These lists are not meant to be exhaustive of what I think are the "best" things in popular culture. These are just some things I like, and I wanted to put them down somewhere before I forgot.

Film

• Blade Runner (dir. Ridley Scott)
• Blow-Up (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni)
• Boogie Nights (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
• Bound (dir. Wachowski Brothers)
• The Bride with White Hair
• Bullet in the Head (dir. John Woo)
• Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles)
• The Empire Strikes Back (dir. Irvin Kershner)
• Heathers
• Heroic Trio
• The Hunger (dir. Tony Scott)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (dir. Stephen Spielberg)
• The Killer (dir. John Woo)
• La Femme Nikita (dir. Luc Besson)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight (dir. Renny Harlin)
• Once a Thief (dir. John Woo)
• The Matrix (dir. Wachowski Brothers)
• The Name of the Rose (dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud)
• Pulp Fiction (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
• Reservoir Dogs (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
• Rushmore
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Tampopo (dir. Juzo Itami)
• Terminator 2 (dir. James Cameron)
• This World, then the Fireworks
• Toto le Hero
• The Truth about Cats and Dogs
• The Usual Suspects
• Vertigo (dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
• What's Up, Doc? (dir. Peter Bogdanovich)

Flawed Yet Enjoyable Films

• Dune (dir. David Lynch)
• Fire, Walk with Me (dir. David Lynch)
• The Hidden
• Showgirls (dir. Paul Verhoeven)
• So I Married an Axe Murderer
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Television

• Absolutely Fabulous (BBC)
• Blackadder II, Blackadder III and Blackadder Goes Forth (BBC)
• Cheers (NBC)
• The Daily Show with John Stewart (Comedy Central)
• Frasier (NBC)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus (BBC)
• The Newshour with Jim Lehrer (PBS)
• South Park (Comedy Central)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (syndication)
• The X-Files (Fox)

Novels

• Richard Brautigan, The Abortion: An Historical Romance, 1966
• Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
• Robert Cormier, I Am the Cheese
• Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum
• William Faulkner, The Hamlet
• Stephen Fry, The Liar, The Hippopotamus and Making History
• Jessica Hagedorn, Dogeaters
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude and Chronicle of a Death Foretold
• Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood and A Wild Sheep Chase
• Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
• Salman Rushdie, Shame
• Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

Manga

• Battle Angel Alita (Gunnm) • Yukito Kishiro
• Ghost in the Shell • Shirow Masamune
• Mermaid's Scar/Mermaid's Forest/Mermaid's Gaze • Rumiko Takahashi
• Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show • Suehiro Maruo
• Ranma 1/2 • Rumiko Takahashi
• Urusei Yatsura • Rumiko Takahashi
• Gunsmith Cats

Anime (Television, OAV or Film)

• Bubblegum Crisis/Bubblegum Crash
• Go Nagai's New Cutey Honey
• Ghost in the Shell
• La Blue Girl
• Oh, My Goddess!
• Ranma 1/2
• Vampire Princess Miyu

Albums

• Tori Amos • Little Earthquakes
• The Beatles • Abbey Road
• Big Star • #1 Record
• Blondie • The Best of Blondie
• Boogie Nights (soundtrack)
• Kate Bush • The Kick Inside
• The Cardigans • Gran Turismo
• Derek and the Dominoes • Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
• Dillon Fence • Outside In
• Divinyls • Temperamental
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience • Electric Ladyland
• John Lennon • Imagine
• John Lennon and Yoko Ono • Double Fantasy
• Madonna • Like a Prayer
• Aimee Mann • I'm with Stupid
• Mary's Danish • Circa
• No Doubt • No Doubt
• Sarah McLachlan • Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
• Sinead O'Connor • I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
• Poi Dog Pondering • Wishing Like a Mountain, Thinking Like the Sea
• R.E.M. • Reckoning
• The Selecter • Celebrate the Bullet
• Shakespear's Sister • Hormonally Yours
• Smashing Pumpkins • Siamese Dream
• The Special AKA • In the Studio
• Urge Overkill • Saturation
• Velvet Goldmine (soundtrack)
• Paul Weller • Paul Weller
• The Who • Quadrophenia
• Stevie Wonder • Innervisions
• XTC • Skylarking
• The Yardbirds • Little Games
• The Zombies • Odyssey and Oracle

