Top 10 Best Spider-Man Movies

Disney and Pixar just looked crestfallen that evening in the Dolby Theater. Not 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' or 'Incredibles 2' won the Oscar for Best Animated Film on February 24, 2019. A well-deserved recognition for the 180 animators who worked on the visual masterpiece for 4 years. The first steps of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) as the new Spider-Man are a feast for the eyes. Unlike in the live-action films, the numerous villains (including a female Doc Ock!) are used excellently here. Meeting Miles' alternative fellow wall crawlers from parallel worlds produces hilarious scenes. The multi-talented Hailee Steinfeld shows with her animation outing as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman that we can expect a lot of great things from the young American. The fallen Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson) is wonderfully recognizable for those who like to wallow in self-pity. Nicolas Cage brings out his best Humphrey Bogart as the voice of the vigilante Spider-Man Noir. And how can you not love Peter Porker, “The Spectacular Spider-Ham” (John Mulaney) and Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn)? The film is ingeniously put together and is packed with references for the hardcore comic fan. Just think of the iconic 'Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man' meme, which gets an update in which Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) argues with his animated counterpart from 1967. Finally, don't forget the numerous tributes to Stan Lee. Spider-Man's spiritual father, who left our Earth-616 on November 12, 2018, received a wonderful farewell as a salesman who reassures Miles and the viewing public with the words 'It always fits, eventually'. Experienced viewers will spot dozens of other subtle tributes.

'Into the Spider-Verse' was already something of a creative earthquake in 2018. Sony showed that animation does not necessarily have to be smooth and well-behaved. But while that first part was mainly a wonderful gift, 'Across the Spider-Verse' feels like a statement. As if the makers are shouting with a broad grin: you thought we had used up our trick? Come have a look. Miles Morales is no longer the new kid who just happens to put on a suit. He's Spider Man. Point. And that's exactly why the sequel does something nasty. It doesn't pit him against one villain, but against an entire system. Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) and his Spider Society present heroism as a set of rules. Canon events. Obligatory tragedies. Some kind of administrative nightmare with spandex. Miles sees it differently. He is still young enough to believe that fate can be negotiated. Visually the film is once again insane. Each world has its own style, its own texture, its own way of breathing. Gwen Stacy's universe looks like someone exploded a watercolor painting. The action is faster, more inventive and sometimes even more intimate than in the first part. And yet the strange thing is: the film is not most impressive when everything is moving, but when it stands still for a moment. When Gwen and Miles talk like they've known each other for years. When parents try to understand what their child cannot explain. The fact that “Across the Spider-Verse” ends on a cliffhanger is brutal. But it's also courage. The film dares to say: this story is bigger than one evening at the cinema. The only thing keeping him below No. 1 for now is exactly that. It's not finished yet.

Four years after the events of 'No Way Home', 'Brand New Day' picks up the pieces that Peter himself left behind. Doctor Strange erased the entire world of Peter's existence, including MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon). Since then, Peter has been hiding in his own web nest and has become Spider-Man full-time, without friends, without identity, without a pause button. Director Destin Daniel Cretton takes over from Jon Watts and immediately turns it into something: the loneliest, most mature Spider-Man story Tom Holland ever got. That lonely existence does not become any easier when Peter's body undergoes a second metamorphosis. His spider genes go haywire, his senses overload, and his old web patterns make way for organic webs he can no longer fully control. As he struggles with what he's actually becoming, he chases a trail of B-villains like Scorpion (Michael Mando), Tombstone (Marvin Jones III) and The Hand, while a mysterious telepathic intruder (Sadie Sink) takes over random New Yorkers to lure Peter to him. Jon Bernthal's Punisher and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk come along as unexpectedly warm, functional supporting roles instead of cheap cameos. Brand New Day opened in the US with $360.1 million, the biggest opening week ever for a Spider-Man film, and passed the $500 million mark in just one week, faster than any other film in US box office history. Critics were more divided than with the previous Holland films: some praised the emotional depth and the best action work in the series, others found the two and a half hours of running time bloated and the villain's plan somewhat illogical. The audience was not deterred by this at all and gave the film the highest audience score of Holland's entire Spider-Man period.

