Arguably one of the best action films ever made, this 1993 thriller is another piece of evidence for the saying that it takes German directors to make the most American of films. This time, it was Wolfgang Petersen, of Das Boot fame.
Clint Eastwood as aging, traumatised Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan has had to watch John F. Kennedy's head blown apart in 1963. Thirty years later, an ex-CIA madman (superbly evil: John Malkovich) with a seemingly bullet-proof plan threatens to make Horrigan the first USSS agent to ever lose two presidents.
Hollywood cinema as an artform doesn't get much better than this. The plot, the characters, the camera - every bit of it is 100% popcorn and 100% art.