Former President of the United States Barack Obama has created a tradition of releasing various lists of his favorite things for any given year. This week, he released his list of favorite movies of 2023.
Obama’s list includes some award-season favorites
Taking to Twitter, Obama shared his list, which started with three films — Rustin, Leave the World Behind, and American Symphony — from Higher Ground Productions, a production company founded in 2018 by Barack and his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama. The 10 other films listed include some award-season favorites, as well as some surprise entries.
At the top of his list, Obama put the Christmas comedy-drama film The Holdovers, starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa. Elsewhere on the list are hit films like Oppenheimer and American Fiction, as well as some films like Blackberry, Anatomy of a Fall, Monster, and more.
The full list of Barack Obama’s favorite movies of 2023 is as follows:
- The Holdovers
- Blackberry
- Oppenheimer
- American Fiction
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Monster
- Past Lives
- Air
- Polite Society
- A Thousand and One
