American Psycho: Patrick Bateman is a character that exemplifies the appearance vs. reality theme that is so apparent in Macbeth. During the day, he's an egotistical stock broker that exudes masculinity and wants to be superior to his other colleagues. At night, however, he turns into a sadistic serial killer who enjoys sexually abusing women and killing annoying people. He is skilled at changing to different personas within minutes, so this would be appealing to Macbeth. Macbeth would definitely watch this and study up on the techniques that Patrick uses to conceal his true motives and would probably employ those techniques when talking to the rest of his comrades.
Braveheart: Macbeth would have watched this before hearing the prophecy because it contains some valuable information about his country's history. Mel Gibson stars as a loyal Scottish warrior who fights against tyranny to gain freedom from the oppressive English royalty. Macbeth would have watched this and gained inspiration to fight against the previous thane of Cawdor, who was a deceitful noble.
How to Get Away with Murder: When Macbeth would watch this, he would envision his partner, the beautiful and conniving Lady Macbeth, giving him the proper direction he needs to cover up the murder of Duncan. Similar to how Annalise Keating teaches a group of students how to remain strong under scrutiny from others after they kill a man, Lady Macbeth gives Macbeth support and direction after he kills Duncan. Macbeth might have still had some problems with coping, so he turned to this show to give him extra support.
Toy Story 3: Macbeth would skip the parts with the humor and adorable aliens and study up on Lots-O' Huggin Bear (a.k.a Lotso), who is another amazing example of the appearance vs. reality theme. When he welcomes Andy's toys to the daycare center, he seems to be very appreciative and welcoming. After about 20 minutes, Macbeth and the audience would realize that Lotso is actually a pessimistic and cynical purple bear that despises kids and toys alike. Lotso is like an angry dictator, similar to how Macbeth becomes in Act 3, so that shows that maybe he wanted to emulate Lotso's powerful and commandeering characteristics.
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