William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

moderate violence, injury detail, drug misuse, suicide

Director(s)Baz Luhrmann

Production year1996

Release date27/03/2026

Genre(s)Drama, Romance

Approx. running minutes120m

CastLeonardo Di Caprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

moderate violence, injury detail, drug misuse, suicide

1996 adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, which relocates the events of the original play to contemporary Los Angeles, w ...

1996 adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, which relocates the events of the original play to contemporary Los Angeles, where two young people from rival gangs fall in love.

violence

threat and horror

sex

drugs

injury detail

nudity

suicide and self-harm

alcohol and smoking

moderate violence, injury detail, drug misuse, suicide

Classified Date:

04/02/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

violence

Scenes of moderate violence include shootings and stabbings, with sight of aftermath blood, as well as kicks, punches and a headbutt. There is a dramatic scene in which a car crashes.

threat and horror

Various scenes of threat, including gun threat, occur in the context of a story about warring gangs.

sex

There are mild visual and verbal sex references

drugs

A character is given a pill which results in a fantastical psychedelic experience.

injury detail

Bullet and stab wounds, as well as blood, are seen in the aftermath of violence.

nudity

There is brief male buttock nudity.

suicide and self-harm

Two teenage characters take their own lives, with sight of blood in the aftermath.

alcohol and smoking

Cigarettes are smoked by various characters, including teenagers

Contains moderate violence

Classified Date:

11/01/2013

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

violence

There are a number of fight scenes between two rival families. In some sequences, people are stabbed or shot and some blood is visible, although this is not dwelt upon. There are also some heavy punches and kicks, as well as a headbutt, during hand-to-hand fighting.

additional issues

The film includes a sex scene in which the main characters undress, kiss and embrace, later being seen entwined on a bed. However, there is no clear sight of nudity or visuals of sex. At one point a character is given a 'love pill', resulting in a psychedelic experience. However, the drug is not clearly identified as an actual substance. There is a scene of suicide.

Classified Date:

02/12/1996

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

violence

additional issues

Contains moderate violence

Classified Date:

02/07/1998

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

violence

additional issues

Classified Date:

21/08/1997

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Fox Guild Home Entertainment

violence

additional issues

Classified Date:

28/09/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/09/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/09/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

03/03/1997

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Classified Date:

06/01/1997

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Cuts:

This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.

Classified Date:

02/01/1997

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Classified Date:

25/10/1996

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

13/09/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Includes Additional Material and Picture in Picture

Classified Date:

21/07/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material Audio commentary by director/co-screenwriter Baz Luhrmann pr...

Classified Date:

05/07/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material

Classified Date:

06/03/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD Director's audio commentary

Classified Date:

27/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD audio commentary with Craig Armstrong

Classified Date:

23/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD additional material DVD audio commentary with Marius De Vries

Classified Date:

12/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD additional material

Classified Date:

01/02/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional Material Audio Commentary with director/co-screenwriter Baz Luhrmann ...

Classified Date:

19/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

11/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

11/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified date04/02/2026

LanguageEnglish

violence

threat and horror

sex

drugs

injury detail

nudity

suicide and self-harm

alcohol and smoking

Director(s)Baz Luhrmann

Production year1996

Release date27/03/2026

Genre(s)Drama, Romance

Approx. running minutes120m

CastLeonardo Di Caprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo

moderate violence, injury detail, drug misuse, suicide

Classified Date:

04/02/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Park Circus Limited

violence

Scenes of moderate violence include shootings and stabbings, with sight of aftermath blood, as well as kicks, punches and a headbutt. There is a dramatic scene in which a car crashes.

threat and horror

Various scenes of threat, including gun threat, occur in the context of a story about warring gangs.

sex

There are mild visual and verbal sex references

drugs

A character is given a pill which results in a fantastical psychedelic experience.

injury detail

Bullet and stab wounds, as well as blood, are seen in the aftermath of violence.

nudity

There is brief male buttock nudity.

suicide and self-harm

Two teenage characters take their own lives, with sight of blood in the aftermath.

alcohol and smoking

Cigarettes are smoked by various characters, including teenagers

Contains moderate violence

Classified Date:

11/01/2013

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

violence

additional issues

Classified Date:

02/12/1996

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

violence

additional issues

Contains moderate violence

Classified Date:

02/07/1998

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

violence

additional issues

Classified Date:

21/08/1997

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Fox Guild Home Entertainment

violence

additional issues

Classified Date:

28/09/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/09/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

28/09/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

03/03/1997

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Classified Date:

06/01/1997

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Cuts:

This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.

Classified Date:

02/01/1997

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd

Classified Date:

25/10/1996

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

13/09/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Includes Additional Material and Picture in Picture

Classified Date:

21/07/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material Audio commentary by director/co-screenwriter Baz Luhrmann pr...

Classified Date:

05/07/2010

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional material

Classified Date:

06/03/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD Director's audio commentary

Classified Date:

27/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD audio commentary with Craig Armstrong

Classified Date:

23/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD additional material DVD audio commentary with Marius De Vries

Classified Date:

12/02/2007

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

DVD additional material

Classified Date:

01/02/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional Material Audio Commentary with director/co-screenwriter Baz Luhrmann ...

Classified Date:

19/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

11/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified Date:

11/10/2001

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.

Classified date04/02/2026

LanguageEnglish