In 10 Things I Hate About You, which Shakespeare play inspired the story?

10 Things I Hate About You was inspired by William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

The 1999 film moves Shakespeare's courtship plot to a modern American high school. Julia Stiles plays Kat Stratford, while Heath Ledger plays Patrick Verona, the character involved in a paid courtship arrangement.

Like Shakespeare's play, the movie centers on sisters whose romantic prospects are connected by family rules and social expectations. The adaptation changes the setting, language, and tone while retaining the basic structure of the source story.

The film was directed by Gil Junger and written by Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith. It later became especially notable as an early starring vehicle for both Stiles and Ledger.