Rock climbing!
Metallica, Death, Mastodon, Annihilator, Amatory,Dena Zet, Pantera, Megadeth,In Flames, Soilwork,The Haunted,Caliban,Mnenmic, Hatebreed,AC/DC, RHCP and ....Elvis! (kidding)
Serious movies, dramas, thrillers, and comedies also.
The Simpsons!
Stephen King is a real KING! J.London,E.Hemingway,E.Poe, L.Rivera, Richard Bach, C.Palanik, A.Haily, W.Golding and many,many others.
My friend - Shurik Batman (hope he will never read this).