Ex-President Barack Obama revealed his favourite movies of 2022. The list is, as usual for Obama, weighted toward prestige films and books.
“I always look forward to sharing my lists of favourite books, movies, and music with all of you,” Obama tweeted. “First up, here are some of the books I read and enjoyed this year. Let me know which books I should check out in 2023.”
Ex-President Barack Obama took to his official social media to list “The School for Good Mothers” by Jessamine Chan and “The Light We Carry” by former first lady Michelle Obama, among his favourite written works, while also noting that, “I’m a bit biased on this one.”
On his list of favourite movies, the former president included “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Descendant,” which he also noted he was “biased” about since the Netflix documentary was produced by the Obama-founded company Higher Ground Productions.
“I saw some great movies this year – here are some of my favourites. What did I miss?” Obama wrote in another tweet.
Among the prestige titles that did make the 2022 roster are Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, Chinonye Chukwu’s Till and Todd Field’s Tar. Not on the list is Antione Fuqua’s Emancipation.
It’s not a top 10 list – it’s a top 17 – so there doesn’t seem to be a numerical limiting factor.
Ex-President Barack Obama actually asked for comments about movies he missed.
“I saw some great movies this year here are some of my favorites. What did I miss?” he wrote.
You can see all the former president’s 2022 picks below, and below that is his 2021 list, for comparison.
Favorite Books
“The Light We Carry” – Michelle Obama
“Sea of Tranquility” – Emily St. John Mandel
“Trust” – Hernan Diaz
“The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams” – Stacy Schiff
“The Furrows: A Novel” – Namwali Serpell
“South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation” – Imani Perry
“The School for Good Mothers” – Jessamine Chan
“Black Cake” – Charmaine Wilkerson
“Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands” – Kate Beaton
“An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” – Ed Yong
“Liberation Day” – George Saunders
“The Candy House” – Jennifer Egan
“Afterlives” – Abdulrazak Gurnah
Favorite Movies
“The Fabelmans”
“Decision to Leave”
“The Woman King”
“Aftersun”
“Emily the Criminal”
“Petite Maman”
“Descendant”
“Happening”
“Till”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“The Good Boss”
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy”
“A Hero”
“Hit the Road”
“Tár”
“After Yang”