10 Things I Hate About You

Based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and set in late 1990s Seattle, this film brings 16th-century humor to the Pacific Northwest grunge culture.

Kat Stratford (Julia Stiles) is a very intelligent adolescent who isn't interested in the destructive lifestyles of other teenagers. Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), her younger sister, is called "the shrew," yet she wants to date, go out, and be a typical high schooler. The only issue? Their father will not allow Bianca to date unless Kat does. Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a fresh student, hires school bad boy Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) to take out Kat so he can have a chance with Bianca. Nothing could possibly go wrong with a bargain like that, could it?

Detailed information:

Directed by: Gil Junger

Starring: Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger

Release date: March 31, 1999

Running time: 97 minutes