10 Things I Hate About You

“How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.”

At Padua High School in the late 1990s, independent senior Katarina Stratford (Julia Stiles) refuses to date, a rule her younger sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) must follow too. When Bianca wants to go out, their father makes a deal: Katarina has to date first. Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) enlists the mysterious Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) to woo her. Gil Junger shoots the cafeteria crowds and hallway crush with bright affection.