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Movies

1. What's eating Gilbert Grape? -Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother (Darlene Cates), who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver (Mary Steenburgen), Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky (Juliette Lewis).
2. Fried Green Tomatoes - On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch's (Kathy Bates) Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn's outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the exploits of her free-spirited sister-in-law Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson), owner of a small Alabama café in the 1920s, and the bond Idgie shared with her friend Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), Evelyn gains the confidence to change her own life for the better
3. Clueless - Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother (Paul Rudd) was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.
4. Big eyes - In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams), is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

T.V series

1. Death Note - This is an Anime. Don't let that stop you from giving it a change. One episode will be enough to show you a taste of the feel of the series. This anime is complex; in character development, and plot line. Each character has so many layers to them, and that makes their choices and interactions with other characters much more deep. It is a show that, is not so much horror, but thrilling. It is about a boy names Light Yagami who is a genius high school student who discovers the "Death Note", a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it, as long as the writer has seen that person's face. After experimenting with the notebook, Light meets the Shinigami (death spirit in Japanese culture), Ryuk (his name), the notebook's original owner. Light tells Ryuk of his plan to rule as a god over a new world free from criminals, where only people he deems morally fit to live remain.
2. Your lie in April - Another Anime. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! They way that the artists draws and depicts moments is just gorgeous. The story line will make you laugh, cry and leave you connected with the characters. It is about a Piano prodigy named Kōsei (Co-say) Arima has become famous among child musicians but also controversial. After his mother, who was also his instructor died, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a piano recital at the age of eleven. As a result, he is no longer able to hear the sound of his piano even though his hearing is perfectly fine. Two years later, Kōsei hasn't touched the piano and views the world in monochrome, without any flair or color. He has resigned himself to living out his life with his good friends, Tsubaki and Watari, until, one day, a girl changes everything. Kaori Miyazono, a fourteen-year old audacious, free-spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her manic personality, helps Kōsei return to the music world and shows that it should be free and mold breaking. 
3. Orange is the new Black - I'm sure you have heard a lot about it, or maybe have checked it out. If you love when T.v series really connects you with the characters, this is a great one. Slowly they go into the back stories of why the inmates are there, and why they did what they did to get in there. It really is emotional and thrilling. (not appropriate for most kids under 18. btw)
4. Bob's Burgers - At first, I didn't like this series. The characters didn't make sense to me, but after watching for awhile, all of the characters have such an amazing personality to them. What I really like about this show is that they really utilize their female characters in a way unlike any other adult cartoon that I've seen. The female characters are funny, awkward, true to life, and strong. It really is a great adult cartoon.