Every Spider-Man Movie Ranked Worst To Best

1. Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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It's ridiculously tough to separate the top three on this list, and realistically there's no wrong answer if you thought any of Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse deserve the nod for the top spot here.

All three are excellent films, and asking the 'what's the greatest Spider-Man movie?' question may generate a different answer on a different day. Today, that answer is still Spider-Man 2.

The story of Aunt May struggling without Ben, of Peter struggling without powers, of Mary Jane seeking solace with John Jameson, the story of Harry's quest for revenge at Spider-Man, and of course the story of Otto Octavius driving himself insane after the death of his wife - this is an utterly perfect Spider-Man movie which remains in the conversation as the greatest superhero movie ever.

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