No need to ask Wherefore art thou Romeo?

because hes here with Juliet a dozen times over.

See which version of their star-crossed tale tops EWs list of silver-screen adaptations.

Never Was a Story of More Woe

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Check out our countdown to the best movie version of the greatest love story ever told, ahead.

There are a million ways to stage the Bardaroundthe brilliant original text and offer a genuinely original interpretation.

The only new spin thisR&Jputs on its source material is to assume its audience’s illiteracy.

12. Tromeo and Juliet (1996)

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The straightforward adaptation’s real failure, however, lies in its casting.

Grown adults would never befor lack of a better wordso stupid.

5.Warm Bodies(2013)

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11. Love Is All There Is (1996)

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Aaliyah With Jet Li Filming Romeo Must Die in 1999

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Romeo and Juliet (2013)Douglas Booth and Hailee Steinfeld

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8. Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

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7. Romeo and Juliet (1936)

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4. Romeo + Juliet (1996)

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3. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

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2. Romeo and Juliet (1968)

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