Transporting Jane Austen's Emma to mid-nineties California, Clueless follows shallow, rich, and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone), who is perpetually perched at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking order.

Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher coaxes two awkward teachers to date each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides that making over a hopelessly klutzy new student, Tai (Brittany Murphy), will be her next project. But when Tai becomes the most popular girl in school and falls for Josh (Paul Rudd), Cher's disapproving ex-stepbrother, Cher realizes that Josh has been right all along—Cher really is clueless.