The order of each list is roughly correct but imprecise…no way could I accurately stack rank a lot of these…I’ve easily seen 4,000+ movies and TV shows, so those are pretty long lists sorry not sorry 😂
Favorite Movies
- The Matrix (series)
- The Thirteenth Floor
- The Mandela Effect
- The Truman Show
- Hackers
- The Man from Earth
- Fight Club
- Meet Joe Black
- John Wick (series)
- Big Trouble in Little China
- The Goonies
- Willow
- Princess Bride
- Vanilla Sky
- Transcendence
- The Accountant
- Spirited Away
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- The Last Starfighter
- Top Gun Maverick
- Krull
- Free Guy
- Total Recall
- Sneakers
- The Neverending Story
- Coherence
- Peaceful Warrior
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Arlington Road
- The Old Guard
- Star Trek Trilogy (Chris Pine ones)
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space
- My Science Project
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Wargames
- Man on Fire
- John Carter
- Interstellar
- Arrival
- The Adjustment Bureau
- Rambo (series, except Last Blood which sucked)
- The Avengers (series)
- Brainscan
- Doctor Strange
- Road House
- Ladyhawke
- Toy Soldiers
- The Manhattan Project
- Tron: Legacy
- Deadpool
- Thor (series)
- Contact
- Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton, especially on 3D Blu Ray)
- Iron Man (just the first one, the second one was so-so and the third sucked)
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Johnny Depp version)
- Avatar
- Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr. version)
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- The Hobbit Trilogy
- Resident Evil
- Independence Day
- Casino Royale (Daniel Craig version)
- The Dark Knight
- Black Panther
- Mortal Kombat
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Batman Begins
- The Prestige
- The Greatest Showman
- Alien (series)
- Predator (series)
- Bourne (series)
- American History X
- Rounders
- Heat
- Hitman (2015)
- Blade Runner (series)
- Joker
- Law Abiding Citizen
- Star Wars (series, but especially Return of the Jedi)
- Leon: The Professional (International version)
- Limitless
- Boondock Saints (series)
- Good Will Hunting
- The Dead Poet’s Society
- School of Rock
- Lake Placid
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Pay it Forward
- The Crow
- Bloodsport
- Kickboxer
- Wall-E
- Short Circuit (series)
- Ghostbusters (series)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (series)
- Back to the Future (series)
- Taken (series)
- K-PAX
- Bicentennial Man
- Real Genius
- Harry Potter (series)
- 300
- The Incredibles
- Wonder Woman
- Hocus Pocus
- The Last Samurai
- Bridge to Terabithia
- The Menu
- Big Hero 6
- Cobra
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Baby Driver
- Constantine
- Die Hard (series)
- Finding Neverland
- Stardust
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- The Patriot
- Indiana Jones (series)
- Thank You for Smoking
- V for Vendetta
- Starship Troopers
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Idle Hands
- The Wraith
- The Last Unicorn
- The Edge
- The Craft
- Big
- Cube
- Silent Hill
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Jurassic Park
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- The Usual Suspects
- Mallrats
- James Bond (series)
- Flight of the Navigator
- The Book of Life
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Howard the Duck
- Explorers
- Dorian Gray
- Army of Darkness
- The Ninth Gate
- Friday the 13th (series)
- Nightmare on Elm Street (series)
- Solomon Kane
- Gladiator
- The Game
- Falling Down
- Final Destination
- Halloween (Rob Zombie ones)
- With Honors
- What About Bob
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Sing
- In Time
- Groundhog Day
- Election
- Office Space
- Inception
- Conan (series)
- American Beauty
