Top Ten

Narrowing it down to ten movies, albums, books, comics and television shows I can name as my favorite. No asterisks, no ties.

Movies:

1. The Third Man
2. Repo Man
3. Gummo
4. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
5. The Royal Tennenbaums
6. Robocop
7. Touch of Evil
8. Hana-bi
9. Paper Moon
10. Le Samouraï

Albums:

1. Apocalypse Dudes, Turbonegro
2. Shock Troops, Cock Sparrer
3. Pink Moon, Nick Drake
4. Crossing the Red Sea, The Adverts
5. Feel the Darkness, Poison Idea
6. In the Aeroplane over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
7. The Harder They Come, Various
8. Dopethrone, Electric Wizard
9. Dr. Octagonecologyst, Dr. Octagon
10. The Boys, The Boys

Books:

1. Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey
2. The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin
3. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
4. Dubliners by James Joyce
5. Where I’m Calling From by Raymond Carver
6. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
7. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
8. The Stranger by Albert Camus
9. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
10. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Comics:

1. The Death of Speedy Ortiz by Jaime Hernandez
2. Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes
3. Black Hole by Charles Burns
4. Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
5. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
6. Buddy Does Seattle by Peter Bagge
7. Tintin: Explorers on the Moon by Hergé
8. Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
9. Good-Bye by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
10. Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine

Television:

1. The Wire
2. Arrested Development
3. Seinfeld
4. Breaking Bad
5. Trailer Park Boys
6. Wonder Showzen
7. Curb Your Enthusiasm
8. Mr. Show
9. News Radio
10. Eastbound & Down