The Spanish film that Obama has chosen among his favorites of 2022

Just as we wait for the lists of the big specialized publications, at this time of the year We have also gotten used to knowing the ranking of the best of the movie season according to Barack Obama.

We already knew that the former president of the United States was a fan of ‘Game of Thrones’, a series he used for an advertising campaign, but he is also a person who loves the seventh art, and is very interested in titles that go beyond Hollywood. Therefore, among all lists’Best of 2022′ that are coming out now, Obama’s is one of the most interesting. Its annual ranking is always an eclectic collection of cinema that reveals a broad taste that rivals that of professional film critics.

“I always look forward to sharing my lists of favorite books, movies and music with all of you,” the former president tweeted, before beginning to present his picks from the culture he was consuming. In his tweet from a few days ago he commented: “I saw some great movies this year, here are some of my favorites.”

Their list placed Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’, followed by Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision to Leave’ and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King’ in the top three. Next, Obama has also included tapes such as ‘Aftersun’, ‘Emily the scammer’, ‘Petite Maman’, or the documentary ‘Descendants’, which, as he himself qualifies in the list, is produced by his production company, Higher Ground Productions, the company he owns with his wife, Michelle Obama.

There is also ‘The event’, ‘Till’, ‘Everything at once everywhere’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and, after the Tom Cruise movie, A Spanish title has also slipped in: this is the case of ‘El buen patrón’, the film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa and starring Javier Bardem. The Spanish film was followed by ‘The wheel of fortune and fantasy’, ‘A hero’, ‘Hit the Road’, ‘TÁR’ and ‘Dismissing Yang’.

Many of Obama’s picks have been nominated for various awards including the Oscars and sounded among the most notable titles of the past year. ‘El buen patrón’ was the winner of the Goya last season, as well as being the film in charge of representing the Oscars in Spain.

Undoubtedly, Obama has an eclectic taste and knows how to look beyond Hollywood’s borders. In his 2021 list he included in first place, ‘Drive my car’, which was the winner of the Oscar for Best International Film. She was followed by ‘Summer of Soul’, Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’, ‘The Power of the Dog’ by Jane Campion, ‘Pig’, ‘The Worst Person in the World’ or ‘The Last Duel’.