Some other recent favorites

"300" -- Sparta! Only I say "Trader!"... also Gladiator, Braveheart type movies.

"Fast and the Furious" movies are good, of the 4 so far I liked the original/1st one, and Tokyo Drift the best.

Good current TV/cable shows: "Mad Men", "The Tudors", "Wall Street Warriors", Battlestar, Boston Legal


Brief but fun tv shows:
Cleopatra 2525, Firefly, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Jack of All Trades,
Stacked

also worth watching:
2 1/2 Men