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West Side Story (2021)

★ 6.9 · 1,770 ratings on TMDB

A city divided. Their love will challenge everything.

West Side Story poster★ 6.9

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

DirectorSteven Spielberg
CastAna Isabelle, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, David Alvarez
GenresCrime, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

West Side Story keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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