10 Things I Hate About You

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

Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) starts at a new school and falls for Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) on his first day. Her father won't let her date until her sharp-tongued older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) does, so Cameron goes looking for someone with a bad enough reputation to take her on. Gil Junger sets it in the hallways and bleachers, where Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger) leans against the wall, a name people lower their voices to say.