Ranked before No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home hits theaters Thursday nights throughout most of the US This latest entry in the Spider-Man film series starring Tom Holland brings back many villains from cinematic incarnations. previous versions of Marvel’s web-slinger. So where can you stream, rent or buy these older movies and which ones are the best? We’ve sorted the Spider-Man movies released in theaters in order of our personal ranking, eight to one.

We have not classified Spider-Man’s appearances in other films, such as his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War and his appearances in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. For completeness, you can stream these three movies on Disney Plus. We’re also not adding the two standalone movies that feature Spider-Man’s frequent foe Venom.

Let’s move on! These are the best Spider-Man movies ranked from worst to best.

8. Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Oh boy. Even Sam Raimi has turned down his third and final directorial entry on the Spider-Man series. Honestly, a movie with battles between Harry Osborn and Peter Parker, along with the subplot of Peter and Mary Jane’s relationship, would have made a solid third movie. Instead, we get all sorts of other characters and subplots, from the Sandman intro to the alien symbiote that finds Peter and briefly turns him into a self-absorbed jerk. Eventually, the symbiote leaves Peter and teams up with his rival Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), and that’s when this movie turns into a mess that can’t be cleaned up. That is why it is last in our ranking.

You can currently watch Spider-Man 3 on Peacock with a paid subscription. You can also buy or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

7. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Jamie Foxx’s evil twist as Electro is, ironically, nothing electric (hopefully it improves on No Way Home). The presentation of the Rhino (Paul Giamatti) could also have been left on the cutting room floor. Finally, Dane DeHaan’s Harry Osborn wants to be seen as cute, but he acts like a cocky brat and later psychotic when he becomes fully Green Goblin. While this second Andrew Garfield-Marc Webb movie has its moments (in particular, the precise ending of his comic), this movie is strictly for die-hard Spider-Man / Marvel fans.

While The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is not currently available on any streaming service, you can buy or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

6. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Just five years after Spider-Man 3, Sony completely rebooted the web-slinger with the first of two movies starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and directed by Marc Webb. While Garfield does a better job of portraying Spider-Man as a joke-spitting superhero like he is in the comics, his Peter Parker is more of a cool kid on a skateboard than a science fanatic. Emma Stone does a good job playing Peter’s crush, Gwen Stacey. However, Rhys Ifans is not as compelling a villain as The Lizard. Also, the little flashback subplot centering on Peter’s murdered parents might be gone and we wouldn’t have realized it. Ultimately, this movie can be seen but very easy to forget.

While The Amazing Spider-Man is not currently available on any streaming service, you can purchase or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

The box office success of the first Spider-Man live-action movie helped jump-start the entire superhero movie genre. Tobey Maguire doesn’t look like a teenager at all, but he’s got the geek in his first performance as Peter Parker. Willem Dafoe is perfectly cast to play Norman Osborn, who is already pretty insane before taking on the formula that makes him the ultimate Spider-Man villain, the Green Gobin. Some of the visuals are a bit dated today, but CEO Sam Raimi delivered a solid origin story for Spider-Man.

You can currently watch Spider-Man on the Peacock service with a paid subscription. You can also buy or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

The first of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man movies in the MCU, Spider-Man: Homecoming sees Holland reprising his role as Peter Parker, as first seen in Captain America: Civil War. Letting Peter find his way as a neighborhood hero after the Civil War gives the movie a taste of back to basics. That’s very welcome within the complex, overlapping MCU. However, you can still see how it fits into the bigger picture. His connections with Tony Stark solidify into a poignant mentorship.

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This version of the character sadly mostly removes Peter’s working-class roots, but the movie makes up for it with a lot of heart and an excellent acting from Holland, not to mention his stellar co-stars.

While Spider-Man: Homecoming is not currently available on any streaming service, you can purchase or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

This is by far the best of the Spider-Man movies directed by Sam Raimi. Tobey Maguire, in his second outing as Peter Parker, is not having a particularly good time. His longtime love, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is about to marry another man. His best friend Harry Osborn (James Franco) believes that Spider-Man killed his father in the previous movie. And to make matters worse, a new threat has arrived in New York City. Doctor Otto Octavius ​​(Alfred Molina), a scientist who goes crazy after an experiment kills his wife, is now Doctor Octopus. Combined with its artificial tentacles (which seem to have a life of their own), it causes a lot of havoc. Only Spider-Man can stop him, but at what cost did Peter Parker’s connections to Mary Jane and Harry? Look for some awesome looking action sequences in this excellent superhero movie.

You can currently watch Spider-Man 2 on the Peacock service with a paid subscription. You can also buy or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

2. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

The second entry in the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, Far From Home, showed that the 2017 homecoming was no fluke and that the web-slinger was in good hands in the MCU. Peter returned after the events of Avengers: Endgame, and is recovering from the loss of his mentor Tony Stark. Meanwhile, everyone is readjusting to a post “Blip” world with loved ones back and the world saved. A new hero named Mysterio claims to have come to Earth from another dimension of the Multiverse to help save the world. Peter has to interrupt his European school trip to help out, but things may not be as they appear in this neat entry to the franchise. It’s full of twists and turns, but none quite as shocking as the film’s final scene.

While Spider-Man: Far From Home is not currently available on any streaming service, you can buy or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.

The Oscars got it right in 2019 when Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse took home Best Animated Picture from the previous year. When Miles Morales is bitten by a radioactive spider, he turns into Spider-Man. Or rather, he becomes a Spider-Man. Confronting the Kingpin, who can open portals to other dimensions, Miles comes face to face with other versions of the iconic web-slinger, learning to be a hero from seasoned professionals while finding his own strength and identity as Spidey.

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With superb animation and stellar voice acting, it is not to be missed. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse isn’t just a great Spider-Man movie. It’s also among the best superhero movies, period. He deserves the top spot on our best Spider-Man movies ranked list.

While Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is not currently available on any streaming service, you can purchase or rent a digital copy on Amazon Prime Video.