- Casanova
- Billy Elliot
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Prince of Persia
- Enemy of the State
- Blade
- Legend
- Avatar
- The Great Gatsby
- Repo Men
- The Fifth Element
- The Island
- Dark City
- Lucy
- The 13th Warrior
- Warlock
- Mr. Brooks
- Se7en
- The Italian Job
- Point Break (original)
- Lost Boys
- Into the Blue
- Fool’s Gold
- Olympus Has Fallen (series)
- Waterworld
- Spawn
- The Covenant
- Collateral Beauty
- Accepted
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Young Sherlock Holmes
- Man of Steel
- Weird Science
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League
- Best of the Best
- Pitch Black
- Chronicles of Riddick
- Ronin
- The Mummy (series)
- The Expendables (series)
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
- Meet The Robinsons
- The Iron Giant
- Jumanji (series)
- Brewster’s Millions
- The Golden Child
- Lethal Weapon (series)
- Mission Impossible (series)
- Beverly Hills Cop (series)
- Kiss of the Dragon
- Romeo Must Die
- Ong Bak: Thai Warrior
- Ip Man series
- Godzilla (1998)
- King Kong (2005)
- Whiplash
- Braveheart
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- The Postman
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- Inside Out
- Soul
- How to Train Your Dragon (series)
- Catch Me If You Can
- Zootopia
- The Martian
- Ravenous
- Sin City
- Jaws
- The Last of the Mohicans
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Thirteen Ghosts
- The Haunting
- The House on Haunted Hill
- Shrek
- Edward Scissorhands
- Tombstone
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- The Breakfast Club
- ET the Extra Terrestrial
- Wreck-It Ralph
- Toy Story (series)
- Ex Machina
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
- Knowing
- Moana (A++ catchy soundtrack)
- Inside Man
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Favorite TV Shows
- Sword Art Online
- Rick and Morty (first ~4 seasons)
- Pantheon
- Ted Lasso
- Solar Opposites
- The Legend of Vox Machina
- Reacher
- Stranger Things
- Death Note
- Twilight of the Gods
- Castlevania
- Arcane
- DEVS
- Cyberpunk Edgerunners
- Billions
- Ballers
- Banshee
- Undone
- Invincible
- Foundation
- The Boys
- Cosmos (NDT versions)
- Black Mirror
- Sandman
- Dark Matter
- Sex Education
- Warrior
- Westworld
- The Unit
- The Peripheral
- Game of Thrones (except that last season, gag)
- Hannibal
- Daredevil
- The Punisher
- Vikings
- Cobra Kai
- Upload
- Sherlock (miniseries)
- Second Chance
- DUNE (miniseries)
- Person of Interest
- White Collar
- His Dark Materials
- Project Blue Book
- The Rings of Power
- The Blacklist
- Silicon Valley
- Touch
- Numb3rs
- South Park
- Lie to Me
- Suits
- Breaking Bad
- The Mentalist
- Dark Angel (Jessica Alba one)
- Fringe
- The Umbrella Academy
- The Pretender
- The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Shark Tank
- Dragon’s Den
- Rome
- Spartacus
- Locke & Key
- Bones
- Top Gear UK
- Iron Chef
- Sliders
- Castle
- Da Vinci’s Demons
- Gilmore Girls
- Everwood
- Chance
- The Orville
- Picard
- Outer Range
- Eureka
- House
- The Shield
- The Dragon Prince
- Supernatural
- Smallville
- Stargate SG1
- Stargate Atlantis
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- The Witcher
- Family Guy
- The Simpson’s
- Young Justice
- Teen Titans
- Clarice
- The Old Man
- Heroes (only the first 2 seasons)
- 24 (only the first 2 seasons)
- Prison Break (first season only)
- MacGyver (original)
- X-Men: The Animated Series
- DuckTales
- The X-Files
- Inspector Gadget
- The Super Mario Brother’s Super Show
- The Legend of Zelda
- Pinky and the Brain
- The Real Ghostbusters
- Batman Beyond
- The Batman
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Superman: The Animated Series
- Justice League
- The Magicians
- G.I. Joe (80’s)
- He-man and the Masters of the Universe (80’s)
- James Bond Jr.
