Martin Scorcese, Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Wes Anderson.
The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Decemberists, Mars Volta, The Shins, Fiona Apple, Portishead, Radiohead, The Clash, The Walkmen, Damien Rice, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, Sunset Rubdown, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene, etc.
The Godfather (I - III), GoodFellas, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, Full Metal Jacket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, North by Northwest, Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, Apocalypse! Now, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, Rules of Attraction, Garden State, Rounders, Good Will Hunting, anything Italian or French, etc.
The Shield, The Simpsons, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The History Channel when I can, etc.
Choke, The Great Gatsby, Hamlet, anything by Albert Camus or Franz Kafka.
Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorcese, Francis Ford Coppolla, Sergio Leone.