Music:
DMB, Dido, Sarah Mclachlan, Hip hop/R & B, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, most Bollywood songs (to a point), Talvin Singh, U2, classical, oldies--anything but country!!
Movies:
Memento, Sholay, Seven, Dil Chhata Hai, Usual Suspects, Grease, Friday, The Ring
Books:
Memoirs of a Geisha, Interpreter of Maladies, Joy Luck Club