I recently re-watched “Tombstone” on cable and was reminded again of how fantastic Val Kilmer was in that movie. This is one of his strongest performances (though I loved him in “Heat“, too. That scene where he’s been shot and he gets out of the car, sees Ashley Judd standing on that balcony and his whole being just lights up. Then she makes that sublimely small gesture with her hand to warn him away and you see a flash of anguish before he turns and pretends to ask for directions.). 

Tombstone in general has a great first half, a questionable middle (that scene in the rain?) and a great ending, but Val is really the reason to watch. It doesn’t hurt that his character is given genius lines like [in a Southern drawl], “Nonsense, I have not yet begun to defile myself.”