6. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spider-Man 2 was a green light from the first trailer of Spider-Man, and Raimi was a sure guarantee to be back in the director's chair after the success of the first flick. The studio threw more money his way and gave him another legendary Spider-Man villain, Doctor Octopus, to envision. If anybody could envision the robotic tentacles of Dr. Octavius, it was Raimi. There was an obvious comfort in working with the cast again and he showed true form in keeping abreast of the abilities of CGI at the time. Now gifted with a budget of $200 million, Spider-Man 2 brought in nearly double that: $373 million at the box office. Spider-Man 2 worked the storyline well; Peter Parker has evolved from the first one and is facing real world late teenager problems: what to do after high school, living in your first crappy apartment, your teenage crush becoming engaged to someone else, the guilt of killing your best friend's father... you know, usual teenager stuff. Raimi holds it all together well and makes more use of the blending of CGI and actors with the extreme complexity of Doc Ock's tentacles, in which some were CGI and at other times actual props.