My favorite...
music:
Beethoven
Dire Straits
Foo Fighters
Friedrich Gulda
Genesis
HIM
Metallica
Mozart
Nirvana
Radiohead
Rammstein
Rolling Stones
Tote Hosen
Verdi
authors/books:
Umberto Eco
Donna Leon
Macchiavelli
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Magdalen Nabb
Patrick Süßkind
Sun-zi
movies:
Alien
Arthur
Blade
Desperado
Fletchers Visions
From Dusk Till Down
Hunt for Red October
Ice Age
Matrix
Romeo Must Die
Ronin
Seven
The 13th floor
X-Files