Patriot Games (1992) vs Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Hunt for Red October tops them both.

As a movie, Clear and Present Danger. I'll concede Patriot Games has the better villain.

I liked Clear and Present Danger a little bit. I think James earl Jones has a bigger role in that one too

Clear and Present Danger is definitely a more grand movie in scale and scope. It has a plot that goes all the way to the White House, has larger action scenes, and there is a lot more going on in the script.

Patriot Games is better I think but I do like both

Patriot Games was really horrible.

https://screenrant.com/jack-ryan-ranked-every-movie-tv-show/

Patriot Games was the first Clancy adaptation to star Harrison Ford as an older, more experienced Jack Ryan but is the weaker of his two movies, with Sean Bean’s villainous IRA agent being the main highlight of this middling action thriller. Bean is great as the nuanced anti-villain, but he is wasted in an otherwise predictable movie whose black and white morality leaves viewers with little to dig into or even remember beyond some serviceable action setpieces. Ford is uncharacteristically humorless as Ryan too and fails to bring the nervy energy his predecessor Alec Baldwin gave the role, while Clancy made his upset with the movie's many changes to his novel public.

The criticism from many reviewers that Ford’s Jack Ryan and the CIA are depicted as virtuous heroes in South America is a valid one, given the organization’s then-recent real-life support of the Contras. But thanks to a tense, sharp script from Red Dawn’s John Milius, Clear and Present Danger is a far stronger second outing for Harrison Ford’s Ryan. The character’s beleaguered attitude here feels truer to his novel counterpart than his Patriot Games-era heroism, while the fast-paced, impactful action sequences ensure that the real-world politics of Clear and Present Danger are easier glossed over than its more uneven predecessor.

Clear and Present Danger is a better Jack Ryan story. But Patriot Games is a far more enjoyable film. Wonderful mood and atmosphere and great performances from good actors.