Defining My Genre: Alternate View

You may be wondering why I'm defining My Genre at all, instead of merely saying that I like adventure stories, and listing some of my favorites. Here's why:

I have in my mind a sort of "ultimate story." Every book I read, and every movie I see adds something to that story. The narratives that define My Genre are the ones whose elements most concisely tell my ultimate story.

Now that I've written this series (in a mostly linear fashion, without knowing where I was going) I realize that "genre" isn't really the best word to use. It would be more accurate to say that what I am defining here is "The stories that are most representative of everything I've ever read or watched."