This list is always changing, but, at the moment, these are my favorites. I've watched them all at least a dozen times and I could sit down and watch them all again tomorrow.

• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• The Fall (2006)
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Jaws (1975)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Rushmore (1998)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

• Aliens (1986)
• Die Hard (1988)
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
• Mad Max - The Road Warrior (1981)
• Mad Max - Fury Road (2015)
• The Matrix (1999)
• The Mummy (1999)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

• Aladdin (1992)
• The Boxtrolls (2014)
• A Bug's Life (1998)
• The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• Isle of Dogs (2018)
• My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
• Robin Hood (1973)

• Amelie (2001)
• Bicycle Thieves (1948)
• The Chorus (2004)
• Das Boot (1981)
• La Femme Nikita (1990)
• Harakiri (1962)
• High and Low (1963)
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
• La Haine (1995)
• Life is Beautiful (1997)

• Alien (1979)
• American Werewolf in London (1981)
• The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1955)
• Jaws (1975)
• King Kong (1933)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• Train to Busan (2016)

• Alien (1979)
• Aliens (1986)
• Children of Men (2006)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Inception (2010)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

• Bone Tomahawk (2015)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Cowboys (1972)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• Red River (1948)
• The Searchers (1956)
• Shane (1953)
• Tombstone (1993)
• True Grit (2010)
• Unforgiven (1992)

• Blue Ruin (2013)
• Dave Made a Maze (2017)
• Hard Candy (2005)
• The Invitation (2015)
• Kids (1995)
• Living in Oblivion (1995)
• One Cut of the Dead (2017)
• Primer (2004)
• Slacker (1991)
• Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)

• American Movie (1999)
• The Bridge (2007)
• Dark Days (2000)
• Hoop Dreams (1994)
• For All Mankind (1989)
• Grizzly Man (2005)
• Man on Wire (2008)
• Raiders! (2015)
• The Thin Blue Line (1988)
• Zombie Girl the Movie (2009)

There are probably a thousand movies (and a hundred Twilight Zone episodes) that inspired me, but these are the ten modern indie science fiction films that I definitely loved and learned from.

• Another Earth (2011)
• ARQ (2016)
• Coherence (2013)
• The Invitation (2015)
• The Man from Earth (2007)
• Primer (2004)
• Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
• Sound of My Voice (2011)
• Timecrimes (2007)
• The Vast of Night (2019)

Selecting favorite NJFS films feels like choosing a favorite child - you love them all. The kids made over 300 films - these are just some of my favorites.

• The Cyrus Virus
• The Detective
• Don the Musical
• I Need to Work
• Literal News
• Mr. Invincible
• Notes
• Paranoia
• Tyler Might Have Done Something
• Wants

Selecting favorite NJFS films feels like choosing a favorite child - you love them all. The Teens made over 450 films - these are just some of my favorites.

• Danni and Alyssa
• Diesel
• Dumped
• The Lie
• Lucid Dreamer
• Moments
• Positive Intentions
• Those Who Part
• A Risk Worth Taking
• Shame

Selecting favorite NJFS films feels like choosing a favorite child - you love them all. The adults made over 150 films - these are just some of my favorites.

• Almost Free
• Audition
• Beautiful
• Checkmate
• The Lobby
• Searching
• The Night Watchman
• The Sound of Your Voice
• Treasure Map
• The Water's Edge

• The Beatles
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Electric Light Orchestra
• Fountains of Wayne
• INXS
• Keane
• No More Kings
• Queen
• Tears for Fears
• U2

• Kate Bush
• Elvis Costello
• Joe Jackson
• Aimee Mann
• Paul McCartney
• Sarah McLachlan
• Van Morrison
• Prince
• Paul Simon
• Sting

• Bachelor No. 2 - Aimee Mann
• Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
• Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello
• A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra
• Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
• Purple Rain - Prince
• Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
• The Swing - INXS
• Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
• War - U2

• Bang, The Earth is Round - The Sugarplastic
• The Cage - Dirt Poor Robins
• If I Were You - Chris Hurn
• The Hours They Keep - Siskin River
• Meaningless - Jon Brion
• Nil Lara - Nil Lara
• No More Kings - No More Kings
• Rycopa - Uncle Green
• Sohcahtoa - Breaking Laces
• This Much Much How How and I - Cosmo Sheldrake

I don't read a lot of fiction, but here are ten books that I've loved and read more than once.

• All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot
• The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
• Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
• Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling
• The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
• I, Robot - Isaac Asimov
• Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
• Lamb - Christophe Moore
• The Road - Cormac McCarthy
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

I can't get enough of non-fiction, especially true life adventure stories. I don't actually want to do any of those things, but I love reading about them.

• Alive - Piers Paul Read
• Dead Wake - Erik Larson
• The Endurance - Caroline Alexander
• Hellhound on his Trail - Hampton Sides
• Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
• Kon-Tiki - Thor Heyerdahl
• The Lost City of Z - David Grann
• Lost Moon - Jim Lovell
• The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger
• Shadow Divers - Robert Kurson

• Isaac Asimov
• Bill Bryson
• Michael Crichton
• Jon Krakauer
• Edgar Allen Poe
• Erik Larson
• Mary Roach
• J.D. Salinger
• Hampton Sides
• Kurt Vonnegut

• BioShock
• Dishonored
• Dying Light
• Far Cry
• Half-Life
• The Last of Us
• Portal
• Sniper Elite
• Tomb Raider
• XCOM

• Aragami
• The Banner Saga
• Inside
• Into the Breach
• Opus Magnum
• Orcs Must Die
• Shadow Tactics
• Slay the Spire
• Tinykin
• The Witness

• Abducktion
• Azul
• Bananagrams
• Black Box
• Chess
• Master Mind
• Quarto
• Ransom Notes
• Risk
• Scrabble

• Aeon's End
• Bomb Busters
• Gloomhaven
• Horrified
• One Deck Dungeon
• Pandemic
• Sky Team
• Slay the Spire
• Spirit Island
• Take Time