Starring: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser

After his scene-stealing turn in 10 Things I Hate About You, Heath Ledger closed out the 1990s and entered the new century with the keys to the pin-up-boy castle, playing the hunky lead in Brian Helgeland’s bubblegum medieval romp, A Knight’s Tale.

Hoping to climb the 15th-century social ladder, lowly squire William Thatcher (Ledger) seizes an unexpected opportunity to pass himself off as a knight. But what begins as a swashbuckling quest for glory gets complicated when William falls head over heels for Lady Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon), putting both his ruse and his heart in jeopardy.