{"id":240002,"date":"2025-12-18T22:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/240002\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T22:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:41:09","slug":"obamas-favorite-films-of-2025-revealed-sinners-to-hamnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/240002\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Favorite Films Of 2025 Revealed: &#8216;Sinners&#8217; To &#8216;Hamnet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBarack Obama has unveiled his favorite films, books and songs of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn the list of the former president\u2019s favorite films are Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s One Battle After Another, Ryan Coogler\u2019s Sinners, Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s Hamnet, Joachim Trier\u2019s Sentimental Value, Park Chan-wook\u2019s No Other Choice and many more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/lists\/quentin-tarantino-top-20-favorite-films-21st-century\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/lists\/quentin-tarantino-top-20-favorite-films-21st-century\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quentin Tarantino Ranks His Top 20 Favorite Films Of 21st Century: From \u2018Black Hawk Down\u2019 To Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u2018West Side Story\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFeatured in the songs section are Olivia Dean, Chappell Roan, Kendrick Lamar &amp; SZA, Rosal\u00eda, Drake and many more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBooks include Dopesick author Beth Macy\u2019s memoir, Michelle Obama\u2019s The Look and also a reminder of his summer recommendations. Find the full list below:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tFilms<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load-0.7\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"10 Horror Triple Bills To Watch This Halloween\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rev-1-GRC-TRL2-006r_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Warner Bros.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOther films that made the cut include The Secret Agent, Train Dreams starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, Jay Kelly starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, Aziz Ansari\u2019s Good Fortune starring Keke Palmer, Seth Rogen, Sandra Oh and Keanu Reeves and Orwell 2+2=5. All titles include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One Battle After Another<\/li>\n<li>Sinners<\/li>\n<li>It Was Just An Accident<\/li>\n<li>Hamnet<\/li>\n<li>Sentimental Value<\/li>\n<li>No Other Choice<\/li>\n<li>The Secret Agent<\/li>\n<li>Train Dreams<\/li>\n<li>Jay Kelly<\/li>\n<li>Good Fortune<\/li>\n<li>Orwell: 2+2=5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tSongs<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cNice To Each Other\u201d by Olivia Dean<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLuther\u201d by SZA and Kendrick Lamar<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTatata\u201d by Burna Boy ft. Travis Scott<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJump\u201d by BLACKPINK<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFaithless\u201d by Bruce Springsteen<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPasayadan\u201d by Ganavya<\/li>\n<li>\u201c99\u201d by Olamid\u00e9 ft. Daecolm, Seyi Vibez, Asake &amp; Young John<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPending\u201d by Lil Naay &amp; Myke Towers<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSexo, Violencia Y Llantas\u201d by Rosal\u00eda<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMetal\u201d by The Beths<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAbracadabra\u201d by Lady Gaga<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJust Say Dat\u201d by Gunna<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Giver\u201d by Chappell Roan<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAurora\u201d by Mora &amp; De La Rose<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilver Lining\u201d by Laufey<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNo More Old Men\u201d by Chance the Rapper &amp; Jamila Woods<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBury Me\u201d by Jason Isbell<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI Wish I Could Go Travelling Again\u201d by Stacey Kent<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPlease Don\u2019t Cry\u201d by Kacy Hill<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStay\u201d by Roe<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNever Felt Better\u201d by Everything is Recorded ft. Sampha &amp; Florence Welch<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIn the Name of Love\u201d by Victoria Noelle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBooks<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBeth Macy\u2019s memoir Paper Girl tops the list of Obama\u2019s favorite books of 2025 along with We The People by Jill Lepore and Susan Choi\u2019s Flashlight. Other titles include Zadie Smith\u2019s Dead And Alive, Ian McEwan\u2019s What We Can Know and of course, Michelle Obama\u2019s The Look.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paper Girl by Beth Macy<\/li>\n<li>Flashlight by Susan Choi<\/li>\n<li>We the People by Jill Lepore<\/li>\n<li>The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy<\/li>\n<li>There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone<\/li>\n<li>North Sun by Ethan Rutherford<\/li>\n<li>1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin<\/li>\n<li>The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai<\/li>\n<li>Dead And Alive by Zadie Smith<\/li>\n<li>What We Can Know by Ian McEwan<\/li>\n<li>The Look by Michelle Obama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tObama also reminded books he recommended this summer, which include S.A. Crosby\u2019s King of Ashes, Mark Twain by Ron Chernow and Michael Lewis\u2019 Who Is Government? To name a few.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barack Obama has unveiled his favorite films, books and songs of 2025. 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