History DerivativeWorks / RomeoAndJuliet

* ''Romeo and Juliet' (1955), a filmed version of the Prokofiev ballet, performed by the Kirov Theatre.

* ''Film/ValleyGirl'' from 1982 depicts the romance of Randy, a Hollywood punk, and Julie, the titular Valley Girl. The trope is even lampshaded by a scene where the couple kisses under a marquee advertising the play. The class warfare shown in the film is rather one-sided; the Hollywood crowd doesn’t actively go seeking trouble with the Valley kids, while the Valley kids are overtly hostile towards Randy and his friend Fred. The movie’s ending also subverts the tragic ending of the source material.* ''Private Romeo'', a film that uses an all-male cast and the original dialogue of the play as a commentary on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Romeo is a cadet desperate to get into West Point and Juliet is the new boy to the military academy he attends. [[spoiler:Due to DADT, the school's staff finding out about the fact that the two are in love serves as their 'death;' no one actually dies in the film, but they'll both be kicked out of school and any hope of continuing their military careers (including Romeo's dream of West Point) is finished.]]

* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1935 ballet with music by Music/SergeiProkofiev.

* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1935 ballet with music by Sergei Prokofiev

* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': What if Romeo was the pilot of a SuperRobot, Juliet was an AlienPrincess and Tybalt was a WarriorPrince who wanted to exterminate the entire human race?

* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'', a somewhat polarizing update directed by Creator/BazLuhrmann starring Claire Danes and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. It keeps Shakespeare's text but dramatically reframes it in a late-1990s setting in Mexican-influenced Southern California ("Verona Beach"). The duels and dialogue about them are retained by naming the characters' gun models after various types of bladed weapons instead (e.g., "Sword 9mm class").

!!Works based on ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'':

!Works based on ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'':

* It was the subject of the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' episode "[[Recap/WishboneS1E04RosieOhRosieOh Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!]]".

* Naturally, it was the subject of an episode of ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' as well.

!Works based on ''Romeo and Juliet''
* ''Roméo et Juliette'', an 1839 "dramatic symphony" in seven movements (choral and instrumental scenes) by Music/HectorBerlioz.
* ''Roméo et Juliette'', an 1867 opera by Charles Gounod.
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1932 short story retelling by [[Creator/KarelCapek Karel Čapek]].
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1935 ballet with music by Sergei Prokofiev.
* ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1936}}'', a 1936 film directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor that received four UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations. Featured 34-year-old Creator/NormaShearer and 43-year-old Creator/LeslieHoward playing the teenaged lovers.
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1954 film directed by Renato Castellani, starring Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall in the title roles. Won a UsefulNotes/LeoneDOro.
* ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'', a 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film starring Creator/OliviaHussey as Juliet and Leonard Whiting as Romeo.
* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'', a somewhat polarizing update directed by Creator/BazLuhrmann starring Claire Danes and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. It keeps Shakespeare's text but dramatically reframes it in a late-1990s setting in Mexican-influenced Southern California ("Verona Beach"). The duels and dialogue about them are retained by naming the characters' gun models after various types of bladed weapons instead (e.g., "Sword 9mm class").
* ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet2013'', a 2013 film by Carlo Carlei, and the first traditional retelling to hit screens in quite a while, starring Creator/HaileeSteinfeld and Douglas Booth in the lead roles. The dialogue was heavily rewritten, although the new dialogue was still in the Shakespearean style. The rewrites were...not well received.

* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', probably the most famous adaptation out there, telling the story of [[RecycledINSPACE a romance between two teens from rival gangs in the 1950s.]] Adapted into film in [[Film/WestSideStory1961 1961]] and [[Film/WestSideStory2021 2021]].
* ''Film/LosTarantos'', a 1963 Spanish take on the story.
* ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', a modern-day retelling (from 2000) moving the action to LA and changing the feud to one between rival black and Chinese gangsters.
* ''China Girl'' (1987), which could be described as ''West Side Story'' meets ''Romeo Must Die.'' It's reset in 1980s Manhattan with rival Italian and Chinese gangs.
* ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'', a typically outrageous outing from Troma Films with a rather [[BrotherSisterIncest different]] ending.
* ''Film/ValleyGirl'' from 1982 depicts the romance of Randy, a Hollywood punk, and Julie, the titular Valley Girl. The trope is even lampshaded by a scene where the couple kisses under a marquee advertising the play. The class warfare shown in the film is rather one-sided; the Hollywood crowd doesn’t actively go seeking trouble with the Valley kids, while the Valley kids are overtly hostile towards Randy and his friend Fred. The movie’s ending also subverts the tragic ending of the source material.
* ''Literature/RomeoAndOrJuliet'' uses the story as the basis for a {{gamebook|s}} with multiple possible plot strands. One path more-or-less follows the play, but make different choices and you can end up with very different endings.
* ''Private Romeo'', a film that uses an all-male cast and the original dialogue of the play as a commentary on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Romeo is a cadet desperate to get into West Point and Juliet is the new boy to the military academy he attends. [[spoiler:Due to DADT, the school's staff finding out about the fact that the two are in love serves as their 'death;' no one actually dies in the film, but they'll both be kicked out of school and any hope of continuing their military careers (including Romeo's dream of West Point) is finished.]]
* ''Theatre/RomeoEtJulietteDeLaHaineALamour'', 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 DarkerAndEdgier Hungarian adaptation.

* ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'', in which we learn the "real" story behind the production of the play.
* ''Romeo & Harriet'', a musical parody of Romeo and Juliet.
* ''Romiette and Julio'', a 2001 novel by Sharon Draper about two teenage lovers dealing with the taboos of interracial dating.
* ''Film/YouNeverDreamed'', a 1980 Soviet film.
* ''November 30'', a 1995 Swedish movie with a NonindicativeName where the OfficialCouple consists of a Peruvian immigrant and repentant neo-Nazi.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mn9Am7L4sA Romeo Va Julietta Yohud Lan'atlangan Sevgi]]'', an Uzbek film from 2006, which loosely resets the story in contemporary Toshkent.

* Naturally, it was the subject of an episode of ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' as well.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' features the "Veronaville" neighborhood, with the Montys and the Capps as major players, complete with a feud and teenagers from both families in love.
* ''Prince of Cats'', a short 2012 comic by Ron Wimberly set in a mid-Eighties Brooklyn crossed with samurai films and centered around secondary characters Tybalt and Rosalyn.
** A film adaptation has been announced, to star Lakeith Stanfield.
* ''WebVideo/RomeoAndJulieta,'' a [[InNameOnly very,]] ''[[InNameOnly very]]'' [[InNameOnly loose adaptation]] of the work starring two sentient llama piñatas. Yes, really.
* ''Literature/WarmBodies'', a novel by Isaac Marion where the Montagues and Capulets are replaced with zombies and humans. Also [[TheFilmOfTheBook made into]] a [[Film/WarmBodies film]].
* Often done as a ShowWithinAShow when a film production or SchoolPlay is needed (because it's a play that most people, even those who have ''never'' read Shakespeare, are familiar with). If at least one of the two leads is a major character, expect ShipTease. This includes an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', an episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', two episodes of ''Manga/KOn'', the second {{OVA}} to ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', and an ongoing arc in the first part of Season 12 of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}''. An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' is about auditioning for the play (and features a conjured-up version of Romeo to give Sabrina some coaching).
* Creator/DianaWynneJones used the story as a subplot in ''The Magicians of Caprona'' in which the feuding families of Casa Montana and Casa Petrocchi eventually learn that two of their younger members have fallen in love with each other.
* ''Juliet'', a 2010 novel by Anne Fortier, in which the main character discovers that her ancestor was the "real" Juliet behind the famous story.
* ''Romeo and Juliet: A [=DreamZone=] Parody'': The [[ParallelPornTitles porn version]].

* Korean [=MMO=] ''VideoGame/{{Maplestory}}'' adapts the story for a party quest, though the characters live in a town of feuding alchemists (one more focused on nature, the other on technology) and somehow Frankenstein's monster is also involved.

* ''Jules and Monty'', a 2014 webseries that translates the story to a modern college setting.
* The radio drama featuring Music/AKB48, known as "Watashitachi no Monogatari", did their own version of Romeo and Juliet, with the two aces of Music/SKE48, Matsui Rena and Matsui Jurina, as the main pair. Not only do they change the characters names (basing them more on their respective members names), but they also give it a much happier end. As to be expected, this broadcast pleased lots of [=WMatsui=] fans.
* In 2018, [=AKB48=] member Kato Rena produced an original adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with TWO casts of members across the 48 group that were chosen via audition as part of her personal "Renacchi General Elections". In this adaptation, the two families actually like each other and it's Romeo and Juliet themselves who are feuding at the beginning of the play. This adaptation implements more comedic moments as well as introducing new characters, but still contains much of the drama and tragedy.

* ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet'', a manga-turned-anime romantic comedy that takes a Japanese high school approach to the story, with the main characters being members of the Black Doggy and White Cats houses.

* "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]", a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode that explores the question, what if Romeo and Juliet had lived to have kids?
* ''Prince of Shadows'' a 2014 novel by Creator/RachelCaine, takes a HeroOfAnotherStory approach, with Romeo's cousin Benvolio and Juliet's cousin Rosaline as the POV characters. Also adds a layer of horror by supposing that the catastrophic ending of the play was because [[spoiler:the intensity of Romeo and Juliet's love was because the "plague on both your houses" was a backfiring ''curse'', and Mercutio's line was him trying to warn Romeo. In the final climax of the book, as soon as Romeo and Juliet both die the curse falls on Benvolio and Rosaline as the next heirs in line. Their already being in love makes the difference in their feelings very clear, and illustrates that Romeo and Juliet were indeed doomed from the start.]]

* ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Mônica e Cebolinha: No Mundo de Romeu e Julieta]]''[[labelnote:Rough Translation]]''Monica and Jimmy Five: In the World of Romeo and Juliet''[[/labelnote]]: A live-action adaptation of the play with costumed actors portraying Monica and Jimmy Five as the titular lovers. Like most kid-friendly adaptations, the play ends with both lovers alive and together and both families ending the rivalry for good. Was adapted into theatre in 1978, Direct-to-Video and TV in 1979, and again made a stage play in 2013 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic series.
* ''Film/{{Rosaline}}'': a 2022 comedic film retelling the story from the point of view of Romeo's jilted RomanticFalseLead, Juliet's cousin Rosaline.

* ''Film/PizzaMyHeart'': A 2005 romantic comedy set in Verona (New Jersey, not Italy), with the Capulets and the Montagues represented by two rival pizzerias.