Personification and empathy.
Muppets, puppets and bastards.
90's R&B, Hip Hop, Rap, Alternative, Rock and Pop, current R&B, Hip Hop, Electronica, supermarket jazz, soft rock (with less talk), Emo and other stuff.
The Color Purple, all Bruce Lee movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A Raisin in the Sun, The Gods Must be Crazy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the old one), Beauty Shop, The Shawshank Redemption, Trainspotting (because of the very last scene) and Running with Scissors (typically not my type of movie).
King of the Hill, SVU, The Family Guy, That 70's Show, The Cosby Show, Rome, Entourage, The L Word, Sopranos, Huff, Big Love, The Wire, Dexter and Weeds.
Raw cookbooks.
People who have goals and strive to reach them in the most humane way possible.