Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman (1990): the polo-match polka dots, the red opera gown, the Rodeo Drive scene and the performance that won her a Golden Globe.

Eliza Dushku’s Missy Pantone in Bring It On (2000): the grungy twists, the pen-drawn tattoo, the tryout scene and how the role fits her career then and now.

Annalaina Marks played an uncredited Vargas Girl in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). Her path from Top Model to Made of Honor and TV, and how the film fared.

Brian Helgeland’s A Knight’s Tale (2001) mixed jousting, Chaucer and Queen anthems. Its making, cast of Ledger, Tudyk and Bettany, reception and 2026 return.

Aaron Paul played Rick Meade, Tom Cruise’s brother-in-law, in J.J. Abrams’s Mission: Impossible III (2006), years before Breaking Bad made him a star.

A retrospective on The Butterfly Effect (2004), the time-travel thriller with Ashton Kutcher, Logan Lerman as young Evan, its endings, reception and legacy.

The Truman Show was filmed in Seaside, Florida, on Scenic Highway 30A. See Truman’s house, Modica Market and the other real spots you can still visit.

Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez in High School Musical 2 (2007): the lifeguard, the walkout song, and what the record-setting sequel meant for her career.

Addison Timlin played Amy Schine, Clive Owen’s diabetic daughter, in Mikael Håfström’s 2005 thriller Derailed. Here is the role, the reception and what came next.

Kate Winslet’s Iris Simpkins in Nancy Meyers’s The Holiday (2006): her friendship with Eli Wallach’s Arthur Abbott, the cottage, and what the role led to.