Singles

• Abba • "Mamma Mia"
• Abba • "Waterloo"
• Tori Amos • "God"
• Fiona Apple • "Criminal"
• Bananarama • "Robert De Niro's Waiting"
• Bangles • "If She Knew What She Wants"
• Bauhaus • "Third Uncle"
• The Beach Boys • "God Only Knows"
• Pat Benatar • "Shadows of the Night"
• Big Brother and the Holding Company • "Piece of My Heart"
• Blessid Union of Souls • "Hey Leonardo"
• Tracy Bonham • "The One"
• Tracy Bonham • "Mother Mother"
• David Bowie • "Moonage Daydream"
• The Brand New Heavies • "Dream Come True"
• Camper Van Beethoven • "Eye of Fatima (Parts 1 and 2)"
• Carpenters • "We've Only Just Begun"
• Jimmy Cliff • "Sitting in Limbo"
• Neneh Cherry • "Buffalo Stance"
• Cocteau Twins • "Heaven or Las Vegas"
• Concrete Blonde • "Still in Hollywood"
• Cream • "Badge"
• Deee-Lite • "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Donovan • "Sunshine Superman"
• Duran Duran • "Is There Something I Should Know?"
• Earth Wind and Fire • "September"
• The Emotions • "Best of My Love"
• En Vogue • "Give It Up, Turn It Loose"
• Dionne Farris • "I Know"
• Fishbone • "Lyin' Ass Bitch"
• The Five Stairsteps • "Ooh Child"
• Go-Go's • "Head over Heels"
• The Jackson Five • "I Want You Back"
• Elton John and Kiki Dee • "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart"
• Len • "Steal My Sunshine"
• Lenny Kravitz • "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over"
• Led Zeppelin • "The Ocean"
• Living Colour • "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"
• Madness • "Michael Caine"
• Michael Jackson • "Human Nature"
• Aimee Mann • "I Should've Known"
• Mary's Danish • "Ashes"
• Paul McCartney • "Maybe I'm Amazed"
• Alanis Morissette • "So Pure"
• New Order Bizarre • "Love Triangle"
• Parliament/Funkadelic • "Flashlight"
• Freda Payne • "Band of Gold"
• Pizzicato Five • "Twiggy Twiggy/Twiggy vs. James Bond"
• Pretenders • "Brass in Pocket"
• Prince • "Alphabet Street"
• Prince and the New Power Generation • "Cream"
• Prince and the Revolution • "Raspberry Beret"
• Rufus and Chaka Khan • "Tell Me Something Good"
• Sly and the Family Stone • "If You Want Me to Stay"
• Sneaker Pimps • "Six Underground"
• Spacehog • "In the Meantime"
• Spandau Ballet • "True"
• Squeeze • "If I Didn't Love You"
• Squeeze • "Pulling Mussels from the Shell"
• The Style Council • "My Ever Changing Moods"
• Sugar • "Hoover Dam"
• Matthew Sweet • "Sick of Myself"
• Two Nice Girls • "I Spent My Last $10.00 (on Birth Control and Beer)"
• Weezer • "Say It Ain't So"
• Stevie Wonder • "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"
• Stevie Wonder • "If You Really Love Me"

Adult Films

• Blonde Justice (starring Janine Lindemulder)
• Borderline (starring Celeste)
• Catwalk (starring Jeanna Fine)
• Curse of the Catwoman (starring Selena Steele, dir. John Leslie)
• Masseuse 2 (starring Ashlyn Gere, dir. Paul Thomas)
• New Wave Hookers (starring Ginger Lynn, dir. Gregory Dark)
• New Wave Hookers 3 (starring Nikki Dial, dir. Gregory Dark)
• Slutwoman (starring Roxanne Hall, dir. Patrick Collins)

Adult Film Stars

• Christy Canyon
• Asia Carrera
• Tabitha Cash
• Nikki Dial
• Jeanna Fine
• Dina Jewel/Nanna Gibson
• Janine Lindemulder
• Rebecca Lord
• Traci Lords
• Tiffany Mynx

Mainstream Stars, Models and Celebrities

• Ava Gardner
• Gina Gershon
• Heather Graham
• Audrey Hepburn
• Rose McGowan
• Marilyn Monroe
• Winona Ryder
• Uma Thurman
• Christy Turlington
• Michelle Yeoh