Movies: Anything directed by Akira Kurosawa, John Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Alfred Hitchcock, or Sergio Leone.
Music (Top 20): Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Cocteau Twins, Pixies, The Pogues, Nick Cave, The Clash, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, The Replacements, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Specials, Steel Pulse, The White Stripes, The Cure, Nirvana, The Breeders
Comics: Preacher by Garth Ennis, Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Watchmen by Alan Moore, Berserk by Kentaro Miura