The Presidents who have mentioned a favorite film on record: Woodrow Wilson - “The Birth of a Nation” (1915 / Historical Drama) Warren G. Harding - “The Covered Wagon” (1923/Western) FDR - “I’m No Angel” (1933/Musical) Harry Truman - “My Darling Clementine” (1946/Western) Dwight Eisenhower - “High Noon” (1952/Western) JFK - “Dr. No” (1962/Action) LBJ - “The Searchers” (1956/Western) Richard Nixon - “Patton” (1970/Historical Drama) Gerald Ford - “Home Alone” (1990/Family Comedy) Jimmy Carter - “Gone With the Wind” (1939/Historical Drama) Reagan - “The Sound of Music” (1965/Musical) George H.W. Bush - “Viva Zapata!” (1952/Historical Drama) Bill Clinton - “High Noon” (1952/Western) W. - “Field of Dreams” (1989/Fantasy Sports) Obama - “The Godfather” (1972/Historical Drama)[has also mentioned Lawrence of Arabia as his favorite] . Trump - “Citizen Kane” (1941/Historical Drama) Biden - “Chariots of Fire” (1981/Historical Drama)
Yeah, I definitely came to the comments to see if that was clarified. I thought it was super odd that this wasn't mentioned in the short. Maybe it's just too obvious 🤷🏾♀️
@@nilawarriorprincess Most Americans wouldn't know when Ford was President, or would assume it was the brother or son of Henry Ford, so don't assume everyone knows the obvious regarding a movie over 30 years old in relation to past presidency. 96% of the world population aren't US citizens either.
@@catacocamping874 I was born in 1964. I was 9 when he became president, 13 at the end of his presidency and 26 when Home Alone came out. I never met him because I am British, lived in Australia from 1964 to 1967 and first visited the USA in 1991.
He was not a fan of James Bond movies. In 1961 he just listed "From Russia With Love in his 10 favorite books list. Nothing do to with his favorite movies .
@@VoicesOfNihilHe had a secret fling with Princess Diana, evading two sets of paparazzi and two sets of security detail. That's British and spy craft altogether.
I have no reason to doubt W or Obama, as just a couple of examples. I've known 3 different people with Field of Dreams as their favorite movie...and there are a TON of people out there who say that The Godfather is the greatest movie ever made from every perspective: Enjoyability, Technical, Writing, and Pacing. It was a mega hit with both critics and audiences alike.
Idk i have a few different "favourite movies" depending on what is meant when I'm being asked Like if we are talking stupid and funny it's got to be Hurricane Bianca but if we are talking before my time cult classics it's 100% Elvira mistress of the dark Fave universally beloved movie? The princess bride It all depends All that being said, though, I still think that maybe half of these are at most conditionally faves. While another 40% are pure fabrications Like I also believe the kkk one is legit cuz like yeah you wouldn't say that unless you really loved the klan.
This comment is probably coming from a person that thinks that if someone says they like an old movie there lying. Because the commenter dosent like old movies and they feel less intellectually superior (Which they 100% are) for not liking old movies or reading old books or any books that matter. But all these movies they picked are from there days when they were young. so it’s reasonable for them to choose these books. So that further proves the commenters stupidity
@@33link333yeah but the video is about a president’s favourite movie being Home Alone…. It’s actually more weird than anything that it isn’t mentioned that another president is in its sequel.
Ronald Reagan's favorite film was "Knute Rockne, All American" (1940). In this movie, Reagan played an important role as George Gipp, a famous American football player. His portrayal earned him the lifelong nickname "The Gipper." Reagan had a special connection to the film, both because of his own involvement and because of the film's themes of perseverance and leadership.
A good reminder that Jimmy Carter was 14/15 living in Georgia when gone with wind came out. He survived the craze at the epicenter. Of course it was his favorite.
Historical fact: Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to have lived in the Confederate South during the entirety of the American Civil War. He actually saw General Robert E. Lee in person when he was a little boy. John Tyler lived in the confederate south in his post presidency years and served in the confederate government, but died during the war and never saw the south’s demise and reconstruction.
@@matteow101true, I was mainly focused on the fact that Woodrow Wilson’s childhood was largely in the Confederate South and Reconstructed South. Where as John Tyler supported the cause and served in the confederate government but died during the war. Wilson on the other hand lived to see the south rise, fall, and then reincorporated back into the Union. Wilson also became president after the war, while Tyler had supported and lived in the confederacy after his presidency.
He was also a member of the Mackinac Island Governors Honor Guard program when he was an Eagle Scout as a teen! There's a picture of him in the dining hall of the scout barracks on the island that some of the girls in my honor guard troop called scary gerry, lol!
Fun fact: Home Alone is very popular in Poland and we have a tradition that this movie is broadcast every Christmas Eve on the Polish TV named Polsat Edit: WOW! Thank you for 1k likes!
@@Pentium2 Domyslam sie. Nie każdy lubi oglądać ten sam film co roku. Za to pamietam akcje ze jednego roku nie mialo byc Kevina na święta I ludzie się zbulwersowali.
