United Kingdom, July 2 -- Michelle Obama's favourite film is Elf because it makes her feel better.

The former US First Lady, 62, has watched the 2003 holiday classic, starring Will Ferrell, 58, as Buddy the Elf, multiple times, and she never gets tired of it.

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (01.07.26) to announce Ferrell as a guest on the latest episode of the IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson podcast, she penned: "When I tell people Elf is my favorite movie of all time, I'm not joking!

"So for this week's @imopodcasts, I was especially excited to sit down with Buddy the Elf himself, the one and only Will Ferrell."

Elf follows Buddy, a human raised with elves in the North Pole, who, after learning he is not an elf, travels t...