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Obama has great taste - here are his favorite movies, books, and TV shows

Jacob ShamsianJul 28, 2016, 06:56 IST

White House PhotoThe pop culture president.

Barack Obama is not only one of our youngest presidents - having been elected at age 47 - but also one of our coolest.

He's not just a fixture in politics, but in pop culture as well, and he isn't afraid to respond to mean tweets or parry with Zach Galifianakis between two ferns. He even dissed Kanye.

But knowing your way around pop culture isn't enough. It's also about taste.

Over the years, Obama has talked about the books, movies, and TV shows he likes the most. Taken together, they create a portrait of a man who's deeply occupied with American stories, the nature of identity, and just getting away from being the leader of the free world for a while.

Let's take a look at Obama's pop culture picks: