The English Patient

Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas are the stars of "The English Patient" (1996). It's their soaring, illicit pairing that drives the story and what people remember. When she climbs into that sunken bathtub, watch out! But the heart of the movie - its sweet, enchanted heart - is the love between Juliette Binoche's nurse, Hana, and Naveen Andrews's demolition expert, Kip. Perhaps the greatest mystery of the countless mysteries surrounding "Lost" is how Andrews ended up stuck on that island instead of becoming a male romantic lead of the first rank.

—M. F.