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Here are mine in no particular order:
Pokemon and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Ori and the Blind Forest
Warrior Cats
Over the Garden Wall
The Netflix Voltron series (the earlier seasons)
Disenchantment
Fox and the Hound (both the book and the Disney movie)
Final Space (Netflix series)
Persona
Many of these gave me goosebumps (or tears) the first time I saw them, which IMO is a pretty good benchmark for a good story.
Here's some stuff that I've discovered recently or not so recently:
Scifi
Fantasy
Avoid spoilers at all cost for all of the animes and the foundation
It took me a long time to get into Lord of the Rings, because the first book was kind of slow. I stopped in the middle of it and didn't come back to the series for years. But when I did, I found the next two books much more enjoyable.
I read more fantasy books as a kid/teenager. My favorites were Harry Potter, Narnia, Percy Jackson, and the Eragon books.
I've also played Dungeons and Dragons a few times. It's super fun, but feels like a big time commitment if you take it seriously.
Adding ontop of what has been said already, the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series is really great. I love the complex political world in the fantasy setting. The show (which only had 6 seasons) was great but the books are much better (still reading them).
Right now I'm really getting back into Stargate SG1 since I got Sugarbaby hooked on it. Probably gonna watch Atlantis with them after that.
I enjoy Stargate SG-1 but looking back on it as an adult it does get somewhat American-exceptionalist especially in the Earth episodes where they deal with other nations.
SG-1 season 6
There's literally an episode where foreign ambassadors are recommending full public disclosure, and then Thor just shows up and tells everyone to let the Americans handle everything
Sci-Fi:
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem or The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick
Fantasy:
The Lord of the Rings by John R.R. Tolkien or The Chronicles of Narnia by Clive S. Lewis.
SG Atlantis is one of my fav so started with SG universe but not getting the same satisfaction.
Series:
I'm a horror fan, lately I came across "Evil" which is a lot fun to watch
Movies
Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" books are quite cool. Dragonlance holds a place in my heart too.
I'd like to write my motivations but I'd just obsess over it for hours, so I'm only listing the items.
Show:
Books:
Films:
There are others I enjoy despite (or regardless of) their quality, for reasons such as nostalgia, certain characters or unique atmosphere. They're too subjective to be of much interest to anyone else though, probably.