#13. The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries took the world by storm when it was released in August 2001. Based on a novel series of the same name by Meg Cabot, moviegoers all over the world fell in love with her story and, of course, with breakout star Anne Hathaway. Director Garry Marshall —who was also in charge of Pretty Woman —brought these movies to life in a way that nobody else could have.
At one point in the film, Mia is dancing on some bleachers in the rain at her private school with her best friend. Then she takes a pretty nasty tumble. That’s no stuntwoman, and that was not supposed to happen: Hathaway really did slip and fall down, and hard. But it fit in so well with the character’s awkwardness that it was kept in the finished film.