyone who realizes this today.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: By their times's standards. Compare their behaviors: Romeo is the one with emotional reactions for better or worse, whereas Juliet is more practical and stages their doomed escape.
* [[Matron Chaperone]]: The Nurse.
* [[Masquerade Ball]]: Capulet holds one, which just so happens to be the place Romeo and Juliet fell in [[Love At First Sight]].
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* [[Serial Romeo]]: [[Trope Namer|Romeo]], naturally. His object of hopeless affection changes on a dime in the play, and it's implied he's done this sort of thing before. He knew Juliet for about a ''minute'', and was already making out with her.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: After Mercutio's death, the play turns into a tragedy.
* [[Small Role, Big Impact]]: Tybalt has about 3 scenes in the play, but without him it would be a ''vastly'' different story.
* [[Star
* [[Tag Team Suicide]]: Juliet uses Romeo's dagger to kill herself.
* [[Together in Death]]: Romeo and Juliet.
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* [[Upper Class Wit]]: Mercutio.
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: Tybalt sees Romeo as this; when Tybalt tells Lord Capulet that Romeo has come uninvited to the Capulet masquerade ball, Lord Capulet lets it slide because Romeo has a decent reputation (not to mention Lord Capulet didn't want any trouble).
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Friar Lawrence's speech to Romeo in Act III is basically him calling Romeo out for crying like a baby, not realizing how lucky he is that he's not dead as a result of his idiocy, and for generally not manning up.
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Juliet is far and away the more sensible and level-headed one of the title duo. Also, when a street brawl breaks out, Lords Montague and Capulet try to fight, and their wives have to hold them back.
** Even between the Nurse and Friar Lawrence, this trope is applicable - although in a darker way. Friar Lawrence sets about making tons of risky plans that, although well-intentioned, have a thousand ways to go wrong. The Nurse {{spoiler|tells Juliet to be sensible and marry Paris, and give up Romeo for dead, because it involves less risk and heartache.}}
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