These are some of the movies (whether singular films or in serialised form) I’ve seen throughout my life and found to be insightful and/or entertaining, one way or another. Perhaps you, dear reader, find something meaningful in them too.
- The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy), directed by Peter Jackson
- Parasite, directed by Bong Joon Ho
- Alien, directed by Ridley Scott
- Mad Max: Fury Road, directed by George Miller
- Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins
- Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele
- Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore Melfi
- The Shape of Water (2017), directed by Guillermo del Toro
- The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, directed by Sergio Leone
- Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino
- Django Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino
- Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino
- The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont
- Toy Story, directed by John Lasseter
- Ratatouille, directed by Brad Bird
- WALL·E, directed by Andrew Stanton
- Up, directed by Pete Doctor and Bob Peterson
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines, directed by Michael Rianda
- Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis
- 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Her (2013), directed by Spike Jonze
- Se7en, directed by David Fincher
- Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- My Neighbour Totoro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Princess Mononoke, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Howl’s Moving Castle, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
- Full Metal Jacket, directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle
- The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow
- The Theory of Everything, directed by James Marsh
- Oppenheimer, directed by Chrisopher Nolan
- 1917, directed by Sam Mendes
- Avengers: Infinity War, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
- Intouchables, directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
- Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg
- Star Wars, directed by George Lucas
- Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott
- Bo Burnham: Inside, directed by Bo Burnham
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, directed by David Hand
- Nomadland, directed by Chloé Zhao
- Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly
- Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail, directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones
- There Will be Blood, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle
- The Last Unicorn, directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
- Treasure Planet, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
- The Iron Giant, directed by Brad Bird
- Akira (1988), directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo
- Ghost in the Shell (1995), directed by Mamoru Oshii
Series
- Arcane, created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, and produced by Fortiche
- Avatar: The Last Airbender, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
- Avatar: The Legend of Korra
- Breaking Bad, created by Vince Gilligan
- Better Call Saul, created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould
- BoJack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
- Band of Brothers
- Brooklyn 99
- Chernobyl, created by Craig Mazin
- Community
- Cowboy Bebop
- Dark, created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, created by Hiromu Arakawa
- Gravity Falls, created by Alex Hirsch
- Mindhunter, created by Joe Penhall
- Narcos, created by Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato and Doug Miro
- Over the Garden Wall, created by Katie Krentz and Patrick McHale
- Samurai Champloo, created by Shin’ichirô Watanabe
- Sex Education, created by Laurie Nunn
- Steven Universe, created by Rebecca Sugar
- Taskmaster, starring Greg Davies, Alex Horne and Kerry Godliman
- The Legend of Vox Machina
- Twin Peaks, created by Mark Frost and David Lynch
- Pose, created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals
- The Office (2005)
- Parks and Recreation, created by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels
- The Wire, created by David Simon
Documentaries
- Abstract: The Art of Design