Music:
bright eyes, desaparecidos , explosions in the sky, weezer (first two records + bsides), pixies, chopin, tchaikovsky, choking victim, operation ivy, beatles, built to spill, jazz, and stuff along those lines
Movies:
most things by quentin tarantino, david o. russell, spike jonze, wes anderson, p.t. anderson, terry zwigoff, or written by charlie kauffman, and anything along those lines