'Kay so I can't see your queue, so I'm just going to toss ideas out there.

- Neon Genesis Evangaelion (My favorite series)
- Ghost in the Shell/ Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
- Samurai Champloo
- Paranoia Agent
- Bleach
- Samurai X
- Cowboy Bebop
- Battle Angel Alita
- Serial Experiments: Lain
- Fruits Basket
- FLCL
- Spirited Away
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Akira
- Escaflowne
- Princess Mononoke

I'll add more if I can think of them. ^_^;;

Its not anime, but Oldboy.

ice pirates

im gonna watch everything is illuminated with elijah wood in it tonight.

Slayers (anime) was very cute, it got me through a pretty bad time in my life.
Also Colonial House was fun for a documentary type show.
The whole Dead Like Me series (I can't remember if you already have seen those or not)
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry was a good documentary on animals

-- Vicar of Dibley
-- Are you being served?
-- Wallace & Gromit
-- COWBOY BEBOP - the best anime ever and easy for a first timer to get into.

You must take my anime suggestions. Because I said so. Some of them overlap with what's above...and some of them are better, so yeah, listen to me. :-P

Samurai X is awesome, makes me cry, and is very bloody. I'm talking about Trust and Betrayal, which are two separate discs via Netflix...they're the ones you want to rent. The movie is good, but makes more sense if you're familiar with Rurouni Kenshin, which I also thoroughly recommend, but is a fairly long series (96 episodes I think? I dunno, I own it :-P). The last volume of Samurai X, Reflection isn't really worth the rental, even if you become a devoted Kenshin fan.

On the bloody, dark, thoroughly awesome end, I recommend Hellsing, which is 13 episodes long (a quick watch) and just awesome. And Arucard is one of the most awesome characters, and is voiced by Crispin Freeman, who is quite possibly my favorite voice actor. The man's voice is an auditory orgasm.

Also starring Crispin, X is a freaking awesome series. Also short, and if you rent it, I suggest skipping the first episode on disc one. It's really more of a teaser, and will piss you off if you dislike spoilers. This one wasn't a quick take-off, but damn did I ever get addicted to it once it really got off the ground. One of my favorites, definately.

As mentioned above, Outlaw Star is also very awesome. More lighthearted, funny, action-oriented (like Kenshin, ironically, since that one's spun off of such a serious miniseries).

On the movie front:
Akira is a good movie, and a classic, but really not the ultimate in anime fabulousness everyone makes it out to be. Something you should see, but not as life-altering as anime fans make it seem. Vampire Hunter D is another classic, which I think is better than Akira, and also worth watching for the sequel. I think VHD really fleshed out better character development in the second one.

Fullmetal Alchemist is also really great, though a lot of people like to blow it off because it was aired on Adult Swim. Really awesome though, and very thought-provoking, I think. It has some excellent episode-to-episode cliffhangers.

Hmm...I suppose that's enough for now. :-P

If you like Westerns, plot wise, along with foreign films, then you need to check out movies by Akira Kurosawa. Many of his Samurai films were inspired by the Westerns of the 30s and 40s Directed by John Ford.

Two of the most noteworthy films by Kurosawa-san were recreated as "true" Westerns. These were Shichinin no samurai (The Seven Samurai) and Yojimbo which were rewritten and filmed as The Magnificent Seven and A Fistful of Dollars.

That is another good choice.

If you haven't seen the series, Lone Wolf and Cub, I highly recommend it. Early Japanese movies - much violence, blood-shed, and completely live-action. Not bad special effects, either, for the early 70's. To some degree, they fit in the category of "Japanese Western" that was mentioned above.

I'll look through my queue... it's currently at 308. heh. :)

If you've never seen them, I recommend the series Spaced and Black Books. Two of the best things to come out of British comedy in the last decade.

I think the above commenters have covered most of my anime taste c.c

Have you watched Black Books If you haven't, watch Black Books. Funny.

I just watche Aeon Flux a few days ago. While not outwardly spectacular, I found it highly entertaining.

I am SO behind in my movies right now.

OH I forgot to suggest Millenium Actress (anime), that one rocked.

Everything is Illuminated

I don't have netflix, but for anime try "Perfect Blue", "Princess Mononoke" (sp?), "Memories", "Akira", or "Metropolis" to start with for movies; "Trigun" is a good series, as is "Fullmetal Alchemist", "Those Who Hunt Elves" (for something weird), or "Excel Saga" (for something REALLY weird).

Oh, and anything dirty with tentacles. Tentacles are Sue's favorite. ^_~

* 1776
* Sweeny Todd
* Into the Woods
* Circle of Iron
* Murder by Death
* A Funny Thing Happened On My Way to the Forum
* What's Up, Doc
* Ronin
* Bubblegum Crisis (The old version)