If you know anything about Woodrow Wilson, ‘The Birth of a Nation’ being his favourite film makes complete sense: he was a Civil War revisionist & a massive believer in the honourable lost cause of the rebelling Confederate States
Home Alone is my favorite movie because in 2012, my family moved states, and for several months we didn't have access to our DVDs or any streaming services. One day, my dad randomly found a Home Alone DVD at work, and they let him bring it home, so that summer, we could only watch Home Alone, and we did...dozens of times. I've probably seen it over a hundred times.
Funny enough it's widely believed that Ford only picked that because it was popular at the time he was asked. Gerald Ford didn't care for movies so most historians believe that he only picked it because of its popularity
Ngl I thought Trump said something like that with citizen kaine, I figured he just looked up a movie to look more inteligent or cultured. Maybe it is really his favorite but citizen kaine is like the vanilla answer of greatest movie ever.
Fun fact: of all president's favorite movies, the last two released were Home Alone and Goodfellas, both in 1990. Meaning that if all their favorite movies, none were released in the last 34 years.
That's because everyone's favorite movie is invariably going to be one they watched as a child or a young adult, and all the Presidents are old as fuck meaning their favorite movie is going to be from like 60+ years ago.
The youngest surviving President is 63-years-old. It stands to reason that all of these are going to be older movies. It makes me wonder when Gerald Ford said his favorite movie was _Home Alone_ since Ford died in 2006 (at 93-years-old). So, at any time from when the movie came out to Ford’s death it would have been a relatively recent movie to choose as favorite. Makes me wonder if Ford wasn’t much of a movie guy, so he just named one that he’d enjoyed with his family.
I guarantee you Trump has never once sat through Citizen Kane. One of his PR people told him to say that to give him smart-people cred he does not possess. It is telling, though, that at the end Kane dies hated and friendless.
@@ackbarfan5556no in interviews he’s talked about specific parts of the movie, he was able to watch the entire film, multiple times, and not understand the message at all
I think so. Home Alone came out in 1990, when Ford was 77 years old, and 13 years out of office. I'm guessing it was something he watched with his grandchildren.
Gerald Ford was also the only president that had been an Eagle Boy Scout. (That's the highest 'rank' in Boy Scouts. Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle)
That sounds like such a letdown. Like imagine you're a star scout, then you get promoted to life scout! You were a scout of the stars, now a scout of life itself! What could be next? Cosmic scout?!! Oh. It's just a bird. Yay...
wtf you’re right. growing up, i was taught a lie (apparently) that every president had been an eagle scout. Now i realize how naive it was to ever accept that 😂
BSA was founded in 1910. 18 is the max age, let's say you could complete it in two years if you were highly motivated. 35 is the minimum age for president. 1929 would be the earliest an eagle scout could become eligible for president. 1932 would be the first election after that. That's only 24 chances including this year. Really much fewer when you consider all the two term presidents and 3+ FDR. It's not a law program or a public speaking course; why would it predict the presidency?
Personally my favorite movie is The Godfather. Second is The Godfather Part II. Third is Lord of the Rings Return of the King. Fourth is The Good Shepherd and last is Star Wars Empire Strikes Back. In my opinion each one highlights something beautiful about story telling and the importance of the camera. The musical numbers and well written dialogue go together well.
I mean, after watching it, he was so moved that he fired every POC in the government and banned more from being hired. And people say institutional racism doesn't exist...
There's at least one historian on RUclips with a video or two discussing how awful Wilson was, both as a person and a President. He also had a stroke during his second term and didn't tell anyone outside of his cabinet. His wife stepped up to help run the Oval Office and conceal the truth from Congress and the public at large. I think this went on for about a year before his term ended.
@@thomasparkes5707 The old days were wild. Before 1948, the Democrats were the racists' party (dominating the former confederacy for a nearly a century).
“Woodrow Wilson’s favorite movie was the birth of a nation” Me: oh that sounds cool it’s probably about the founding of America or something. “The birth of a nation was about the founding of the KKK” Me: BRUH
To be fair, birth of a nation WAS a breakthrough movie at the time it came out. It created a lot of film techniques we see as standard like facial closeups or jump cuts. Despite its theme, its contribution to filmaking cannot be overlooked.
@@evannatland5151those weren't even close to state of the art, it was WW1 tech at best, for a master plan that the _Romans_ would find obsolete and petty
Even if that's true, can you see how arguing the artistic merits of the "kill all black people" movie might be taken the wrong way by others, and most would say it probably should have stayed a thought and not a public comment? I'm willing to believe you've separated the film techniques from the awful plot but your comment will give people the wrong idea about you.
Nice, fun short but.... Chariots of Fire is classified as a British film, largely produced by David Puttenham's Enigma production company. Al-Fayed's old production company had a 25% stake in it with smaller stakes put up by the US 20th Century Fox and Alan Ladd's company. It may not be relevant to the national classification, however, it is a quintessentially British story, written by a Brit (the lovely Colin Welland), directed by a Brit (Hugh Hudson), and starring some of the best British actors of the day. I'm baffled as to why this is included in this list as an American film. I mean, it even won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign film.😅 Apologies, I tried to bite my tongue: I'm over it now and I'll get back in my box now. 😊
Home Alone is more than just a kid in charge of a house. Its the ultimate "American Home Invasion Protection with Full Weaponry Without Calling the Cops Because Its Up to You and Only You" fantasy story. I would honestly venture a guess thats why its not only his favorite, but considered an Xmas classic here.