If 'Far From Home' ends with a huge revelation, then 'No Way Home' is the film that immediately presents the bill. Peter Parker's identity is out in the open. J. Jonah Jameson shouts it into the world from his digital soapbox. And suddenly Spider-Man is no longer the friendly boy next door, but the most wanted teenager in America. Jon Watts opens his third Holland film not with a funny high school scene, but with pure panic. Marvel and Sony have been playing with the idea of ​​the multiverse for some time. 'Into the Spider-Verse' had made the concept of animation fashionable. Doctor Strange had left the door ajar. But she smashes open 'No Way Home' with the finesse of an elephant in a china shop. Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin is back. Alfred Molina's Doc Ock gets a second life. Jamie Foxx's Electro can finally pretend he's in a better movie. And then we don't even mention the rest of the fan service, which would be laughable in the wrong hands, but surprisingly often moving here. The film is essentially a coming-of-age drama dressed up as an event. Peter wants one thing: to save his friends. To do this, he literally breaks the laws of reality. The price he pays is brutal. 'No Way Home' does not end with a triumphant pose on a skyscraper, but with a Spider-Man who has lost everything. No mentor, no friends, no status. Only a cheap apartment, a sewing machine and a red-blue suit that he has to make himself. That's actually how it should be. Stan Lee is smiling from somewhere on a cloud.

After the more than successful introduction of 'Spider-Man' on the silver screen, Sam Raimi made a sequel that outclassed its predecessor on all counts. The casting of character actor Alfred Molina turned out to be a bull's eye. Too often, superhero films suffer from a lame villain. Not so with Alfred Molina's Doc Ock. Years later, his 'The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand' had a second life in all kinds of memes and other internet nonsense. Who Dr. When you see Octopus' tentacles strike in the infamous 'hospital scene', things quickly change. The chilling event immediately betrays the horror roots of Sam 'Evil Dead' Raimi. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are once again at their best as clumsy Peter Parker and his eternal love Mary Jane. It was only a matter of a hair before Jake Gyllenhaal took over the title role. Tobey Maguire suffered from persistent back problems, a souvenir from his role as a jockey in 'Seabiscuit'. His character was equally pitiable. Peter's Mary Jane is now engaged to an astronaut, who happens to be the son of Peter's grumpy employer J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons). 'Spider-Man 2' deservedly won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. One look at the epic climax in which Spider-Man stops a train says it all. But it's the emotional 'He's just a kid. No older than my son.', which so perfectly summarizes Spider-Man's essence.

In the summer of 2001, a few months before two planes crashed through the Twin Towers, the first teaser for 'Spider-Man' was released. In it, the wall crawler wove a web between New York City's most famous skyscrapers. The first poster showed their reflection in Spidey's mask. After 9-11, any reference to the World Trade Center disappeared from marketing and film. It says something about the era in which Sam Raimi made his 'Spider-Man'. The world was a different place. There were no shared cinematic universes yet. The superhero genre carefully scratched out of the rubble left by 'Batman & Robin' with 'Blade' (1998) and 'X-Men' (2000). And then came that great film adaptation of Stan Lee's Peter Parker who, after being bitten by a radioactive spider, puts on the 'Spider-Man' spandex. Of course, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst won the MTV Award for Best Kiss the following year thanks to their reverse tongue-wrestling in the rain . Willem Dafoe plays his role as villain Norman Osborn/Green Goblin perfectly. But the undisputed star of the film is of course the great J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson.

After the well-received 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', Jon Watts returned for 'Spider-Man: Far From Home'. He did a Sam Raimi thing in this: he made a sequel that is superior in every way to its already strong predecessor. Peter Parker's European school trip was unique in several respects. As the first solo Spider-Man film, 'Far From Home' jumped over the 1 billion mark and immediately became Sony's highest-grossing film ever, a record that 'Brand New Day' easily shattered in 2026. Naturally, Marvel Studios also caught some of the money. 'Far From Home' is the epilogue of MCU's Phase 3. The story follows 8 months after 'Avengers: Endgame' and shows how the world deals with the consequences of 'The Blip'. Jake Gyllenhaal provides some great spectacle as Mysterio (including the iconic goldfish bowl helmet!), while Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson), Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) watch over the rambunctious Peter. Spider-Man also briefly ends up in Broek op Langedijk. Or not? The market and tulip field scenes were filmed in Prague, Czech Republic. That cameo by Jeroen van Koningsbrugge is real again. Speaking of cameos. The best one comes at the end, when J.K. Simmons' unforgettable J. Jonah Jameson from the original trilogy makes an appearance. The Daily Bugle editor-in-chief ends the film with a huge revelation.