- Adventures of the Gummi Bears
- Gargoyles
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Biohackers
- Highlander: The Series
- Renegade
Favorite Music
- Anything Synthwave or 8-bit/Chiptune
- Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
- Scandroid
- Skrillex
- Wolcensmen
- CPY6
- M83
- Unicorn Kid
- Shirobon
- Killigrew
- Maxthor
- The Doors
- LukHash
- Woodkid
- Com Truise
- Turbo Knight
- Ramin Djawadi
- Dynatron
- Dan Terminus
- Soul Asylum
- Tangerine Dream
- PDF Format
- La Roux
- Metric
- Lifeformed
- Calvin Harris
- Deadmau5
- Anamanaguchi
- Duran Duran
- The Goo Goo Dolls
- Owl City
- Enya
- Loreena McKennitt
- Daft Punk
- Vampire Weekend
- Brandi Carlile
- Joshua Radin
- Breaking Benjamin
- Everclear
- REM
- Hootie and the Blowfish
- Journey
- The Weepies
- The Format
- Jump Little Children
- Bare Naked Ladies
- Most Soundtracks (James Horner, John Williams, Hans Zimmer especially)
- Certain Musicals (Wicked, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables)
- Classical Music of Any Variety (Vivaldi, Holst, Bach, etc.)
- Almost no Rap, Hip Hop or R&B of ANY Kind – nails on a chalk board to me
- Almost no country music, with very few exceptions
Favorite Books (Fiction)
- The Kingkiller Chronicle Series by Patrick Rothfuss
- Daemon duology by Daniel Suarez
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow
- The Secret Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor
- Anything by Blake Crouch
- Anything by Ted Chiang
- Anything written by Brandon Sanderson, but especially his Skyward series and the first Way of Kings book
- Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
- Anything written by Brandon Mull
- Anything written by John Flanagan (Ranger’s Apprentice, Brotherband Chronicles)
- Peter and the Starcatchers series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry
- Keeper of the Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger
- Shannara series by Terry Brooks
- Demon Cycle series by Peter V. Brett
- Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass (only the first couple books though)
- The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (guilty pleasure)
- The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
- The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott
- The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
- The Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud
- Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy by Frank Beddor
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
- A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin
- Adventurer’s Wanted series by M.L. Foreman
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
- Batman: No Man’s Land by Greg Rucka
- The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
- Otherland Series by Tad Williams
- The Ninja series by Eric Van Lustbader
- Rogue Warrior series by Richard Marcinko
- The Adept series by Katherine Kurtz
- Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch
- The Lorien Legacies by Pittacus Lore
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Observer by Robert Lanza
- Heir Chronicles by Cinda Williams Chima
- Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne
- Riyria series by Michael J. Sullivan
- Murderbot series by Martha Wells
- Necroscope series by Brian Lumley
- The Grandmaster series by Warren Murphy and Molly Cochran
- Night Angel series by Brent Weeks
- Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
- Hannibal Lecter series by Thomas Harris
- Primal Fear/Aaron Stampler series by William Diehl
- Anything written by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum or Clive Cussler
Favorite Books (Non-Fiction)
- The 4-Hour Workweek
- Seeking Wisdom
- Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damndest Thing – This book completely shifted the way I view reality. There’s no unseeing this. It’s like Morpheus pulling Neo out of The Matrix, world-changing red pill shit. You’ve been warned. If you enjoy this book, I’ve loved everything Jed McKenna has written.
