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West Side Story

Turkish title: Batı Yakasının Hikâyesi

“The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures.”

1961 · 2 h 33 min
Directed by Robert Wise
CrimeDramaMusical

Cast

Natalie Wood George Chakiris Richard Beymer Russ Tamblyn Rita Moreno Simon Oakland

Plot

In the New York of the 1950s two street gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, fight over a few blocks of the West Side. Tony, an ex-Jet, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the Sharks' leader, and their romance is destroyed by the feud. A musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Sinekatalog’s take

A landmark musical in which the dance, shot on real streets, carries the story. It won ten Oscars, and the opening sequence of the gangs moving across the city is thrilling.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (128,998 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.