Former President Barack Obama's Favorite Movies of 2020
Posted on Monday, December 21, 2020 3:59 PM by Scott Jentsch
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- Bacurau [2020]
- Beanpole (Dylda) [2020]
- Boys State [2020]
- Collective [2020]
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution [2020]
- Let Him Go [2020]
- Lover's Rock [2020]
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [2020]
- Mank [2020]
- Martin Eden [2020]
- Nomadland
- Selah and the Spades
- Soul
- Time [2020]
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Former President of the United States Barack Obama released his list of favorite movies and TV shows of 2020 recently on his Twitter feed.
While we'll leave it to others to cover the TV shows, let's take a look at his list of favorite movies. Select the movie's title to view more information, trailers and other videos, showtimes, and streaming links when available.
- Bacurau
A few years from now... Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants (among them Sônia Braga) notice that their village has literally vanished from most maps and a UFO-shaped drone starts flying overhead. There are forces that want to expel them from their homes, and soon, in a genre-bending twist, a band of armed mercenaries led by Udo Kier arrive in town picking off the inhabitants one by one. A fierce confrontation takes place when the townspeople turn the tables on the villainous outsiders, banding together by any means necessary to protect and maintain their remote community. - Beanpole (Dylda)
1945, Leningrad. World War II has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Although the siege - one of the worst in history - is finally over, life and death continue their battle in the wreckage that remains. Two young women, Iya and Masha, search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins. - Boys State
In an unusual experiment, a thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas join together to build a representative government from the ground up. - Collective
A heroic team of journalists uncovers shocking, widespread corruption. After a deadly nightclub fire, the mysterious death of the owner of a powerful pharmaceutical firm, and the quiet resignation of a health minister - seemingly unrelated events, all within weeks of each other - the team of intrepid reporters exposes a much larger, much more explosive political scandal. - Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Executive produced by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, a group of teen campers are inspired to join the fight for disability civil rights on the heels of Woodstock. - Let Him Go
Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and his wife Margaret (Diane Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson. When they discover that he is in the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas, George and Margaret must fight for the survival of their family. - Lover's Rock
The second in a collection of five films by Steve McQueen inspired by real-life events about ordinary people showing courage, belief, and resilience to overcome injustice and achieve something transformative in their West Indian community. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio's claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman, in his final on-screen performance) - who has an eye for Ma's girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry - spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives. - Mank
1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles. - Martin Eden
Adapted from a 1909 novel by Jack London, Martin (Luca Marinelli) is a self-taught proletarian with artistic aspirations who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his station and marry a wealthy young university student (Jessica Cressy). The twinned dissatisfactions of working-class toil and bourgeois success lead to political reawakening and destructive anxiety. - Nomadland
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. - Selah and the Spades
In the closed world of an elite Pennsylvania boarding school, Haldwell, the student body is run by five factions. Seventeen-year-old Selah Summers (Lovie Simone) runs the most dominant group, the Spades, with unshakable poise, as they cater to the most classic of vices and supply students with coveted, illegal alcohol and pills. Tensions between the factions escalate, and when Selah’s best friend/right hand Maxxie (MOONLIGHT’s Jharrel Jerome) becomes distracted by a new love, Selah takes on a protégée, enamored sophomore Paloma (Celeste O'Connor), to whom she imparts her wisdom on ruling the school. But with graduation looming and Paloma proving an impressively quick study, Selah’s fears turn sinister as she grapples with losing the control by which she defines herself. - Soul
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before -- a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities, quirks and interests before they go to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human experience. As Joe desperately tries to show 22 what’s great about living, he may just discover the answers to some of life’s most important questions. - Time
Fox Rich is a fighter. The entrepreneur, abolitionist and mother of six boys has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a 60-year sentence for a robbery they both committed in the early 90s in a moment of desperation.
Related Movies/Theaters
- Bacurau [2020]
- Beanpole (Dylda) [2020]
- Boys State [2020]
- Collective [2020]
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution [2020]
- Let Him Go [2020]
- Lover's Rock [2020]
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [2020]
- Mank [2020]
- Martin Eden [2020]
- Nomadland
- Selah and the Spades
- Soul
- Time [2020]
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- Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of 'Pride & Prejudice' [Nov 11, 2020]
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