He was one of the leading proponents for the self determination of small European countries which I'd say was a pretty positive legacy, on the other hand he was a mega racist so he's not exactly deserving of praise.
@@MoonThuli oh my God finally an objective statement that doesn't come off strong, AND IT'S IN A RUclips COMMENT THREAD. Thank you, you have given me hope that maybe humanity isn't doomed to mental retardation.
@@MoonThuli"self determination of small european countries" proceeds to fund and send divisions to help the monarchist side of the russian civil war. Ironic
That's super cool. I never knew that thank you, dude. And something that's quite funny. Would George Washington like the in that dinos yours types of movies like that? Historicaffection, maybe if you're still alive, maybe yes, I.
@@ladykoiwolfe hmm i see your point and i agree, my dad knew a lot about him and so did my grandparents so i based it off that he really seemed to be a big fan of westerns and cowboy life. But again i agree with your reasoning
There are reports that he enjoyed watching action movies like Bloodsport with his sons but insisted that they fast forward through all the non-action parts. There's no way in hell Citizen Kane is a movie he's even seen, let alone understand and appreciate.
@@alclay8689well, it's not the guy who doesn't know refuttal isn't a word. A normal person would acknowledge they mixed up rebuttal and refute, but not Trump. No, clearly he's a genius because his uncle went to MIT...that how that works, right? No? Wow!
The fact that he had Alzheimers would absolutely been a reason he loved home alone. Easy to understand, slapstick. Very few characters a great movie for the cognitively impaired. What his favourite movie pre 1990 would be more telling.
Home alone: a kid randomly being in charge if a house That one president who wasnt even elected having home alone be his favourite: Me: coincidence? I think not
I'm sorry .. We're just going to gloss over the fact that the favorite movie of the president famous for being a womanizer and dealing with crazy cold war scenarios is a movie about a womanizer and dealing with crazy cold war scenarios? Seriously?
Find it very hard to believe that Hoover never saw a single film, Taft and Coolidge both lived into the early 30s but they were both pretty busy ig and films were still a newer thing at that point, but as for Hoover he lived until ‘64 and hence had a huge post-presidency so it’s hard to imagine going all that time and living thru basically the entire Golden Age of Hollywood without ever going to the theater to see a film for any reason
@@ladykoiwolfe wow liberals He's a billionaire business tycoon and former president who started no new wars and ran a great economy and you're out here calling him unintelligent 🙄😬
@@kayla_white01 Saying Trump is a billionaire business tycoon is like saying you have ten fingers and two eyes. Did you earn those? Or did your parents give you them?
I think a favourite movie should be the movie that you rewatch for the most times. Does anyone really want to rewatch those historical films when they feel stressed or depressed? Although a lot of the presidents sucked at their job but I could understand that being a US president is a difficult job
I’m loving these! Refreshing that you stick to the facts and not interject personal political opinions, especially at such a politically charged time. Thank you!!
This makes me think about what my all time favorite film is. Thats a pretty tough question to answer. I'd say as of right now my top 3 films are: The Terminal with Tom Hanks and Stanley Tucci. Cop Car with Kevin Bacon. Prisoners with Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman. Honorable mentions: Zodiac with Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo. The Lord of the rings trilogy with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, and Viggo Mortensen. The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon.
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The Presidents who have mentioned a favorite film on record:
Woodrow Wilson - “The Birth of a Nation” (1915 / Historical Drama)
Warren G. Harding - “The Covered Wagon” (1923/Western)
FDR - “I’m No Angel” (1933/Musical)
Harry Truman - “My Darling Clementine” (1946/Western)
Dwight Eisenhower - “High Noon” (1952/Western)
JFK - “Dr. No” (1962/Action)
LBJ - “The Searchers” (1956/Western)
Richard Nixon - “Patton” (1970/Historical Drama)
Gerald Ford - “Home Alone” (1990/Family Comedy)
Jimmy Carter - “Gone With the Wind” (1939/Historical Drama)
Reagan - “The Sound of Music” (1965/Musical)
George H.W. Bush - “Viva Zapata!” (1952/Historical Drama)
Bill Clinton - “High Noon” (1952/Western)
W. - “Field of Dreams” (1989/Fantasy Sports)
Obama - “The Godfather” (1972/Historical Drama)[has also mentioned Lawrence of Arabia as his favorite] .
Trump - “Citizen Kane” (1941/Historical Drama)
Biden - “Chariots of Fire” (1981/Historical Drama)
Chariots of Fire is also a non-American movie, same with Lawrence of Arabia
@@echoisation4707 good clarification, Chariots of Fire was a mostly British production, although halfway produced and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Surprised no president liked the good the bad and the ugly.
@@_magnify Birth of a nation was a french movie, if I remember correctly.
I might be wrong tho
Of course Trump's favorite was Citizen Kane
Replacing Kevin’s screech with the “eagle” sound was so iconic 😂
It's actually a red tailed Hawk screech. Bald eagles sound more like seagulls.
@@joshkorte9020-🤓👆
@@joshkorte9020That's why they put eagle in quotations, it is not edited by the time I'm writing this
@@dagonmoore2117 yep lol
*Red-tailed hawk
Important to note that Gerald Ford didn't ever see Home Alone until decades _after_ his presidency.
