I believe you can see a country you're about to visit somewhat differently thanks to people who just go their everyday lives there and I'm also excited to meet new people along the road, be it someone with similar interest as well as someone with different mindset - you can always expand your horizons.

Spirited Away is my all time favourite (pretty much anything from the Ghibli Studios is beautifull), but I do have a thing for old Vincent Price's Horror movies as well. Beeing a bookworm, I always have st to read in my hand, but one would se me with J.G.Ballard and Neil Gaimann most frequently.