Stuff I Like

This page list what I consider to be my favourite titles from the whole range of media I enjoy. I wrote this list primarily as a personal log of things I’ve enjoyed and would consider my most favoured but it’s also here to make it easy to share my recommendations with others.

You may notice slight bias towards science fiction.

I’m always intersted in new material or anything old that I’ve missed so if you see anything not in my list that you’ve loved and think it might fit my tastes then please let me know.

FilmFAVOURITE MOVIES

  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Casblanca (1942)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Network (1976)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • The Thing (1982)
  • Star Wars Trilogy (1977-1983)
  • Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981-1989)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • Dune (1984)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • Talk Radio (1988)
  • Clerks (1994)
  • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)
  • Se7en (1995)
  • Twelve Monkeys (1995)
  • The English Patient (1996)
  • LA Confidential (1997)
  • Cube (1997)
  • Dark City (1998)
  • Pi (1998)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • American Beauty (1999)
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • Battle Royale (2000)
  • The Beach (2000)
  • Snatch (2000)
  • Memento (2000)
  • Versus (2000)
  • Unbreakable (2000)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • Moulin Rouge (2001)
  • Mulholland Drive (2001)
  • Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
  • Donnie Darko (2001)
  • Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
  • Cypher (2002)
  • Adapatation (2002)
  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Lost in Translation (2003)
  • Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)
  • Casshern (2004)
  • I <3 Huckabees (2004)
  • Primer (2004)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • Survive Style 5+ (2004)
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Brick (2005)
  • V for Vendetta (2006)
  • The Prestige (2006)
  • Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
  • No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • There Will Be Blood (2007)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • In The Loop (2009)
  • Watchemn (2009)
  • Moon (2009)

BooksFAVOURITE BOOKS

  • Tad Williams - Otherland
  • Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination
  • Orson Scott Card - Ender’s Game
  • William Gibson - Neuromancer
  • Isaac Asimov - Foundation Trilogy
  • J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
  • Douglas Adams - Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series
  • George Orwell - 1984
  • Dan Simmons - Hyperion Cantos
  • Haruki Murakami - after the quake

TVFAVOURITE TV SERIES

  • Babylon 5
  • Twin Peaks
  • Battlestar Galactica (Ron Moore version)
  • Doctor Who
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Band of Brothers
  • Farscape
  • Firefly
  • The Wire
  • Deadwood
  • Mad Men

ComedyFAVOURITE COMEDY SERIES

  • The Mighty Boosh
  • The Day Today
  • Brass Eye
  • Futurama
  • Spaced
  • Scrubs
  • Extras
  • The Office
  • Mystery Science Theatre 3000
  • Screen Wipe
  • South Park
  • Entourage
  • Arrested Development

FAVOURITE GRAPHIC NOVELS & MANGA

  • V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
  • Watchmen by Alan Moore
  • The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
  • Sandman by Neil Gaiman
  • Berserk by Kentaro Miura
  • Gunm (Battle Angel Alita) by Yukito Kishiro
  • Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
  • Planetes by Makoto Yukimura
  • City of Glass by Paul Auster
  • Rising Stars by J.M.Straczynski
  • Ultimates by Mark Millar
  • Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
  • 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa
  • Monster by Naoki Urasawa
  • Pluto by Naoki Urasawa

MusicFAVOURITE MUSIC ARTISTS

Western

  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Foo Fighters
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • Bloc Party
  • Disturbed
  • Linkin Park
  • David Devant and his Spirit Wife
  • Nirvana
  • Daft Punk
  • Jimmy Eat World
  • The Killers
  • Tenacious D
  • Maximo Park
  • The Ordinary Boys
  • Fran Ferdinand

Japanese

  • Utada Hikaru
  • the pillows
  • Asian Kung-Fu Generation
  • Yoko Kanno
  • Shaka Labbits
  • Mr Children
  • the brilliant green
  • Hotei Tomoyasu

AnimeFAVOURITE ANIME

  • Berserk
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Macross Plus
  • FLCL
  • Monster
  • Paranoia Agent
  • Perfect Blue
  • Infinite Ryvius
  • Gundam SEED
  • Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Evangelion
  • Escaflowne
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes
  • G-Gundam
  • Gundam 0083
  • Gundam 0080
  • Read or Die (OVA)
  • Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
  • Voice of a Distant Star
  • Gunbuster
  • Planetes
  • Ghost in the Shell

GamesFAVOURITE GAMES

  • Metal Gear Solid Series
  • Silent Hill Series
  • Super Mario World
  • Final Fantasy VII, X, and XII
  • StarCraft
  • Radiant Silvergun
  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
  • Viewtiful Joe
  • ICO
  • Katmari Damacy
  • Homeworld
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Sonic CD
  • Vib Ribbon
  • Gitaroo Man
  • Psychonauts
  • Jet Set Radio Future
  • Kingdom Hearts II
  • Halo 3
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  • Fallout 3