FILM & TELEVISION
Links below to trailers of some of my favorite movies and television shows. I didn't bother to list Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings because, well, duh. Yes, many of these are very well-promoted, major releases, but some aren't. All are recommended because they are examples of excellent storytelling, character development, world-building, and/or mastery of their medium. The list is by no means exhaustive, is in no particular order, and I plan on adding to it from time to time. Each has a link to a trailer or scene.
Sicario
Narcos
Better Call Saul
Dark City
Interstellar
Pitch Black
Time Bandits
Byzantium
Take Shelter
The Thin Red Line
True Grit
Event Horizon
Das Boot
Cool Hand Luke
Moon
Alien
I, Tonya
Big Night
Westworld
Wolf Hall
The Witch
The Witch
The Girl With All the Gifts
Pan's Labyrinth
The Godfather Saga
City of Lost Children
What We Do in the Shadows
The Mission
Master & Commander
Deliverance
Rounders
Book of Eli
Barton Fink
There Will Be Blood
Lawrence of Arabia
The Martian
Sorcerer
Deadwood
Rome
Arrival
Cosmos (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow
Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks: The Return
The Thing
Looper
Delicatessen
No Country for Old Men
Donnie Darko
Mad Max: Fury Road
Do the Right Thing
Magnolia
Glory
The Big Lebowski
Creepshow
Copland
The Handmaid's Tale
In the Mouth of Madness
Tree of Life
Superbad
John Adams
Last of the Mohicans
The New World
Brazil
12 Monkeys
American Movie
Raising Arizona
Planet Earth
Marathon Man
...And Justice for All