- Awareness
- The Grand Redesign (my own book, but damn well deserves this spot)
- The Science of Storytelling
- The Status Game
- Reality+
- Finite and Infinite Games
- The Courage to Be Disliked
- The Simulation Hypothesis
- Prometheus Rising
- More Than Allegory (Part 3 especially)
- The Power of Now
- Direct Truth
- The Beginning of Infinity
- The Ape that Understood the Universe
- How to Change Your Mind
- The Doors of Perception
- God’s Debris
- The Oversoul Seven Trilogy
- The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
- Atomic Habits
- The Laws of Human Nature
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack
- Waking Up
- The Incerto Series by Taleb
- Life 3.0
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- 12 Rules for Life
- Win Bigly
- Anything You Want
- Principles
- Rework
- It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work
- Choose Yourself
- The Art of Learning
- The Magic of Thinking Big
- Influence
- Pre-Suasion
- The Happiness of Pursuit
- Creativity, Inc.
- The Art of Thinking Clearly
- The Wisdom of Psychopaths
- Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment
- Everything is Bullshit
- Without Their Permission
- The 48 Laws of Power
- The Obstacle is the Way
- Think Like a Freak
- Blink
- The Tipping Point
- Outliers
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Freakonomics
- Super Freakonomics
- The Power of Habit
- Brain Rules
- Sway
- Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Zero to One
- Fooling Houdini
- Linchpin
- Delivering Happiness
- The Art of Deception
- Trust Me, I’m Lying
- What Every Body is Saying
Favorite Podcasts
- Naval
- The Tim Ferriss Show
- After On
- Founders Podcast
- Philosophize This
- Exponential Wisdom
- The Lex Fridman Podcast
- Infinite Loops
- Making Sense with Sam Harris
- The Knowledge Project
- The James Altucher Show
- The Joe Rogan Experience – Only some episodes are worth listening to, some are cuckoo for cocoa puffs
- This Is Your Life
- My First Million
- The Entrepreneur Cast (my podcast, sorry not sorry)
- Future Thinkers
- Derek Sivers
- Crazy Wisdom
- Coffee with Scott Adams
- The Portal
- The Simulated Universe
- The TED Interview
- The Psychology Podcast
- Your Undivided Attention
- Very Bad Wizards
- The Peter Attia Drive
- North Star Podcast
Favorite Foods
- Steak, especially a nice Kobe or Ohmi beef filet mignon (medium to medium-well)
- Sushi/Sushi Bowls (chicken, crab, shrimp, lobster, or eel…I really dislike fish, squid, and octopus)
- Xuxo de Crema
- Croissant a la Creme
- Sheqerpare (delicious Albanian dessert)
- Baklava
- Apple Milopita
- Kolaches (Texas style, sweet and savory)
- Pasteis de Nata
- Malasadas
- Pizza (thick, thin, you name it, especially a nice pistachio pear gorgonzola with fig balsamic drizzle)
- Bacon and Eggs
- Avocado Toast
- Pancakes w/ Real Maple Syrup (especially pumpkin spice pancakes with mascarpone)
- Croque Monsieur
- Creme Brulee
- Cinnamon Rolls
- Risotto
- Cheese (I love exotic cheeses, especially aged cheddars and goudas and gorgonzola)
- BBQ of any variety
- Tamales
- Tacos al Pastor
- Vaca Frita w/ Cuban Rice and Maduros
- Chicken Katsu Curry
- Sweet Potato Fries
- Coconut Khorma
- Butter Chicken
- Chicken Tikka Masala
- Kheer
- Kashmiri Naan
- Hashweh
- Makanek
- Pad Thai
- Pumpkin Curry
- Chicken Satay
- Sesame Chicken
- Orange Chicken
- Pork Fried Rice
- Dim Sum (especially Xiao Long Bao)
- Five Spice Crispy Duck Buns w/ Plum Sauce
- Hungarian Goulash
- Kurtos Kalacs
- Cronuts (especially filled and flavored ones like these)
- Pistachio Gelato
- French Bread w/ Salted Butter and Citrus Honey
- Cheesecake
- Pie (of almost any kind, but especially black currant, apple, strawberry, pumpkin, pecan, custard, and sweet potato)
- Chicken Fried Steak w/ Sausage Gravy
- Thanksgiving Stuffing
- Turkey Legs
Favorite Art/Artists
- Justin Hillgrove
- Keith Thompson
- Matt Dangler
- Screaming Man by Edvard Munch
- The Starry Night by Van Gogh
- Todd McFarlane
- Jonathan Ball
- Anything by Salvador Dali (love the dripping clocks and his Alice in Wonderland series)
- Romain Jerome (art watches)
- Anything Steampunk
- Frenk Furth
- Bob Dob
- Alex Gross
- Jimmy Alonzo
- Ricky Romero
- Visothkakvei
- Kezui
- Jack of the Dust
- Book of Alchemy
- Father Monster Co.
