Barack Obama has shared his favorite movies of the year, continuing what has become an annual list-making tradition from the former President.
“Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year,” Obama wrote in a briefer than usual caption on social media for this year’s list.
The full line-up, listed in no established order by Obama, includes “All We Imagine as Light,” “Conclave,” “The Piano Lesson,” “The Promised Land,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Anora,” “Dìdi (弟弟),” “Sugarcane” and “A Complete Unknown.”
Several titles on the former President’s list have featured heavily in awards conversations, with “Anora,” “Conclave” and the Timothée Chalamet-led duo of “A Complete Unknown” and “Dune: Part Two” being widely projected to land nods in the Oscars’ best picture category. The Tehran-set “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is also Germany’s official submission for the best international feature film category. Also of note, aside from “Dune” and “A Complete Unknown,” each of Obama’s selections this year debuted at a film festival, including Sundance (“Dìdi (弟弟),” “Sugarcane”) Cannes (“All We Imagine as Light,” “Anora,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”) Telluride (“The Piano Lesson,” “Conclave”) and Venice (“The Promised Land”).
Last year, Obama’s favorites included the eventual Oscar best picture winner “Oppenheimer,” along with fellow nominees “Past Lives,” “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall” and “The Holdovers.” It also featured “Rustin,” “Leave the World Behind” and “American Symphony,” all of which were produced by the Obamas’ production banner Higher Ground. This year’s list is shorter than the 2023 line-up from Obama, which featured 14 titles in total — including a day-later addition of the musical adaptation of “The Color Purple.”