Favorite Media
An ultra-curated collection of my all-time favorite media. See about for more on how I got here. The rating scale is 1 through 5 stars.
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| George Lopez | George Lopez, Bruce Helford, Robert Borden | 2002 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A Mexican-American comedian navigates the challenges of family life, work, and cultural identity in Los Angeles.
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| The Odyssey | Christoper Nolan, Homer (Original Story) | 2026 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A modern cinematic adaptation of Homer's epic poem
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| Red Dead Redemption | Rockstar Games | 2010 | ★★★★★ | |
| An open-world action-adventure game set in the American Wild West, following John Marston during the end of the frontier era as he seeks to bring his former gang members to justice.
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| Cowboy Bebop The iconic neo-noir space western | Shinichirō Watanabe | 1998 | ★★★★½ | |
| A critically acclaimed series following the bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop as they travel the Solar System in 2071. Blending science fiction, western, and noir genres with a legendary jazz soundtrack by Yoko Kanno.
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| Seinfeld | Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld | 1989 | ★★★★★ | |
| A seminal 90s sitcom chronicling the daily absurdities of a stand-up comedian and his three eccentric friends in New York City.
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| Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese | 1990 | ★★★★★ | |
| The fast-paced, visceral true story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
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| Grand Theft Auto IV | Rockstar Games | 2008 | ★★★★½ | |
| An open-world action-adventure game set in the fictional city of Liberty City. Following Niko Bellic, an Eastern European immigrant, as he navigates the criminal underworld while seeking the American Dream.
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| Casino | Martin Scorsese | 1995 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete over a gambling empire.
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| Happy Gilmore | Dennis Dugan (Director) | 1996 | ★★★☆☆ | |
| A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
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| Turok | Core Design | 1997 | ★★★★☆ | |
| An action-adventure game set in a prehistoric world where the player takes on the role of Turok, a primitive warrior.
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| Call of Duty: Black Ops | Treyarch | 2010 | ★★★★½ | |
| A first-person shooter game set during the Cold War era, following CIA operative Alex Mason as he undertakes covert missions across the globe.
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| Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | 2011 | ★★★½☆ | |
| A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
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| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel & Ethan Coen | 2000 | ★★★★★ | |
| In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. A brilliant, musical retelling of Homer's Odyssey.
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| Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | 1987 | ★★★★½ | |
| A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
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| Scarface | Brian De Palma | 1983 | ★★★★☆ | |
| In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
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| Drake & Josh | Dan Schneider | 2004 | ★★★★☆ | |
| Two teenage stepbrothers with opposite personalities navigate the challenges of high school.
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| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Rob McElhenney | 2005 | ★★★★½ | |
| Five self-centered friends run an Irish pub in South Philadelphia and frequently scheme against one another.
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| Workaholics | Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Kyle Newacheck | 2011 | ★★★★★ | |
| Three college dropouts share a house and work together as telemarketers, treating every day like a bizarre college party.
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| The Lord of the Rings Trilogy | Peter Jackson | 2001-2003 | ★★★★★ | |
| A hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. An unmatched cinematic achievement.
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| Kill Bill: Vol. 1 A blood-soaked tribute to martial arts cinema | Quentin Tarantino | 2003 | ★★★★★ | |
| After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
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| Heat | Michael Mann | 1995 | ★★★½☆ | |
| A masterful L.A. crime saga tracking a relentless detective as he hunts down an iconic professional criminal crew.
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| Monk | Andy Breckman | 2002 | ★★★★½ | |
| A brilliant San Francisco detective, whose obsessive-compulsive disorder just happens to get in the way, solves cases while searching for his wife's killer.
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| Good Times | Eric Monte, Mike Evans, Norman Lear | 1974 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A Chicago working-class family navigates the challenges of life in the 1970s.
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| Zombieland | Ruben Fleischer | 2009 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A shy college student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting brawler, and two sisters find themselves traveling across America together in a zombie apocalypse.
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| Superbad | Greg Mottola | 2007 | ★★★★★ | |
| Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
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| Pineapple Express | David Gordon Green | 2008 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after witnessing a murder.
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| Scrubs | Bill Lawrence | 2001 | ★★★★½ | |
| In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John 'J.D.' Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship, and life.
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| White Chicks | Keenen Ivory Wayans | 2004 | ★★★★☆ | |
| Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot.
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| The Wayans Bros. | Marlon & Shawn Wayans | 1995 | ★★★★☆ | |
| Brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans play brothers with completely opposite personalities running a newsstand in New York City.
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| Step Brothers | Adam McKay | 2008 | ★★★½☆ | |
| Two aimless middle-aged men still living at home are forced to become stepbrothers when their parents marry.
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| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Andy & Susan Borowitz | 1990 | ★★★★½ | |
| A street-smart teenager from Philadelphia is sent by his mother to live with his wealthy relatives in a Bel-Air mansion.
