West Side Story

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

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Ratings & Reviews

7.2/10

2,046 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Wins

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Nominations

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Academy Awards

🏆 10 wins•📋 1 nomination

Won

Best Film Editing

Best Cinematography, Color

Best Art Direction, Color

Best Sound

Best Costume Design, Color

Best Director

Best Original Musical Score

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Nominated

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$6.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$43.7M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$37.7M

ROI: +628%

Budget Recovery728% of budget

$0|Budget: $6.0M|Revenue: $43.7M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

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60.9K

Daily Avg

1.0K

7-Day Trend

+1%

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Based On

West Side Story

dramatico-musical work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

New York City

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Story Setting

Set In

New York City

Themes & Subjects

#forbiddenlove

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Daniel L. Fapp

Film Editing

Thomas Stanford

Music / Score

Leonard Bernstein

Production Design

Boris Leven

Production Companies

United ArtistsThe Mirisch Company

Distributors

United ArtistsNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Aspect Ratio

2.2:1

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch West Side Story

Available in 135 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	Kanopy	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomPG	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaPG	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	Tubi TV	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
Australia	Amazon Prime Video, BINGE, Foxtel Now, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	7plus	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
India	Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

United KingdomPG

CanadaPG

Germany12

FranceU

Austria12

BrazilL

Denmark11

+9 more countries

Production

Directors

Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise

Writers

Ernest Lehman, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Robert Griffin, Hal Prince

Production Companies

Seven Arts ProductionsThe Mirisch CompanyRobert Wise Productions

Cast

Natalie Wood

Maria

Richard Beymer

Tony

Russ Tamblyn

Riff

Rita Moreno

Anita

George Chakiris

Bernardo

Simon Oakland

Schrank

Ned Glass

Doc

No Image

William Bramley

Krupke

Tucker Smith

Ice

Tony Mordente

Action

David Winters

A-rab

Eliot Feld

Baby John

Tags & Keywords

new york cityimmigrantshowdownstreet gangslumlove at first sighthighwayforbidden lovemusicalbased on play or musicalrivalryfeudinterracial relationshiptragic loveattempted rape

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