West Side Story
The first big-screen adaptation of West Side Story stars Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as the star-crossed lovers in the musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet . Winning 10 Academy Awards (still a record for a musical), the film was released to universal acclaim (even if Wood's casting at the supposedly Puerto Rican Maria is still a bit cringeworthy in terms of classic Hollywood whitewashing).
