Breaking Bad, released 2008.TV Show. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.9 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Crime.
Overview: Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Chernobyl, released 2019.TV Show. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.7 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama.
Overview: The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
The Office, released 2005.TV Show. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.6 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy.
Overview: The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
The Dark Knight, released 2008.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.5 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Action.
Overview: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Inception, released 2010.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.4 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Action, Sci-Fi.
Overview: Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, released 2023.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.3 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Animation, Action.
Overview: After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
The Departed, released 2006.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Thriller.
Overview: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Dune: Part Two, released 2024.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 8.1 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure.
Overview: Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Iron Man, released 2008.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 7.7 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Action, Sci-Fi.
Overview: After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
The Town, released 2010.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 7.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Crime, Drama.
Overview: Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
The Other Guys, released 2010.Movie. Personal rating: 10 out of 10. Audience score: 6.3 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy, Action.
Overview: Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Pulp Fiction, released 1994.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.5 out of 10. Genres: Thriller, Crime.
Overview: A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Forrest Gump, released 1994.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.5 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy, Drama.
Overview: A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Shōgun, released 2024.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.4 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, War & Politics.
Overview: In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
The Boys, released 2019.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.4 out of 10. Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure.
Overview: A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Severance, released 2022.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.4 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Mystery.
Overview: Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
The Silence of the Lambs, released 1991.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.3 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Crime, Thriller.
Overview: Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
White Collar, released 2009.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Crime, Drama.
Overview: In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
Shutter Island, released 2010.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Thriller.
Overview: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Memento, released 2000.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Mystery, Thriller.
Overview: Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
The Usual Suspects, released 1995.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Crime.
Overview: Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
Silo, released 2023.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.1 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama.
Overview: In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, released 2000.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.1 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy.
Overview: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
The Wolf of Wall Street, released 2013.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.0 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Crime, Drama.
Overview: A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Slow Horses, released 2022.TV Show. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.0 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Crime, Drama.
Overview: Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Catch Me If You Can, released 2002.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 8.0 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Crime.
Overview: A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
The Pursuit of Happyness, released 2006.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 7.9 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama.
Overview: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Get Out, released 2017.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 7.6 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Mystery, Thriller.
Overview: Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Ocean's Eleven, released 2001.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 7.5 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Thriller, Crime.
Overview: Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
The Big Short, released 2015.Movie. Personal rating: 9 out of 10. Audience score: 7.4 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy, Drama.
Overview: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Fight Club, released 1999.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 8.4 out of 10. Genres: Drama, Thriller.
Overview: A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
The Bear, released 2022.TV Show. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Comedy.
Overview: Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.
WALL·E, released 2008.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 8.1 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Animation, Family.
Overview: What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Westworld, released 2016.TV Show. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 8.0 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Western.
Overview: A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
Squid Game, released 2021.TV Show. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.9 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery.
Overview: Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.
Dune, released 2021.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.8 out of 10. Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure.
Overview: Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, released 2019.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.4 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy, Drama.
Overview: Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
The Social Network, released 2010.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.4 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama.
Overview: In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Hell or High Water, released 2016.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.3 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Western, Crime.
Overview: A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Moneyball, released 2011.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.3 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama.
Overview: The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Limitless, released 2011.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 7.2 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Thriller, Mystery.
Overview: The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.
Juror #2, released 2024.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 6.9 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, Thriller.
Overview: While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
The Italian Job, released 2003.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 6.8 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Action, Crime.
Overview: Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
Wedding Crashers, released 2005.Movie. Personal rating: 8 out of 10. Audience score: 6.5 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Comedy, Romance.
Overview: John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, released 2013.TV Show. Personal rating: 7 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. Genres: Comedy, Crime.
Overview: A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Bones, released 2005.TV Show. Personal rating: 7 out of 10. Audience score: 8.2 out of 10. Genres: Crime, Drama.
Overview: Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
The Walking Dead, released 2010.TV Show. Personal rating: 7 out of 10. Audience score: 8.1 out of 10. Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama.
Overview: Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Reacher, released 2022.TV Show. Personal rating: 7 out of 10. Audience score: 8.1 out of 10. Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama.
Overview: Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.
The Founder, released 2016.Movie. Personal rating: 7 out of 10. Audience score: 7.1 out of 10. This is one of Brett's favorites. Genres: Drama, History.
Overview: The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
Marty Supreme, released 2025.Movie. Personal rating: 6 out of 10. Audience score: 8.0 out of 10. Genres: Drama.
Overview: In 1950s New York, table tennis player Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to Hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Lost, released 2004.TV Show. Personal rating: 6 out of 10. Audience score: 7.9 out of 10. Genres: Mystery, Action & Adventure.
Overview: Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
F1, released 2025.Movie. Personal rating: 6 out of 10. Audience score: 7.8 out of 10. Genres: Action, Drama.
Overview: Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.
The Gorge, released 2025.Movie. Personal rating: 6 out of 10. Audience score: 7.6 out of 10. Genres: Romance, Sci-Fi.
Overview: Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
Anyone But You, released 2023.Movie. Personal rating: 6 out of 10. Audience score: 6.8 out of 10. Genres: Romance, Comedy.
Overview: After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Captain America: Civil War, released 2016.Movie. Personal rating: 5 out of 10. Audience score: 7.4 out of 10. Genres: Adventure, Action.
Overview: Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
