West Side Story

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

Plot Summary

In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

7.2 /10

1961

US

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