West Side Story 1961
Directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins | Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, a gang of Polish-American teenagers called the Jets compete with a rival gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, the Sharks, to "own" the neighborhood streets. Tensions are high between the gangs but two romantics, one from each gang, fall in love leading to tragedy.