Okay top 14 and top 10. President Barack Obama, who has gifted us with his favourites lists in previous years and revealed the taste (no surprise), and is now involved in the movies as a producer has released his favourites list for this accursed year, writing:
Obama visiting with a "Crip Camp" activist
Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format.
His top 10 (sorry, 14) movies and top 10 tv shows after the jump...
MOVIES
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Beanpole (Russia's Oscar finalist last year)
- Bacurau
- Nomadland
- Soul
- Lovers Rock
- Collective (Romania's Oscar submission)
- Mank
- Martin Eden
- Let Him Go
- Time
- Boys State
- Selah and the Spades
- Crip Camp (which he notates is from his own production company)
TV
- Better Call Saul
- The Queen's Gambit
- I May Destroy You
- The Boys
- The Good Lord Bird
- Devs
- The Last Dance
- Mrs America
- The Good Place
- City So Real
The Obamas company Higher Ground Productions was founded in 2018 and won an Oscar with their very first production, the documentary American Factory. So far they've only made documentaries and podcasts but they will soon be delving into narrative material. They are working on a Frederick Douglass biopic (great choice!) and a scripted anthology series.