Barack Obama shares his top movies of 2023, including The Holdovers and Rustin

Obama also listed 10 non-Higher Ground productions, including Alexander Payne’s boarding school dramedy The Holdovers, Matt Johnson’s corporate biopic BlackBerry, Christopher Nolan’s historical epic Oppenheimer, and Cord Jefferson’s satire American Fiction. International picks include Justine Triet’s French courtroom thriller Anatomy of a Fall and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Japanese slow-burn drama Monster. Rounding out the list are Celine Song’s romance Past Lives, Ben Affleck’s Nike dramedy Air, Nida Manzoor’s action-comedy Polite Society, and A.V. Rockwell’s family drama A Thousand and One.

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.

Here are some films that reflect their hard work over the last year — including some like… pic.twitter.com/TMH9LeQgsT

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 27, 2023