I present to you, the Stanford student body, a list of television and movie recommendations for all those weird, winter quarter moods that we can’t quite put a finger on.

For when you’re feeling pretentious and cultured and seeking ridiculously niche television with high production value to namedrop in later conversations:

• “The Get Down” (2016): A ‘70s period piece and musical master class interwoven with discussions of racial identity and historical revisionism.
• “Sense8” (2015): An ultimately hopeful vision of human connection and the strength of selflessness, solidarity, and vulnerability, expressed through thoroughly stunning sci-fi visuals.
• “Penny Dreadful” (2014): Victorian London is populated by literary icons like Dorian Gray and Victor Frankenstein in this horror-fantasy series, embodied by memorable drama actors Eva Green, Billie Piper, and Timothy Dalton.

For when you’re boosting your mood by trying an upbeat comedy but you want one with teeth that both soothes your soul and congratulates you on your own cleverness:

• “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (2015): A shockingly quick-witted musical dramedy that examines mental illness, intersectionality, and the effort of empathy with deft comedic timing and thoughtful writing. There’re also musical numbers like “The Sexy Getting Ready Song” and “Let’s Generalize About Men,” so …
• “The Santa Clarita Diet” (2017): A suburban couple become likable serial killers in order to conceal the wife’s newfound zombie infection in this weirdly lighthearted sitcom/drama.
• “iZombie” (2015): A police-procedural-cum-comic-book-epic with a charming ensemble of characters and an addicting plot.

For when you’d rather invest yourself in sensationalized political intrigue than deal with the dumpster fire that is the current administration:

• “Scandal” (2012): My frustrations with the president in this show are at least manageable by rage-writing poor reviews.
• “Madam Secretary” (2014): Well, there’s a woman in a position of political power in at least one universe.
• “The Crown” (2016): At least my love life is less lackluster than Princess Margaret’s. Also, why did they smoke so damn much in 1950s England? How was there even time for scandals amidst all the lung cancer?

For when it’s 4 a.m. and you can’t sleep due to anxiety and you’re desperate for something to distract your brain, regardless of its veracity:

• “Curious and Unusual Deaths” (2012): Because who doesn’t need nightmare fuel for how you’ll mysteriously perish at 5:32 p.m. on a Tuesday in late November six years from now.
• “The Truth Behind: The Devil’s Bible” (2008): “They say the Devil’s water, it ain’t so sweet; you don’t have to drink right now, but you can dip your feet every once in a little while…” Listen to Brandon Flowers and dip your feet in the fountain of sin.
• “The Pyramid Code” (2009): Indulge your middle school self’s Ancient Egyptian phase. Please.

For when it’s been raining for 36 straight hours and you haven’t seen the sun in a month and you need to believe that the world is more interesting than you’ve been told it is:

• “Twin Peaks” (1990): A hybrid of small-town drama and disturbing surrealism that will have you researching both unsolved murders and the multiverse theory until midnight.
• “Black Mirror” (2011): The millennial’s “Twilight Zone,” riddled with technological takeovers and unsettling dystopias.
• “The OA” (2017): I inhaled this show within a 24-hour span a year ago and I still have no way to explain it.

When you’re a hot mess and you need to reassert your self-worth by seeing someone else be an even hotter mess:

• “Riverdale” (2017): “Riverdale” starts with an illegal student-teacher affair heavily associated with “Lolita” imagery and crumbles into a combination of offensively good cinematography and inconsistent character arcs, bracketed with the occasional appearance of adults who haven’t picked up a parenting book in their lives.
• “The Magicians” (2017): The last thing we need in this world is a magical boarding school crossed with grad-student drama of “Gossip Girl” proportions, and yet here we are.
• “The Carrie Diaries” (2013): 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw of “Sex and the City” is just as messy as ambiguously-adult-Carrie Bradshaw.

For when you’re in a depressive spiral and your email inbox has 2,107 unread messages:

• Bo Burnham: “Make Happy” (2016): This cured my depression.
• Dave Chappelle: “Equanimity and The Bird Revelation” (2017): Our Lord and Savior has returned when we most needed him, like Arthur rising again to defend Albion.
• Hasan Minhaj: “Homecoming King” (2017): I wanted to hug Hasan Minhaj and feed him soup after finishing his comedy special.

For when you need something wholesome because you’re so stressed out you’re about to cry yourself into a coma:

• “The Great British Baking Show” (2013): Why aren’t people this friendly and pastry-obsessed in real life?
• “The Good Place” (2016): Kristen Bell is adorably dickish in this 20-minute sitcom with a pastel color palette. It’s about death.
• “Jane the Virgin” (2014): I want this show’s omniscient narrator to be my life coach.

For when you hit rock bottom in Week 9 and life is meaningless: Disney Channel movies (and not the good ones):

•   “Hannah Montana: The Movie” (2009): I squeezed this film into a two-hour period between two finals during my freshman year. I regret nothing.
•   “CowBelles” (2006): Aly and AJ Michalka are iconic and that is a fact.
•   “Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure” (2011): Admittedly, my main beef with the “High School Musical” franchise is the repeated retconning of Sharpay’s character development, so maybe I’m just desperate for closure.

Godspeed, friends.

Contact Claire Francis at claire97 ‘at’ stanford.edu.