- Daniel Merriam
- Alexander Jansson
- Audrey Kawasaki (Audkawa)
- Adam Oehlers
- DULK
- Matt Dixon
- Casey Weldon
- Beatriz Lozano
- Fernando Correa
- Juliana Kolesova
- Thomas Ascott
- Mr. K
- Dustin Yellin
- Filip Hodass
- Mark Ryden
- Barrett Biggers
- Felipe Rodrigues
- Zack Dunn
- Hossein Diba
- Julia Lichty
Favorite Video Games
- Apex Legends (Xbox, Mobile)
- Elden Ring
- Thief 1 & 2 (PC)
- Dishonored series (Xbox)
- Deathloop (Xbox)
- PUBG/Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (Xbox, Mobile)
- COD MW2 Resurgence Mode (Xbox)
- Splitgate (Xbox)
- Fallout 3 (Xbox)
- Fallout: New Vegas (Xbox)
- Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim (Xbox, PC, Switch)
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
- Shovel Knight (Switch)
- Cuphead (Switch, Xbox)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
- American McGee’s Alice series (PC, Xbox)
- Doom series (PC, Xbox)
- Wolfenstein series (PC, Xbox)
- Super Mario Bros. 1-3 (NES)
- Prodeus (Xbox)
- Super Mario 64 (N64)
- BioShock series (Xbox)
- Vampire Survivors (Xbox, Mobile)
- Fortnite
- Portal and Portal 2 (Xbox)
- Mortal Kombat series (SNES, PC, Xbox)
- Evoland (iOS)
- Goblin Sword (Switch)
- Kingdom New Lands (Switch)
- Stranger Things: The Game (iOS)
- High on Life (Xbox)
- Rolling Sky (iOS)
- Myst series (PC)
- Hexen & Heretic (PC)
- Terraria (iOS, Switch, Xbox)
- Halo series (Xbox)
- Gran Tourismo Series (PS2/PS3)
- F.E.A.R. (Xbox, only the 1st one, 2 & 3 suck)
- The Need for Speed (PC)
- Burnout series (Xbox)
- Half-Life series (PC, Xbox)
- Assassins Creed (Xbox)
- Gears of War series (Xbox)
- Clive Barker’s Undying (PC)
- Conker’s Bad Fur Day/Conker Live and Reloaded (N64, Xbox)
- Goldeneye (N64)
- Just Cause 1 & 2 (Xbox)
- Tomb Raider series (Xbox)
- Kings Quest 6 & 7 (PC)
- Shannara (PC)
- The Incredible Machine (PC)
- Blood (PC)
- Bully (PC)
- Daikatana (PC)
- Deus Ex series (PC)
- Far Cry series (Xbox)
- Vampire: The Masquerade series (PC)
- 12 Minutes (Xbox)
Favorite Hobbies
- Traveling/Exploring new places
- Playing video games
- Watching movies and TV shows
- Reading
- Thinking
- Writing/Blogging
- Swimming
- Going for walks outdoors, especially near beaches, lakes, or rivers
- Cooking/Eating
- Studying & Debating (pretty much anything, but philosophy and the nature of reality in particular are my jam)
- Playing Music (I play the guitar, violin, piano, and flute, all poorly 😂)
- Shooting Guns (target, skeet, hunting, whatevs)