US President Barack Obama has revealed that Boyhood was the best film he saw this year.

While talking to the People Magazine along with First Lady Michelle Obama, the 53-year-old president revealed his own "Best of 2014" list, and said that the groundbreaking film, which had been 12-years in the making, was just great.

Obama also said that he was in the midst of reading a "wonderful book" called Redeployment, by Phil Klay, who's an Iraq War veteran and had penned some "powerful" short stories.

As for viral videos, he said that it was his daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, who showed him online videos, and his favourite of all time was BatDad, along with his wife's own viral Vine video, which was a homage to healthy eating.

(dna)