Yeah, I definitely came to the comments to see if that was clarified. I thought it was super odd that this wasn't mentioned in the short. Maybe it's just too obvious 🤷🏾♀️
@@nilawarriorprincess Most Americans wouldn't know when Ford was President, or would assume it was the brother or son of Henry Ford, so don't assume everyone knows the obvious regarding a movie over 30 years old in relation to past presidency. 96% of the world population aren't US citizens either.
I was about to say 😂😂
Nice you must of lived with Gerald ford to confirm this i am assuming
@@catacocamping874 I was born in 1964. I was 9 when he became president, 13 at the end of his presidency and 26 when Home Alone came out.
I never met him because I am British, lived in Australia from 1964 to 1967 and first visited the USA in 1991.
JFK liking James Bond feels ironic
He was not a fan of James Bond movies.
In 1961 he just listed "From Russia With Love in his 10 favorite books list. Nothing do to with his favorite movies .
I agree, because I assume you mean he liked the character Bond, an underworld assassin, but was also killed by one.
@@johnandersen6752 I think he is referring to Bond as a known womaniser
@@VoicesOfNihilHe had a secret fling with Princess Diana, evading two sets of paparazzi and two sets of security detail. That's British and spy craft altogether.
@@alexandrelarsac9115looked it up and I see multiple sources saying he did in fact like James Bond
Gerald Ford was the only US president that didn’t lie about what his favorite movie was.
I have no reason to doubt W or Obama, as just a couple of examples. I've known 3 different people with Field of Dreams as their favorite movie...and there are a TON of people out there who say that The Godfather is the greatest movie ever made from every perspective: Enjoyability, Technical, Writing, and Pacing. It was a mega hit with both critics and audiences alike.
Obama likes scarface dont let him lie
Idk i have a few different "favourite movies" depending on what is meant when I'm being asked
Like if we are talking stupid and funny it's got to be Hurricane Bianca but if we are talking before my time cult classics it's 100% Elvira mistress of the dark
Fave universally beloved movie? The princess bride
It all depends
All that being said, though, I still think that maybe half of these are at most conditionally faves. While another 40% are pure fabrications
Like I also believe the kkk one is legit cuz like yeah you wouldn't say that unless you really loved the klan.
@@Dom_Maretti I doubt any president after the 80's wouldn't have a PR person tell them the best answer to such a question for their image.
This comment is probably coming from a person that thinks that if someone says they like an old movie there lying. Because the commenter dosent like old movies and they feel less intellectually superior (Which they 100% are) for not liking old movies or reading old books or any books that matter. But all these movies they picked are from there days when they were young. so it’s reasonable for them to choose these books. So that further proves the commenters stupidity
I’m surprised the answer wasn’t Trump considering he was actually in one of the movies
The second one to be exact, though it was an incredibly small part.
Ronald Reagan was the lead character in several westerns, yet his favorite genre was musicals.
@@33link333yeah but the video is about a president’s favourite movie being Home Alone…. It’s actually more weird than anything that it isn’t mentioned that another president is in its sequel.
Home alone 2
@@samuelwoods164I’m gonna be honest i completely forgot that was a 5 second sub plot of the second movie
A historical drama about the founding of the kkk is the gentlest summary of birth of a nation
Tf
@@payaso216 How does this keep happening, did I accidentally join a cult or a hive mind or something?
@@thewholecircus Maybe you accidently joined the KKK.
Wtf
@@thewholecircus Nah you joined a circus I think
You’d think Home Alone would’ve been Trumps, yknow since he made that appearance in the second one
He made alot of cameos
Everyone loved him, till he couldn't be bought by them.
@@tonyravioli1982 no they didn't...
@@TomSmith-jp1esyes they did
@@MilitaryRelics1944people have hated that man since before his conception.
Ronald Reagan's favorite film was "Knute Rockne, All American" (1940). In this movie, Reagan played an important role as George Gipp, a famous American football player. His portrayal earned him the lifelong nickname "The Gipper." Reagan had a special connection to the film, both because of his own involvement and because of the film's themes of perseverance and leadership.
Woodrow Wilson liking Birth of a Nation is definitely on brand
It’s a good movie! I recommend it as a summer watchlist item.
he actually hosted a watch party in the White House at a time when the kkk was in major decline, and his racist decision revitalized them
He held showings of the movie at the White House
There has always been something about him that I just couldn't trust,now I know why.
@@hobomike6935what's supposed to be good about it? Like not as a value judgement what did you like about it?
A good reminder that Jimmy Carter was 14/15 living in Georgia when gone with wind came out. He survived the craze at the epicenter. Of course it was his favorite.
He was also a southern boy. I'm not at all surprised it was his favorite.
He’s also still alive and the man LOVES Peanuts
Historical fact: Woodrow Wilson was the only US president to have lived in the Confederate South during the entirety of the American Civil War. He actually saw General Robert E. Lee in person when he was a little boy. John Tyler lived in the confederate south in his post presidency years and served in the confederate government, but died during the war and never saw the south’s demise and reconstruction.
John Tyler also lived in the Confederacy. He was buried under a Confederate flag
John Tyler also lived in the Confederacy. He was buried under a Confederate flag.
@@matteow101true, I was mainly focused on the fact that Woodrow Wilson’s childhood was largely in the Confederate South and Reconstructed South. Where as John Tyler supported the cause and served in the confederate government but died during the war. Wilson on the other hand lived to see the south rise, fall, and then reincorporated back into the Union. Wilson also became president after the war, while Tyler had supported and lived in the confederacy after his presidency.
Him being probably the most racist President makes sense then.
He also saw Jefferson Davis being brought to stockade by US troops
Gerald ford came from Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is a few hours from where I live. He has a museum there, it’s pretty cool
Too bad he was such a crappy president
He was also a member of the Mackinac Island Governors Honor Guard program when he was an Eagle Scout as a teen! There's a picture of him in the dining hall of the scout barracks on the island that some of the girls in my honor guard troop called scary gerry, lol!
Kevin really said " 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅"
AMURICA!!!!!!!! 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🗣️🦅🦅🦅🦅
He actually said "red tailed hawk noises" because that screech is always dubbed over a bald eagle.
Bald eagles actually make a nice chirping noise.
HELL YEAH 🦅🔥💥🇺🇸🦅💥🔥🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔥💥🦅🇺🇸🔥💥🔥🦅💥💥💥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
@@CWorgen5732 I think it was dubbed and became so damn canonical bc bald hawk itself looks more gorgeous idk
Fun fact: One of the reasons the Bond series even got as far as it did was when JFK listed 'From Russia with Love' as one of his favourite books.
Yes.
Man, hearing Kevin's voice feels so nostalgic. Me and my family used to watch Home Alone 1 and 2 almost every Christmas night. Great memories 🥲
It's a funny movie. I can see why he liked it.
This is worth extending into a long-form video covering each presidential favorite movie.
Karsten Runquist, a film yter did a video on the topic like a week ago, highly recommended.
Yes I am surprised mr beat didn’t make this maybe this is a hint at a colab
This feels like something J.J. McCullough would do
@@oogahpanda9275?? mrbeat did do this video, search “every president’s favourite movie”
@@oogahpanda9275 Mr Beat made one a few years ago
Fun fact: Home Alone is very popular in Poland and we have a tradition that this movie is broadcast every Christmas Eve on the Polish TV named Polsat
Edit: WOW! Thank you for 1k likes!
Moj stary ma dosc Kevina przez to 😭
@@Pentium2 Domyslam sie. Nie każdy lubi oglądać ten sam film co roku. Za to pamietam akcje ze jednego roku nie mialo byc Kevina na święta I ludzie się zbulwersowali.
In the USA it's also tradition
Also in the Netherlands
Really? I didn't know that this is also a tradition in other countries!
If you know anything about Woodrow Wilson, ‘The Birth of a Nation’ being his favourite film makes complete sense: he was a Civil War revisionist & a massive believer in the honourable lost cause of the rebelling Confederate States
Hilarious that a President could believe that imo
A racist and traitor to the nation he swore allegiance to. Not too far off from a recent president
As we all know, America has zero history of ever rebelling.
Just called him what he was: a pathologically entitled, malignant narcissist and white supremacist
I hate Woodrow Wilson but this made me like him more. Thank you.
Home Alone is my favorite movie because in 2012, my family moved states, and for several months we didn't have access to our DVDs or any streaming services. One day, my dad randomly found a Home Alone DVD at work, and they let him bring it home, so that summer, we could only watch Home Alone, and we did...dozens of times. I've probably seen it over a hundred times.
I mean he may have not watched a “full” movie but Abraham Lincoln saw a hell of a show
He was watching his favorite play though. "Our American Cousin". Even before movies the presidents would have had a favorite show.
It was a play not a film it was a show not a movie it was live not a feature length film
@@Casisac1 Ik i said he watched a SHOW a SHOW
@@Casisac1Bruh... did you not see the part where he said it wasn't exactly a movie but one hell of a show...💀
It really blew his mind
Funny enough it's widely believed that Ford only picked that because it was popular at the time he was asked. Gerald Ford didn't care for movies so most historians believe that he only picked it because of its popularity
Yeah, I don't really believe in "all tie favourite" anythings, simply because your choices tend to change with mood and life status.
So a dishonest answer, how typical for a politician 😂
@@tominieminen66what so he should say "i don't like movies"? something as simple as that can tarnish their reputation.
Ngl I thought Trump said something like that with citizen kaine, I figured he just looked up a movie to look more inteligent or cultured. Maybe it is really his favorite but citizen kaine is like the vanilla answer of greatest movie ever.
Maybe but I like to think he may be incredibly funny
One of my favorite films also. Still watch it every year at Thanksgiving.. It has become a tradition. Who doesnt love Home Alone!?
Aah I thought you were talking about the birth of a nation
I don't like it it gets so boring after the 2nd watch
So true, one time is enough. The movie is just a bore
Well whatever you do and I repeat whatever you do DONOT look up the dark side of home alone 😱
😂just kidding 😂
That Kevin slapping his face with the eagle sound should be a meme sound 😂
Fun fact: of all president's favorite movies, the last two released were Home Alone and Goodfellas, both in 1990. Meaning that if all their favorite movies, none were released in the last 34 years.
Who liked Goodfellas?
That's because everyone's favorite movie is invariably going to be one they watched as a child or a young adult, and all the Presidents are old as fuck meaning their favorite movie is going to be from like 60+ years ago.
