Favourite books:
- most things Star Wars (especially "Traitor" by Matthew Stover, "Outbound Flight" by Timothy Zahn and "Revelation" by Karen Traviss)
- Harry Potter was good, too
- Faust I by J.W. von Goethe, Homo Faber by Max Frisch, and a novel by Milan Kundera whose English name I don't know
- the Plague Year Trilogy by Jeff Carlson
- BIONICLE novels, especially Time Trap and Legacy of Evil
Favourite movies and films
I am not the movie guy, but I liked Accepted, Dodgeball, SW 1-6, Harry Potter 1-2, Stargate, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, 24: Redemption
TV series:
24, Stargate (with spin-offs SGU and SGA), Doctor Who (with spin-off Torchwood), the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (with spin-off Caprica), NCIS, Breaking Bad, Sherlock, Dexter, a lot more
Music:
German Gothic or dark wave music, especially by ASP and Samsas Traum
German folk rock/metal by Schandmaul, Saltatio Mortis and Subway to Sally
Some punk bands, including Rise Against, Green Day, Die Ärzte
And many more.