# Barack Obama's favourite films of 2025

The 11 films Barack Obama picked as his favourites of the year on 22 December 2025, including Brazil's The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho.

- 1 vote · 11 items
- Mar 25, 2026 · Rodrigo Fernandes Souza
- https://even.best/en/l/1372/barack-obama-s-favourite-films-of-2025

## Top 11

1. **One Battle After Another** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Paul Thomas Anderson. Leonardo DiCaprio as an ex-revolutionary on the run.
2. **Sinners** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ryan Coogler. Twins and vampires in 1930s Mississippi.
3. **It Was Just an Accident** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jafar Panahi. The 2025 Palme d'Or.
4. **Hamnet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Chloé Zhao. Maggie O'Farrell's novel about Shakespeare's family.
5. **Sentimental Value** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Joachim Trier. A filmmaker and his daughters in Oslo.
6. **No Other Choice** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Park Chan-wook. An unemployed man eliminates his rivals for a job.
7. **The Secret Agent** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Kleber Mendonça Filho. Wagner Moura in 1977 Recife.
8. **Train Dreams** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Clint Bentley. A logger in the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest.
9. **Jay Kelly** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Noah Baumbach. George Clooney as a movie star.
10. **Good Fortune** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Aziz Ansari. Keanu Reeves as a bumbling angel.
11. **Orwell: 2+2=5** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Raoul Peck. A documentary about George Orwell.

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