The youngest surviving President is 63-years-old. It stands to reason that all of these are going to be older movies.
It makes me wonder when Gerald Ford said his favorite movie was _Home Alone_ since Ford died in 2006 (at 93-years-old). So, at any time from when the movie came out to Ford’s death it would have been a relatively recent movie to choose as favorite.
Makes me wonder if Ford wasn’t much of a movie guy, so he just named one that he’d enjoyed with his family.
Tbh, there's a chance that he related to it, since in many ways he was just kinda left in the White House alone once Nixon resigned
@@mewmew8932damn
It is hilarious to me the idea of an aging Ford in his house, watching in glee at the wacky hijinks of the wet bandits.
Trumps favorite movie being citizen Kane is hilarious to me.
At another time Trump said his favorite movie was the old Van Damme flick Bloodsport
I bet he hasn’t even seen it. He just hears people saying it’s great and like usual, he tries to make it about himself.
I guarantee you Trump has never once sat through Citizen Kane. One of his PR people told him to say that to give him smart-people cred he does not possess.
It is telling, though, that at the end Kane dies hated and friendless.
@@ackbarfan5556no in interviews he’s talked about specific parts of the movie, he was able to watch the entire film, multiple times, and not understand the message at all
I thought the same thing lol
That ending is profound didn’t put the two together til you mentioned it. Bravo !
To be fair, I think he was being a bit tongue-in-cheek, while being amusing & wholesome.
I think so. Home Alone came out in 1990, when Ford was 77 years old, and 13 years out of office. I'm guessing it was something he watched with his grandchildren.
Wilson really starting it off with a bang
The last one is so ironic
Or you mean “apt”
@@averageday what is meant by apt?
@@χ_οζ appropriate
I've never heard someone describing home alone as "In charge of a house" lol
I love that Ford, as a 77 year old ex-president saw Home Alone and decided he had a new favorite movie. I wonder what it replaced?
Oh yeah, I really want to know that myself.
@@ladykoiwolfe Right there with you, I wanna know!
Gerald Ford was also the only president that had been an Eagle Boy Scout. (That's the highest 'rank' in Boy Scouts. Tenderfoot, Second Class, First Class, Star, Life, and Eagle)
That sounds like such a letdown. Like imagine you're a star scout, then you get promoted to life scout! You were a scout of the stars, now a scout of life itself! What could be next? Cosmic scout?!! Oh. It's just a bird. Yay...
@@rinkuraku5251that makes me feel much better having ended at life scout 😂
@@rinkuraku5251I mean it’s better than being called tenderfoot
wtf you’re right. growing up, i was taught a lie (apparently) that every president had been an eagle scout. Now i realize how naive it was to ever accept that 😂
BSA was founded in 1910. 18 is the max age, let's say you could complete it in two years if you were highly motivated. 35 is the minimum age for president. 1929 would be the earliest an eagle scout could become eligible for president. 1932 would be the first election after that. That's only 24 chances including this year. Really much fewer when you consider all the two term presidents and 3+ FDR. It's not a law program or a public speaking course; why would it predict the presidency?
He reaonates with the movie, Like he was the random person suddenly in charge of the country 😂
Personally my favorite movie is The Godfather. Second is The Godfather Part II. Third is Lord of the Rings Return of the King. Fourth is The Good Shepherd and last is Star Wars Empire Strikes Back.
In my opinion each one highlights something beautiful about story telling and the importance of the camera. The musical numbers and well written dialogue go together well.
nobody asked or cares what your favorite movie is you absolute nerd.
My toddler loves home alone! He first saw it at 6 months old when we were watching Christmas movies anf he was hooked ever since
ah yes woodrow wilson, the first member of the racism fandom
I mean, after watching it, he was so moved that he fired every POC in the government and banned more from being hired. And people say institutional racism doesn't exist...
There's at least one historian on RUclips with a video or two discussing how awful Wilson was, both as a person and a President. He also had a stroke during his second term and didn't tell anyone outside of his cabinet. His wife stepped up to help run the Oval Office and conceal the truth from Congress and the public at large. I think this went on for about a year before his term ended.
was surprised to find out he was member of the democratic party
@@thomasparkes5707 The party switch was crazy. Republicans and Democrats basically swapped ideologies.
@@thomasparkes5707 The old days were wild. Before 1948, the Democrats were the racists' party (dominating the former confederacy for a nearly a century).
Gerald Ford when watching the best part of Home Alone: "Heh! Relatable."
bush’s favorite being field of dreams is somehow one of the most george bush things i’ve ever seen
Woodrow Wilson being Woodrow Wilson
Ford was probably asked the question about the the same time he watched the movie, and it was a very popular movie at the time.
Field of dreams was a work of f*cking art.
When Doc steps off of the field, I bawl, Everytime
And he used to own Rangers. Baseball fan, obviously
I agree! It's one of my favourites.
My family watches home alone every Christmas time, we love it ❤
Im shocked Reagan’s favorite isn’t a western
He likes The Sound Of Music
I actually liked that he liked musicals despite being in so many westerns. A nice softer side we don't see most president's with.
I'm shocked hit's not one of his own movies
@@le_th_ I dunno, once you've been intimately involved with the creation of something like that you probably can't enjoy it as a spectator.
