Barack Obama's favourite films of 2025
The top 3 according to 1 vote: One Battle After Another · Sinners · It Was Just an Accident. (Updated Aug 4, 2026.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 11
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1
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson. Leonardo DiCaprio as an ex-revolutionary on the run.
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2
Sinners
Ryan Coogler. Twins and vampires in 1930s Mississippi.
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3
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi. The 2025 Palme d'Or.
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4
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao. Maggie O'Farrell's novel about Shakespeare's family.
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5
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier. A filmmaker and his daughters in Oslo.
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6
No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook. An unemployed man eliminates his rivals for a job.
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7
The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho. Wagner Moura in 1977 Recife.
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8
Train Dreams
Clint Bentley. A logger in the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest.
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9
Jay Kelly
Noah Baumbach. George Clooney as a movie star.
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10
Good Fortune
Aziz Ansari. Keanu Reeves as a bumbling angel.
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11
Orwell: 2+2=5
Raoul Peck. A documentary about George Orwell.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (4)
Uma Batalha Após a Outra em primeiro, interessante.
O Agente Secreto na lista do Obama, orgulho do cinema brasileiro!
Pecadores é muito bom.
Valor Sentimental é lindo.