10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available in Australia on Disney Plus and Stan, and in the US on Disney Plus and fuboTV. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. 9,006 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Heath Ledger is the obvious draw, but the whole ensemble earns its laughs. There is no real reason to keep putting it off — it is right there on Disney Plus.

There is a reason 10 Things I Hate About You keeps coming up in conversation. 10 Things I Hate About You gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own. Between them, Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles carry the comedy without ever forcing it. 10 Things I Hate About You came out in 1999. 10 Things I Hate About You earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

10 Things I Hate About You is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Heath Ledger is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.