A star-studded cast (Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox), a sharp Aaron Sorkin script, and ace direction from Rob Reiner makes The American President a truly perfect viewing experience | Netflix

On July 2, 1881, President James Garfield was shot while walking through a train station in Washington, D.C. Though he survived the initial attack, Garfield would succumb to his wounds month later. His assailant, Charles Guiteau, had been easily following the President's movements for weeks; despite Lincoln's assassination less than twenty years before, presidential security was considered undemocratic. | American Experience | PBS