Music:
I'd list it but it's just so cliche.
Movies:
Star Wars, Soapdish, Six Degrees of Separation, Little Miss Sunshine, The Devil Wears Prada, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, X-Men, Heathers
Television:
Heroes, Ugly Betty, Nip/Tuck, The Sopranos, Next, Friday Night Lights, The Office, Lost, 24, Brothers & Sisters, Rome, Deadwood, Big Love ... and the dearly departed Buffy and Sex & the City