Obama lists his top movies of 2019
‘The Irishman’, ‘Apollo 11’ and ‘Little Women’ featured on the list
While much of the world eagerly awaits the upcoming Oscar nominations, former president Barack Obama decided to give “breaking the internet” a go by releasing a list of his favourite movies (and a few TV shows) from 2019.
Obama tweeted the shortlist on Sunday, quickly drawing online praise. His picks — which include the lauded Apollo 11, a documentary about the moon landing with archival and previously unreleased footage; The Irishman, Martin
Scorsese’s 3 1/2 hour mafia epic; and Little Women, Greta Gerwig’s decidedly more feminist take on the classic tale — would fit well within any critic’s list.
American Factory, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the workers in a former General Motors plant in a Dayton, Ohio, suburb during its transformation into a factory for the Chinese company Fuyao, also made the list. It was the first release by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, as he noted in his tweet.
His list of TV shows was far more brief. It included just three shows: BBC’S Fleabag (season 2), Netflix’s Unbelievable and HBO’s Watchmen.
— Washington Post