Former U.S. President Barack Obama recently shared his list of favorite movies for 2023, while also highlighting the writers and actors strikes that have impacted Hollywood this year. In a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Obama expressed his support for the movements seeking improved working conditions and protections in the film industry.
“This year, writers and actors went on strike to advocate for better working conditions and protections. It led to important changes that will transform the industry for the better,” Obama stated in his post.
In his list, the former president included films produced by Higher Ground, the production company he founded with his wife, Michelle Obama. He acknowledged his favoritism for movies like “Rustin”, “Leave the World Behind”, and “American Symphony”, commenting, “I’m biased since these movies were produced by Higher Ground, but they are in fact three of the best films I saw this year.”
Earlier this year, writers and actors went on strike to advocate for better working conditions and protections. It led to important changes that will transform the industry for the better.
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— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 27, 2023
Obama also highlighted his other favorite movies of 2023, such as Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer. The film directed by Ben Affleck, “Air”, about the origin of the Air Jordan basketball shoe, also made his list. “A Thousand and One” by A.V. Rockwell, about a woman who kidnaps her son from the foster care system, was another standout.
Other films that made Obama’s list include “The Holdovers”, “Blackberry”, “American Fiction”, “Anatomy of a Fall”, “Monster”, “Past Lives”, and “Polite Society”.
Previously, Obama had shared his list of favorite books, which included titles like “How to Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair, “Some People Need Killing” by Patricia Evangelista, “This Other Eden” by Paul Harding, and “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride.
