6. The English Patient (1996)
I'm with Seinfeld's Elaine, urging Ralph Fiennes' burn victim in The English Patient to just...die! But even if you're more patient than I am, can we at least agree that a drip-drip-slow, Brit-tinged prestige picture adapted from a prestige book, laden with prestige performances, and directed with a gilt-edged bookmark, isn't nearly as Oscar-worthy as Jerry Maguire, a lively, all-American original story about the all-American love of sports and money, inspiring one of all-American Tom Cruise's best performances ever? A not-too-shabby second option...how about Fargo FTW? —LS
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