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| True Grit | Joel & Ethan Coen | 2010 | ★★★☆☆ | |
| A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer in Indian Territory.
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| The Office (US) | Greg Daniels | 2005 | ★★★★★ | |
| A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.
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| Everybody Hates Chris Inspired by the childhood experiences of Chris Rock | Chris Rock, Ali LeRoi | 2005 | ★★★★½ | |
| A young African-American teen attempts to survive with his eccentric family and an all-white school in the 1980s.
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| Interstellar | Christopher Nolan | 2014 | ★★★★☆ | |
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| SpongeBob SquarePants (Seasons 1-3) The golden era of Bikini Bottom | Stephen Hillenburg | 1999 | ★★★★★ | |
| The incredibly clever and infinitely quotable original run of SpongeBob under creator Stephen Hillenburg. Unmatched comedic timing and writing.
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| Roots | Alex Haley | 1977 | ★★★★★ | |
| The story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African who is captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery.
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| Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino | 2012 | ★★★★★ | |
| With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
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| The Wolf of Wall Street | Martin Scorsese | 2013 | ★★★★½ | |
| Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime and corruption.
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| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Larry David | 2000 | ★★★★★ | |
| The life and times of Larry David and the predicaments he gets himself into with his friends and complete strangers. A masterclass in improvised comedy.
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| Breaking Bad | Vince Gilligan | 2008 | ★★★★★ | |
| A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
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| Band of Brothers | Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg | 2001 | ★★★★★ | |
| The story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, from their initial training through the end of World War II.
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| Sleeping Dogs | United Front Games | 2012 | ★★★★½ | |
| An open-world cop drama set in Hong Kong, where an undercover police officer tries to take down the triads from the inside.
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| The Sopranos | David Chase | 1999 | ★★★★★ | |
| New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek psychiatric counseling.
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| Heretic | Raven Software | 1994 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A dark fantasy first-person shooter built on the Doom engine, following an elven hero battling the Serpent Riders and their monstrous forces.
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| Hexen: Beyond Heretic | Raven Software | 1995 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A dark fantasy first-person action game combining Doom-style combat with RPG elements, hub-based exploration, puzzles, and three distinct character classes.
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| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Infinity Ward | 2009 | ★★★★★ | |
| A blockbuster military first-person shooter following Task Force 141 as they pursue a Russian ultranationalist and fight across locations around the world.
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| Call of Duty: World at War | Treyarch | 2008 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A brutal World War II first-person shooter depicting the Pacific and Eastern Fronts, with a campaign known for its visceral combat and introduction of Nazi Zombies.
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| Counter-Strike 1.6 | Valve | 2003 | ★★★★½ | |
| The definitive classic competitive tactical shooter where counter-terrorists and terrorists battle through objective-based rounds.
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| DayZ | Bohemia Interactive | 2013 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A hardcore open-world survival game set in a post-Soviet landscape overrun by infected, where players must scavenge, survive, and contend with other players.
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| Shadow Warrior Classic Redux | 3D Realms, General Arcade | 2013 | ★★★☆☆ | |
| A remastered version of the classic 1997 first-person shooter starring Lo Wang, combining ridiculous weapons, ninja combat, dark humor, and over-the-top violence.
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| Minecraft | Mojang Studios | 2011 | ★★★★☆ | |
| An endlessly explorable block-based sandbox where players gather resources, build structures, explore dangerous worlds, and create virtually anything they can imagine.
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| Left 4 Dead 2 | Valve | 2009 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A cooperative first-person zombie shooter following four survivors fighting through the American South against hordes of infected and powerful special zombies.
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| Duke Nukem 3D | 3D Realms | 1996 | ★★★½☆ | |
| A legendary first-person shooter starring Duke Nukem as he battles alien invaders through a raunchy, destructible, and endlessly quotable version of Los Angeles.
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| Sid Meier's Pirates! | Firaxis Games | 2004 | ★★★★★ | |
| A swashbuckling adventure and strategy game where players captain a pirate ship, raid settlements, duel rival captains, trade, hunt for treasure, and build a legendary reputation.
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| Outlaws | LucasArts | 1997 | ★★★½☆ | |
| A classic LucasArts first-person shooter set in the Old West, following retired marshal James Anderson as he hunts the outlaws responsible for attacking his family.
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| Half-Life | Valve | 1998 | ★★★★☆ | |
| A groundbreaking first-person shooter following theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman as a catastrophic experiment tears open a portal to an alien dimension and turns Black Mesa into a battlefield.
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| Half-Life 2 | Valve | 2004 | ★★★★★ | |
| A landmark first-person shooter following Gordon Freeman through a dystopian Earth controlled by the Combine, combining immersive storytelling, physics-based gameplay, and inventive combat.
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