@@AJadedLizard ^ exactly this. Like if you ran a pizza parlour, I doubt you'd want to sit down to pizza as a treat dinner.
Karsten Rinquist made a whole video about this topic.
“Woodrow Wilson’s favorite movie was the birth of a nation”
Me: oh that sounds cool it’s probably about the founding of America or something.
“The birth of a nation was about the founding of the KKK”
Me: BRUH
It's actually not too surprising if you know anything about Wilson. Dude was a scumbag.
I just choked on my lemonade when I heard the description of the first movie how do you even choke on a liquid
To be fair, birth of a nation WAS a breakthrough movie at the time it came out. It created a lot of film techniques we see as standard like facial closeups or jump cuts. Despite its theme, its contribution to filmaking cannot be overlooked.
something tells me thats not the reason woodrow wilson liked it
We are currently still too far in to our issues to get be able to look back on them yet. Tribalism helps the rich.
That truly sucks 😂😂😂 its like saying “listen these gas chambers were fucking state of the art tho” like 😬😬😂
@@evannatland5151those weren't even close to state of the art, it was WW1 tech at best, for a master plan that the _Romans_ would find obsolete and petty
Even if that's true, can you see how arguing the artistic merits of the "kill all black people" movie might be taken the wrong way by others, and most would say it probably should have stayed a thought and not a public comment? I'm willing to believe you've separated the film techniques from the awful plot but your comment will give people the wrong idea about you.
The fact that Gerald Ford stop being president before home alone came out
You cannot be serious??? You thank any POTUS has time to watch a 2-3 hour movie??? smh
Ok, maybe when they go to Camp David
@@le_th_ I was more thinking a president would like a specific movie that they watched prior to becoming president
I noticed that too, but then again, the movie describes a somewhat similar predicament...
He probably saw that movie being like "That's meee!!! That was literally it!!"
@@nothingposted9056 haha yea man
Let me tell you something.
Home Alone 2.
Is the only one in the franchise.
In which the home is actually alone.
Yeah you’re right 🤯😱
ba-dum tusss
My fav from the series
Of course that’s Woodrow Wilson’s favorite movie. Why am I not surprised 😂😂😂
I mean this is Woodrow Wilson we’re talking about here dogwithheadphones
Jesus that first president 😂
Jesus is king of kings
@@GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod 777 i thought christians didnt liek gambling also you are probably a bot
@@GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod Literally no one asked. Bye.
@@GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod...
He meant that as some sort of profanity not praise...
Nice, fun short but....
Chariots of Fire is classified as a British film, largely produced by David Puttenham's Enigma production company. Al-Fayed's old production company had a 25% stake in it with smaller stakes put up by the US 20th Century Fox and Alan Ladd's company.
It may not be relevant to the national classification, however, it is a quintessentially British story, written by a Brit (the lovely Colin Welland), directed by a Brit (Hugh Hudson), and starring some of the best British actors of the day.
I'm baffled as to why this is included in this list as an American film. I mean, it even won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign film.😅
Apologies, I tried to bite my tongue: I'm over it now and I'll get back in my box now. 😊
Agree it’s a British film.
He seems to count any film published by an American company as an American film which doesn't make any sense.
I thought it was a British film until you pointed it out 😂
Yes.
Home Alone is more than just a kid in charge of a house. Its the ultimate "American Home Invasion Protection with Full Weaponry Without Calling the Cops Because Its Up to You and Only You" fantasy story. I would honestly venture a guess thats why its not only his favorite, but considered an Xmas classic here.
My boy with the "Citizen Kane" keeping it classy. Such a good movie
the ones who likes musicals had good taste
He was a literal actor
Yes I especially loved FDR's tap dancing movies he starred in
Iron land people can I pls be a citizen?🙏🙏🙏
By commenting, you officially became one
Woodrow Willson was a terrible person and probably one of the worst presidents we have ever had.
Opinion and fact are two different things
@@MichaelMike-ob2gb those sure are words u typed.
He was one of the leading proponents for the self determination of small European countries which I'd say was a pretty positive legacy, on the other hand he was a mega racist so he's not exactly deserving of praise.
@@MoonThuli oh my God finally an objective statement that doesn't come off strong, AND IT'S IN A RUclips COMMENT THREAD. Thank you, you have given me hope that maybe humanity isn't doomed to mental retardation.
@@MoonThuli"self determination of small european countries" proceeds to fund and send divisions to help the monarchist side of the russian civil war. Ironic
That's super cool. I never knew that thank you, dude. And something that's quite funny. Would George Washington like the in that dinos yours types of movies like that? Historicaffection, maybe if you're still alive, maybe yes, I.
Its crazy that ronald reagan preferred a musical, bro was in a lot of westerns
I think that if my career consisted of mostly westerns I would also choose something completely different to relax.
@@ladykoiwolfe hmm i see your point and i agree, my dad knew a lot about him and so did my grandparents so i based it off that he really seemed to be a big fan of westerns and cowboy life. But again i agree with your reasoning
@@durnaski3303 oh yeah, just watching him talk in his speeches that comes through.
There's no way Trump's actual favorite movie is Citizen Kane. Bro does not have the attention span to watch a 2-hour art movie in its entirety.
There are reports that he enjoyed watching action movies like Bloodsport with his sons but insisted that they fast forward through all the non-action parts. There's no way in hell Citizen Kane is a movie he's even seen, let alone understand and appreciate.
