Barack Obama reveals his 17 favourite films of 2022; Top Gun Maverick, TÁR, The Woman King on the list

Former US president Barack Obama has been sharing annual lists of his favourite books, songs, and movies after leaving the White House.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: December 24, 2022 09:54 AM IST

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Barack Obama shared his list of favourite films. (Photo: Barack Obama/Instagram)

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Continuing his annual tradition of listing favourite movies, music and books of the year, former US president Barack Obama has shared a list of the 17 movies from 2022 that he enjoyed the most. He watched films of different genres during the year, including Tom Cruise’s blockbuster action movie Top Gun: Maverick, the genre-hopping Everything Everywhere All at Once, the dramas TÁR and Aftersun, and many others.

Sharing his list of ‘Favourite Films of 2022’, Obama wrote on Twitter, “I saw some great movies this year – here are some of my favorites. What did I miss?”

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The complete list of Obama’s favourite movies is as follows:

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans
Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King
Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun
John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal
Celine Sciamma’s Petite Maman
Margaret Brown’s Descendant
Audrey Diwane’s Happening
Chinonye Chukwu’s Till
Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick
Fernando León de Aranoa’s The Good Boss
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero
Panah Panahi’s Hit the Road
Todd Field’s Tar
Kogonada’s After Yang

Obama also shared his favourite books and music of 2022. He might soon share the list of his favourite shows as well. Obama, who served as the US president from 2009 to 2017, has been sharing these annual lists ever since he left the White House.

Last year, Obama had 15 films on his list which included West Side Story, The Power of the Dog, Drive My Car, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and The Last Duel, among others.

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