The Internet Is Having Some Fun with Obama’s Favorite Movies, Shows and Songs of the Year

Every year, Barack Obama lets us know how he’s filling his days since he’s no longer president by tweeting out a list of his favorite entertainment of the year. The 44th (and far favorable to the 45th) president began with releasing a list of his favorite books he read this year, which included a number of National Book Award nominees, including top winners Trust Exercise by Susan Choi and The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom.

As we wind down 2019, I wanted to share with you my annual list of favorites that made the last year a little brighter. We’ll start with books today — movies and music coming soon. I hope you enjoy these as much as I did. pic.twitter.com/l5qTGkAPok

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 28, 2019

To tune out all the chaos going on in the news, Obama also tweeted his favorite songs of the year:

From hip-hop to country to The Boss, here are my songs of the year. If you’re looking for something to keep you company on a long drive or help you turn up a workout, I hope there’s a track or two in here that does the trick. pic.twitter.com/mQ2VssyDwt

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 30, 2019

The list certainly had mentioned artist Lizzo feeling “Good as Hell”:

I love you so much Mr. Obama.. thanks for assisting me with my morning cry https://t.co/K9BV0YuGX8

— Feelin Good As Hell (@lizzo) December 30, 2019

Last but not certainly not least in terms of buzz, Obama released the list of his favorite movies and TV shows. The list included a lot of popular titles, including Paste-endorsed picks like Ash is Purest White, Parasite and Little Women:

Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the full list: pic.twitter.com/PEcgwotcxm

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 29, 2019

A24 garnered two mentions in the form of The Last Black Man in San Francisco and The Souvenir, but one of their “gems” of the year was overlooked:

Hasn’t seen @uncutgems yet pic.twitter.com/CgDcyL0kEv

— A24 (@A24) December 29, 2019

Talk of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag was largely enlivened with this list, as Obama made a cameo of sorts in Season 1 of Fleabag of which viewers were readily reminded. Waller-Bridge tragically does not have social media, but there were plenty of fans out there ready to react for her:

Obama likes Fleabag. If you watched Season 1, you know Fleabag . . . um . . . “likes” Obama. https://t.co/zTlTrXeEz4

— Bradley Onishi (@BradleyOnishi) December 29, 2019

ok i’m gonna try to be calm about this but doesn’t the Fleabag pilot have a scene where she MASTURBATES TO AN OBAMA SPEECH pic.twitter.com/py7I5FVI6T

— Tony Tulathimutte (@tonytula) December 29, 2019

This is as close to a response from Fleabag herself as we’re going to get, so we’ll take it.

We couldn’t ask for higher praise than this. #Fleabaghttps://t.co/r6EC5YkftK

— Fleabag (@fleabag) December 29, 2019