Director Jon Watts learned from the mistakes of his predecessor Marc Webb. Watts' 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' promised great fun and generously capitalized on Peter Parker's private affairs in Queens. The 15-year-old superhero already has a tough time with his school friends Ned (Jacob Batalon), Liz (Laura Harrier), MJ (Zendaya) and Flash (Tony Revolori). The adults in Peter's life aren't exactly heart-warming either. Notable absentee in this reboot: Uncle Ben. Fortunately, Aunt May (a ravishing Marisa Tomei), Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) and Tony Stark capture that emptiness wonderfully. 3 years after 'Birdman', Michael Keaton climbed into the high-tech bird suit of The Vulture. The fact that this villain is also the father of Spider-Man's crush Liz makes for a brilliant car ride. Some rabid comics fans are disgusted by Spider-Man's hi-tech suit. Yet the overenthusiastic Tom Holland, with his boyish charm and witty statements, approaches 'your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man' as Stan Lee always intended.

Fans keken raar op toen Sony enkele jaren na Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’-trilogie met een blanco blad herbegon. Good. ‘Spider-Man 3’ was bezwaarlijk een hoogvlieger. But despite the negative reviews, the film still made a lot of money as the big earner of 2007. Moreover, there were still plans for a 4th part in spring 2011. It would make life difficult for The Black Cat, The Vulture, The Lizard and Mysterio Spider-Man. Begin 2010 gooide Sam Raimi de handdoek in de ring na creatieve meningsverschillen. Niet lang daarna gaf Sony groen licht voor een reboot. The casting of Andrew Garfield was met with mixed feelings. Was de toen 27-jarige Brits-Amerikaanse acteur eigenlijk niet een beetje te oud om een scholier neer te zetten? Marc Webb, who made the best romantic comedy of 2009 with '500 Days of Summer', already had his name with him. Webb beloofde een donkerdere hervertelling van Spider-Mans ‘origin story’. We zouden zelfs geheime zaakjes over Peter Parkers ouders ontdekken! Ja, werkelijk geen enkele superheld is sinds ‘Batman Begins’ veilig voor de Christopher Nolan-behandeling. Well. It all worked out in the end. Michael Sheen played a heartwarming Uncle Ben as you always imagined him. Spider-Man slingert, trouw aan de comics, ook voor het eerst met zelfgemaakte webschieters en een hoop praatjes door New York. Maar als je Rhys Ifans Lizard door Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin vervangt, besef je meteen hoe overbodig deze reboot eigenlijk was. Toch deed ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ het meer dan behoorlijk aan de kassa’s. Critici prezen het heerlijke samenspel tussen Andrew Garfield en Emma Stone . De twee dumpten al snel hun toenmalige partners en vormden tot 2015 een van Hollywoods populairste stelletjes.

After the sublime 'Spider-Man 2', Sam Raimi would end his trilogy with a big bang. Meanwhile, the production budget ballooned dangerously. Officially, the film cost $258 million. There are rumors that it was actually another 100 million more. If that's true, the film would still be among the most expensive films ever. What did the makers actually do with all that money? Conjuring up expensive visual effects. The “Birth of Sandman” scene is unparalleled blockbuster poetry. Unfortunately, Sony also used the money for an unnecessary number of plot lines and unstable villains. This is how Venom had to be in the script despite Sam Raimi's veto. And it showed. Topher Grace's alien symbiote-plagued Eddie Brock is without a doubt the film's Achilles heel. Fortunately, the 'That's 70s Show' star reacts like a gentleman when talk show hosts and bloodthirsty movie press mosquitoes remind him of the role for the ten thousandth time. The actor has long taken revenge with stellar performances in 'BlacKkKlansman' and 'Black Mirror'. Despite the negative reviews, 'Spider-Man 3' became the summer blockbuster of 2007 and was the highest-grossing Spider-Man film for years (890 million dollars), until 'Far From Home' took over that crown in 2019. By the way: how often does Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) actually get kidnapped? Very nice: Bruce Campbell's cameo as the French Maître d' in the restaurant where Peter wants to propose to Mary Jane. Already Campbell's third role in the series. Attentive viewers certainly noticed the 'Evil Dead' cult actor in the 2 previous parts as well.