Every Stan Lee Cameo Ranked From Worst To Best

38. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider Man 2 Stan Lee
Sony

Though Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 remains one of the greatest superhero movies of all time, Lee's cameo itself sadly isn't up to much here.

Following Doctor Octopus' (Alfred Molina) bank heist, a fight breaks out with Spidey (Tobey Maguire) high in the sky, causing some rubble to fall from a building and smash down on the busy New York street.

Cue one quick-thinking elderly man - played by Lee - who grabs a woman and pulls her to safety fractions of a second before the rubble impacts with where she was standing.

It's a nice little heroic moment for Lee, but it's basically just a rehash of his cameo from Raimi's first Spider-Man, even though it takes place during an undeniably awesome set-piece.

37. Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Guardians Of The Galaxy Stan Lee
Marvel Studios

Lee makes one of his ickier cameos during Guardians of the Galaxy, appearing on Xandar as an old man flirting with a much younger woman, hand around the waist and all, as spotted by Rocket (Bradley Cooper).

It's only really Rocket's pithy one-liner that makes this one memorable - "Look at Mr. Smiles over here. Where's your wife, old man? What a class-A pervert." Otherwise it's just an old dude being a creep, which isn't terribly flattering.

Thankfully Lee was given a far meatier cameo for the sequel, but more on that much, much later.

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