Music.
Movies and games (assuming you're talking about computer games) are fairly recent inventions, and people have gotten along pretty well without them for a long time. Hell, a lot of people still don't play games (they're missing out!)
But music has been around for such a long time, it has such a long history. There are so many beautiful pieces of music that I would hate to be lost to the world forever. To have a world without music, would limit freedom of expression. People have used music for many reasons, it's therapeutic, it can strike fear into enemies, it can cut right to your soul.
There have been revolutionary musicians that have brought whole communities of people, and been able to articulate in song what's been unable to be said in words. It's helped people to stand up for their rights.
Think about people like Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Rage against the Machine, even Marilyn Manson. And that's just a few examples from the top of my head, from recent times, where music has helped people identify with a cause and find a voice.
And that's not even mentioning classical music, and ancient cultural music. Music has been part of our heritage and environment since we figured out how to sing songs and bang stuff together to rhythm, probably in some tribal dances. I can't even imagine life without it.
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