Notting Hill currently beats 10 Things I Hate About You 62–38
The celebrity romcom edges out the teen Shakespeare adaptation — 1999's internal debate.
Who do you think should win?
The Verdict Class of 1999
Both films released in 1999, and the lead captures a specific argument that year's romcom audience was having with itself: do you prefer the fantasy of a movie star falling for a bookshop owner or the fantasy of a bad boy reforming for a smart girl? Michell's film grounds its fantasy in London geography — the blue door, the Portobello Road market, the bench with the plaque — while Junger's grounds its fantasy in high school social architecture. Both fantasies are precisely located. The lead says the adult fantasy outperforms the teenage one, which in a bracket where voters skew past high school makes structural sense.
The Numbers
| Notting Hill | 10 Things I Hate About You | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 62% | 38% |
| Overall Win Rate | 67% | 63% |
| Championships | 27 | 17 |
| Avg Decision | 3.4s | 2.4s |
| Budget | $42M | $16M |
| Box Office | $364M | $53M |
Where This Matchup Sits
Notting Hill ranks #2 and 10 Things I Hate About You #6 among 45 1990s films on BingeBracket.
When matched against other films, Notting Hill can handle When Harry Met Sally... but 10 Things I Hate About You can't. What one film wins comfortably, the other loses.
Round by round within tournaments, later rounds favor Notting Hill while 10 Things I Hate About You fades — the gap between them widens as the bracket deepens.
The championship record tells the same story: Notting Hill has 27 tournament wins to 10 Things I Hate About You's 17. The pedigree gap matches the head-to-head gap.
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