I know deep down you need to believe that. I mean if you're not the smartest guy in the room, than who is?
@@ModishShrinktrue, real intellectuals watch Bloodsport for the dialogue 😤
Wolf of Wall Street.
@@alclay8689well, it's not the guy who doesn't know refuttal isn't a word. A normal person would acknowledge they mixed up rebuttal and refute, but not Trump. No, clearly he's a genius because his uncle went to MIT...that how that works, right? No? Wow!
Bush Jr also said _“the very hungry caterpillar”_ was his favourite book growing up. The book was released in ‘69, he was 23 at the time.
Thanks for make me remember my favorite movie
James bond isn't the only non-american film on the list. Biden likes "chariots of fire" which is also a British film.
Good clarification, CoF is mostly a British production, although 20th Century Fox produced half of it and distributed it.
Yes.
@@_magnify So it's more of a British film than James Bond which was/is produced by Americans.
I wonder what George Washington’s was 😃
Hamilton on Disney plus 💀
White Chicks, probably
It was Cato. He was known to quote and paraphrase the play and saw it many times over the course of four decades.
Probably some play. Those were the movies of those days.
@@Coton_Candy 💯
The fact that he had Alzheimers would absolutely been a reason he loved home alone. Easy to understand, slapstick. Very few characters a great movie for the cognitively impaired. What his favourite movie pre 1990 would be more telling.
Gerald Ford didn't have Alzheimer's.
Awesome content
Home alone: a kid randomly being in charge if a house
That one president who wasnt even elected having home alone be his favourite:
Me: coincidence? I think not
I thought Trump's favorite was Home Alone 2 due to obvious reasons.
quite possibly the greatest movie acting in the history of movie acting ever
I'm sorry ..
We're just going to gloss over the fact that the favorite movie of the president famous for being a womanizer and dealing with crazy cold war scenarios is a movie about a womanizer and dealing with crazy cold war scenarios? Seriously?
I would have just kept that info to myself if I was him 😂
I just looked at that and thought it made sense. And Connery as Bond too.
Find it very hard to believe that Hoover never saw a single film, Taft and Coolidge both lived into the early 30s but they were both pretty busy ig and films were still a newer thing at that point, but as for Hoover he lived until ‘64 and hence had a huge post-presidency so it’s hard to imagine going all that time and living thru basically the entire Golden Age of Hollywood without ever going to the theater to see a film for any reason
The fact that Trump likes Citizen Kane is based.
Yeah, based on a lie. I'd bet anything he never saw it.
@@Electricshrockyeah, it's way too intellectual for him.
@@ladykoiwolfe wow liberals
He's a billionaire business tycoon and former president who started no new wars and ran a great economy and you're out here calling him unintelligent 🙄😬
@Electricshrock trump made has a short film review of citizen kane from 2002 I believe. Someone uploaded it to RUclips. Very bizzare to watch.
@@kayla_white01 Saying Trump is a billionaire business tycoon is like saying you have ten fingers and two eyes.
Did you earn those? Or did your parents give you them?
The way you presented that was really cool
Excellent setup and punchline, dude.
Didn’t expect that
Field of Dreams is incredible. Jr has good taste
I think a favourite movie should be the movie that you rewatch for the most times. Does anyone really want to rewatch those historical films when they feel stressed or depressed? Although a lot of the presidents sucked at their job but I could understand that being a US president is a difficult job
Of course that was Wilson's favourite film. He's Wilson
I’m loving these! Refreshing that you stick to the facts and not interject personal political opinions, especially at such a politically charged time. Thank you!!
Need a President like Woodrow Willson again 👏
Amazed that Trump's favorite movie isn't Home alone 2
i 100% thought you was gonna say trump because hes in home alone 2😂
The birth of a nation sounds like a fire movie
That edit was hilarious
This makes me think about what my all time favorite film is. Thats a pretty tough question to answer. I'd say as of right now my top 3 films are:
The Terminal with Tom Hanks and Stanley Tucci.
Cop Car with Kevin Bacon.
Prisoners with Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman.
Honorable mentions:
Zodiac with Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo.
The Lord of the rings trilogy with Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, and Viggo Mortensen.
The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon.
Someone who randomly found himself in charge… who else could that be?
Dubya knows how to pick a movie, lets give credit where its due.
He’s got great taste, one of my all time favorites
Even more bizarre is that there was a US president that was in home alone
Funny, because one of our presidents starred in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The second i heard "the birth of a nation" i got shivers
Imagine if Gerald Ford was still alive and saw the random guy telling Kevin where to go became the 45th President.
Home Alone is a good choice indeed. I used to watch it with my family at my grandma’s house in Christmas.
Birth of a Nation is one of the most influential movies of all time to cinematographer
Home alone 1 and 2 are actually really good I liked em too when I used to watch them in my grandpas house with my grandparents
the birth of a nation is a personal favorite of mine to
If you watch home alone as a Christmas film and not a comedy film, it's actually got a very good story about family bonding
The eagle scream was perfect 😂😱🦅
Is it a coincidence that one of my favorite movies is Home Alone and I live in the same city that Gerald Ford lived is adult live in?
Honestly, knowing how Wilson was, I’m not even surprised.