Vulture Lists

  1. vulture recommends
    9 Big Bang Theory Episodes That Will Win Over SkepticsA cynic’s guide to the long-running sitcom.
    By Kimberly Potts
  2. lists
    The 7 Best This Is Us Episodes If You’re Just Watching the Show to CryFrom misty tears to heaving sobs, This Is Us has an episode for every kind of crying situation. Don’t forget the tissues!
    By Maggie Fremont
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    Every Will Smith Movie, RankedSorting out the movie star’s highs and lows.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  4. vulture guides
    Everything You Need to Know About the Original Norwegian ManiacIt’s also streaming on Netflix.
    By Kevin P. Sullivan
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    Every Michael Moore Movie, RankedDocumenting the filmmaker’s best work.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
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    61 BoJack Horseman Jokes You Probably Missed in Season 5Easter eggs aplenty.
    By Katla McGlynn
  8. vulture recommends
    9 Things to Watch If You Like Netflix’s ManiacMore great shows and movies to wrap your head around.
    By Kevin P. Sullivan
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    10 Essential Brockhampton SongsA handy primer to the 13-member band.
    By Malcolm-Aimé Musoni
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    Every Episode of Sports Night, RankedAaron Sorkin’s first TV show turns 20.
    By Jason Bailey
  11. audiobooks
    The Best-Ever Recordings From the Prehistory of AudiobooksThe Voices of the Dead Brought to Life Digitally, from Kesey to Nabokov to Tolstoy and Maybe Walt Whitman
    By Katherine Barner
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    Every Hal Ashby Movie, RankedA look back at the director’s best work.
    By Keith Phipps
  15. vulture recommends
    10 Fall Novelists Share Their Most Anticipated Fall BooksFrom Gary Shteyngart to Tana French.
    By Vulture Editors
  16. gift guide
    7 Great Pop-Culture Gifts for SeptemberNeed a sweatshirt of Ariana Grande fingering the world?
    By Vulture Editors
  17. vulture lists
    20 Great Shows the Emmys Never Nominated for Outstanding SeriesThe Wire, The Simpsons, and other egregious snubs.
    By Jen Chaney and Kathryn VanArendonk
  18. books
    A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Literary CanonWherein a panel of learned critics tells us what belongs on a list of the 100 most important books of the 2000s … so far.
    By Vulture Editors
  19. snl
    The Best Maya Rudolph–Fred Armisen SNL SketchesFrom “Prince Show” to “Club Traxx.”
    By Matthew Love
  20. must reads
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This SeptemberShort stories, Booker Prize nominees, and a few of the internet’s wisest scribes.
    By Maris Kreizman
  21. lists
    Every Season of Marvel’s Netflix Shows, RankedFrom Jessica Jones to Iron Fist, where does each superhero show land?
    By Joshua Rivera
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    13 Essential Mac Miller SongsA guide to the late rapper’s work.
    By Eric Renner Brown
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    Every ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Episode, RankedThe Gang gets ranked.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
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    All 131 Van Halen Songs, Ranked From Worst to BestOnly time will tell if they stand the test of time.
    By Chuck Klosterman
  27. must reads
    8 New Books You Should Read This SeptemberGary Shteyngart, Jill Lepore, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  28. vulture lists
    The 25 Best College Comedies of All TimePitch Perfect, Old School, Legally Blonde, and more.
    By Brian Boone
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    10 Mitski Songs to Listen to If You Liked Her New Album, Be the CowboyFYI: One of them is a One Direction cover.
    By Paula Mejia
  30. vulture lists
    Every Animal Collective Album, RankedFrom that time they made an album that played in reverse, to those other times when they made beautiful psychedelic music.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  31. vulture picks
    Neil Simon’s 29 Plays and Four Musicals: A Guide to the Highs and LowsA guide to the playwright’s body of work, which spanned nearly 50 years.
    By Christopher Bonanos, Boris Kachka, and Michael Alan Connelly
  32. vulture lists
    Every Melissa McCarthy Movie, RankedFrom Bridesmaids to Identity Thief.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  33. vulture lists
    The 11 Most Essential Episodes of Living Single25 years later, this ’90s sitcom about love, friendship, and black identity continues to delight.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  34. vulture lists
    Every VMAs Video of the Year Award, Ranked From Worst to BestFrom that one super dated Dire Straits video to multiple Beyoncé videos, to that Neil Young video that got him banned from MTV for a while.
    By Larry Fitzmaurice
  35. vulture lists
    Every Judd Apatow Movie, RankedFrom Year One to Bridesmaids.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  38. vulture lists
    Aretha Franklin’s Greatest B-SidesFrom the forgotten classics to the unexpected hits.
    By Al Shipley
  39. vulture lists
    How to Listen to Aretha FranklinA guide to the late great’s music and career.
    By David Ritz
  40. gift guide
    9 Great Pop-Culture Gifts for AugustNeed the sunken-place teacup from Get Out?
    By Vulture Editors
  41. vulture recommends
    7 Books to Read If You Love Sharp ObjectsIt’s easy to find a novel that a publisher claims is “like a cross between Gillian Flynn and …” but few live up to the hype. Here are seven that do.
    By Hillary Kelly
  42. vulture lists
    6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This AugustFamily drama, smart thrillers, funny essay collections, and more.
    By Maris Kreizman
  43. vulture lists
    Every Spike Lee Film, RankedWith the release of BlacKkKlansman, we revisit each of the director’s major works.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  44. horror
    The 15 Best Urban-Legend Horror MoviesIn honor of Slender Man, we revisit everything from The Curve to Candyman to I Know What You Did Last Summer.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  45. vulture lists
    Every Episode of Breaking Bad, RankedFrom Mr. Chips to Scarface, and everything in between.
    By Kimberly Potts
  46. vulture lists
    8 New Books You Should Read This AugustLing Ma’s Severance, Sam Anderson’s Boom Town, and more.
    By Boris Kachka
  47. vulture lists
    Every Tom Cruise Movie Performance, RankedFrom Top Gun to Rock of Ages.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  50. the true crime wave
    33 Great True-Crime Books, According to Crime WritersFrom Truman Capote to Michelle McNamara.
  51. the true crime wave
    52 Great True-Crime PodcastsThe post-Serial boom.
    By Hillary Nelson
  52. vulture lists
    The 20 Best Comedy Central Roast Sets EverInsulting work from Jeff Ross, Greg Giraldo, Amy Schumer, and more.
    By Jesse David Fox
  53. vulture lists
    The Best Horror Movies You Can Stream on NetflixHere to save you from the infinite scroll.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  54. vulture lists
    Every Denzel Washington Movie, RankedA look at the Oscar winner’s best (and worst) work through the decades.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
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    8 Sexy Courtroom Shows to Stream, Now That Your Interest in Suits Has WanedAllow James Spader to fill the void.
    By Devon Ivie
  56. vulture lists
    Every Rob Reiner Movie, RankedA few good films.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  57. vulture lists
    Every Gus Van Sant Movie, RankedFrom Good Will Hunting to great Van Sant.
    By Vikram Murthi
  58. vulture lists
    Sacha Baron Cohen’s 11 Best Jokes As Borat, Ali G, and MoreFrom Ali G’s interview with Donald Trump to Borat’s trip to Cambridge University.
    By Kenneth Arthur
  59. vulture lists
    Every Episode of The Wire, RankedWhere’s Wallace?
    By Jennifer Wood
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