# Barack Obama's favourite films of 2020

The 14 films Barack Obama named as his favourites of 2020 on 18 December that year, including Brazil's Bacurau.

- 8 votes · 14 items
- Jun 7, 2022 · Rodrigo Fernandes Souza
- https://even.best/en/l/1357/barack-obama-s-favourite-films-of-2020

## Top 14

1. **Ma Rainey's Black Bottom** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — George C. Wolfe. Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in his final role.
2. **Beanpole** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kantemir Balagov. Two women in post-war Leningrad.
3. **Bacurau** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. A village in the Brazilian backlands vanishes from the map; Cannes Jury Prize.
4. **Soul** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pete Docter. Pixar animation about a music teacher and jazz.
5. **Small Axe: Lovers Rock** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Steve McQueen. A Caribbean house party in London in 1980.
6. **Martin Eden** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pietro Marcello. Jack London's novel moved to Naples.
7. **Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht. A summer camp that sparked a movement; a Higher Ground production.
8. **Nomadland** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chloé Zhao. Frances McDormand lives in a van across the American West.
9. **Collective** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alexander Nanau. A documentary on corruption in Romanian healthcare.
10. **Mank** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Fincher. The screenwriter of Citizen Kane.
11. **Let Him Go** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thomas Bezucha. Kevin Costner and Diane Lane rescue their grandson.
12. **Time** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Garrett Bradley. A documentary about a woman fighting for her husband's release.
13. **Boys State** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. A thousand teenagers simulate a government in Texas.
14. **Selah and the Spades** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tayarisha Poe. Rival factions at a boarding school.

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