# Barack Obama's favourite films of 2019

The 18 films Barack Obama singled out as his favourites of 2019 on 29 December that year (he also named three TV series). It includes Parasite and Colombia's Birds of Passage.

- 124 votes · 18 items
- Jan 5, 2020 · Alba Cano
- https://even.best/en/l/1356/barack-obama-s-favourite-films-of-2019

## Top 18

1. **American Factory** (15 · ▲15 ▼0) — Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. A documentary produced by the Obamas' Higher Ground.
2. **Amazing Grace** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Sydney Pollack. Aretha Franklin's 1972 gospel concert.
3. **Birds of Passage** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra. The origins of drug trafficking in La Guajira.
4. **The Irishman** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Martin Scorsese. Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
5. **Ash Is Purest White** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Jia Zhangke. A woman and a gangster in a changing China.
6. **Booksmart** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Olivia Wilde. Two friends on their last night of high school.
7. **Diane** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Kent Jones. An older woman who looks after everyone else.
8. **The Souvenir** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Joanna Hogg. A film student in 1980s London.
9. **Atlantics** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Mati Diop. Cannes Grand Prix winner; Dakar and young men who emigrate.
10. **Parasite** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Bong Joon-ho. The 2019 Palme d'Or.
11. **Marriage Story** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Noah Baumbach. A divorce between New York and Los Angeles.
12. **Apollo 11** (2 · ▲6 ▼4) — Todd Douglas Miller. An archive-footage documentary of the Moon landing.
13. **The Farewell** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Lulu Wang. A Chinese family hides the grandmother's illness from her.
14. **Little Women** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Greta Gerwig. Louisa May Alcott's novel.
15. **Just Mercy** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Destin Daniel Cretton. Lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
16. **The Last Black Man in San Francisco** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Joe Talbot. A young man and his grandfather's house.
17. **Transit** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Christian Petzold. Refugees stranded in Marseille.
18. **Ford v Ferrari** (-1 · ▲3 ▼4) — James Mangold. Ford against Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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