Spider-Man: Every Movie Villain Ranked Worst To Best
2. Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man 2)
What makes
Doc Ock such a towering presence in Spider-Man 2 is Alfred Molina's complex and
tragic performance, which brings the multi-armed scientist to life not as a
complete villain, but as a twisted anti-hero driven mad by his own actions.
To date one of the best superhero movies ever made, Spider-Man 2 remains such a masterclass because of Doc Ock's inclusion. He's powerful and arrogant, but also shy and genuinely good, a man twisted into villainy by an invention he created to help people.
Bringing to life some of the best action scenes in any Spider-Man movie and causing Parker to clash with a man he himself could easily have become in another life, Doctor Octopus would be #1 on this list if it weren't for one other iconic antagonist...