All 11 Spider-Man Movies, Ranked According to Letterboxd

Image via Sony Pictures Releasing Published Aug 10, 2026, 8:20 AM EDT Eddie Possehl is a dynamic and driven writer/director with a passion for the written word and all things film, television, comics, and games. His passion for storytelling led him to establish his own production company in hopes of achieving his dreams. His dedication to his craft has attracted renowned talent like Yuri Lowenthal to collaborate with him on his projects. As he grows and improves, Eddie is a shining example of a self-starter. Sign in to your Collider account Honestly, who doesn't love Spider-Man? Even when Spidey is at his worst, he's great. The worst Spider-Man movie still has amazing moments that completely understand the character and find ways to satisfy fans in some way, shape, or form. Speaking of the fans, though, what do they really think of the Spider-Man movies—especially now that the newest Tom Holland Spidey flick has just released? To get the fans and general audience's opinions, the best place to look is the one and only Letterboxd. As a social media app dedicated to logging films, keeping up with friends' logs and ratings, and rating them yourself, Letterboxd finds itself being perfect for audience rankings for that exact reason. Will the notorious second Andrew Garfield movie find itself at the bottom? Where will Sam Raimi's sequel pop up? And, most importantly, where on Earth will Spider-Man: Brand New Day find itself? Only one way to find out. 11 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' (2014) Letterboxd Score: 3.3/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing Okay, so not many people will find themselves surprised to see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at the bottom of fans' favorite Spider-Man movies. This movie really struggled, and it's no secret. Whether it be from the massive studio interference that ripped it apart in the editing room, the same studio interference that pretty much slapped Marc Webb and took his film, or... yeah, it's pretty much the studio's fault (which is no hot take). However, Spidey fans have made it known in their Letterboxd reviews that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 really isn't all that bad, at times. There are scenes in it that truly capture the heart and soul of the character. User mrbrand1 states in his review, "TASM has the best swinging, hands down," and another user, noahdelva, claims, "...I feel like Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone carry the movie despite the mid writing. Every scene with them together really elevates it." While it may not be perfect, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 still has a place in the heart of most who've watched it. 10 'Spider-Man 3' (2007) Letterboxd Score: 3.3/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing Another one of Spider-Man's lower moments in cinema is the notorious Spider-Man 3, which, surprisingly, is a trilogy-capper to some of the best superhero movies out there. Spider-Man 3 is also another example of studio interference muddying up a movie and giving it a bad reputation among fans. A rough result for Sam Raimi, who had little to do with what led to it — he didn't want Venom (Topher Grace) in the movie in the first place. However, the soul of Raimi is still found in the heart of Spider-Man 3, which saves the majority of the movie. The first two acts are done incredibly well, and it's clear that Raimi still really tried to make something awesome, despite his circumstances. This review by Letterboxd user, Utmost, is a great example of this kind of opinion: "I actually came out of this viewing with more positive feelings than I had previously felt when watching this film in the past. The film is nothing stellar, but Raimi's direction and shooting style still catches your eye at every turn, particularly in the fight scenes." 9 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' (2019) Letterboxd Score: 3.4/5.0 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing Despite people mostly liking the Tom Holland and Jon Watts trilogy of Spider-Man films, it has a bit of a low moment when it comes to its second film, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Despite having one of the most badass Spider-Man villains in cinema, the second act of this movie is pretty rough, and it lacks any and all style that came from Watts in Spider-Man: Homecoming and the movie that would come after, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Not to mention, a character that was set up to have a great character arc with Peter in the first movie, Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon), turns into an absolute nothing character who is simply there for comedic relief and nothing else. It feels very bland, basic, and studio-crafted most of the time. It serves more as a follow-up to Avengers: Endgame, rather than being an actual sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming. Letterboxd user, Emil, provides a joke that is a very accurate description of this opinion: "disney channel original movie." Marvel Studios executives' hands are felt all over the editing, direction, and writing of this film. Thankfully, the third act saves most negative thoughts on it, but it isn't enough to save it as a whole. 8 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' (2017) Letterboxd Score: 3.5/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing After Holland's great introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War, people were pretty dang excited to see him step into his own solo film with Spider-Man: Homecoming. Initially, this movie got a lot of flak for making Spidey an "Iron Man Jr.", thanks to his idolization of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) at the beginning of the movie. Josh Lewis on Letterboxd states it best in their review: "When I grew up reading Spider-Man comics, I really related to the parts where Peter Parker got handed state-of-the-art tech to beat up working-class laborers that were screwed over by his billionaire mentor." As the movie has grown older, though, many have come to realize that not a lot of people understood the message of the movie when it released in 2017. While there is validity to reviews like these, the latter half of the movie is actually dedicated to Peter Parker defying, denying, and setting himself apart from Stark. He basically ignores all the advice from Tony post-ferry incident (after getting over a little depressive episode), and, when offered everything he wanted at the beginning of his character arc—an Avengers membership—he denies the billionaire, deciding to be the hero who protects "the little guy." Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would BeYour Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn't work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back. 🎖️Rambo 🍸James Bond 🏺Indiana Jones 🔧John McClane 🎭Ethan Hunt FIND YOUR PARTNER → 01 You're dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you. ASomeone who already has three contingency plans running and is calmly working through all of them. BSomeone who reads the terrain instinctively and knows exactly how to use it against the enemy. CSomeone who keeps their nerve and their sense of humour when everything is falling apart. DSomeone who knows the history of wherever we are and what we're walking into. ESomeone with the right contact, the right cover identity, and the right exit already arranged. NEXT QUESTION → 02 You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission. AOn foot through terrain no one else would attempt — I move where vehicles can't follow. BOn a motorcycle, a cargo plane, or anything else that gets me there before I think too hard about it. CIn something that belongs to someone else — borrowed, stolen, or improvised under fire. DFirst class, with a cover identity and a gadget that does something I won't explain until it's needed. EBy whatever means are available — I've driven, flown, and once arrived by camel. The destination matters, not the method. NEXT QUESTION → 03 You're pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of. ADisappears into the environment, flanks them silently, and ends it before I've reloaded. BCracks a one-liner, grabs a fire extinguisher or a chair, and improvises something that somehow works. CProduces a gadget specifically designed for this exact scenario and uses it with infuriating precision. DPulls out a whip, a pistol, and an archaeological insight that somehow gets us out alive. ENeutralises the threat with maximum efficiency and minimum words — they were already three moves ahead. NEXT QUESTION → 04 The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are. AA bar with terrible lighting, cold beer, and absolutely no questions about feelings. BThe finest restaurant in the city, a bottle of something expensive, and a conversation that is equal parts brilliant and exhausting. CA local dig site, a museum after hours, or a long story about why that particular artefact matters to human civilisation. DPizza. Bad TV. Falling asleep halfway through a movie neither of you were watching anyway. EA debrief that turns into three hours of contingency planning that somehow becomes the most fun you've had all week. NEXT QUESTION → 05 How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability. APrecise and minimal — tell me what I need to know and nothing else. Every word has a cost. BDeadpan and dry — keeping it light keeps me sharp, even when everything is on fire. CEnthusiastic and slightly chaotic — but always with useful information buried somewhere in the noise. DCalm and controlled through an earpiece, with a plan that covers every variable I haven't thought of yet. EBarely at all — silence is a language and they speak it fluently. NEXT QUESTION → 06 Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership. AInfiltrate their inner circle, learn everything, and dismantle them from inside out before they know we're there. BStudy the historical pattern — every villain of this type has a weakness written somewhere in the past. CGet them talking. The more they monologue, the more time I have to figure out how to beat them. DGo through them. Directly. With as much force as the terrain allows. EFind the one thing they haven't accounted for — there's always one thing — and make sure we're holding it. NEXT QUESTION → 07 Things go badly wrong and you're captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters. ACome in alone, quietly, and get me out before anyone knows they were there. BHave already been working on the extraction since the moment I disappeared — the plan is already running. CCome in loud, come in fast, and worry about the collateral damage later — I'd do the same for them. DUse every resource, every contact, and bend every rule until I'm out — they don't leave people behind. ECharm their way in somehow, bluff through the hard part, and still manage to look good doing it. NEXT QUESTION → 08 What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn't replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn't know you had. ATechnology that shouldn't exist yet and the training to use it under any conditions. BSurvival instinct so refined it borders on supernatural — and the scars to prove it's been tested. CKnowledge of history, language, and culture that makes them invaluable in places where force is useless. DThe ability to walk into any room in the world and immediately become the most trusted person in it. EStubbornness that refuses to accept a situation is hopeless — and the improvisational skill to back it up. NEXT QUESTION → 09 Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together. AA partner who never fully switches off — always watching exits, always calculating threats, even at dinner. BA partner who gets the job done brilliantly but has the emotional availability of a locked filing cabinet. CA partner who makes everything ten times more complicated than it needs to be — but who always comes through. DA partner who gets personally attached to every relic, ruin, and artefact we encounter, which slows everything down. EA partner who was not built for this and knows it — but shows up anyway, every time, without being asked. NEXT QUESTION → 10 It's the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one. AOne line. Absolutely dry. Delivered like the world isn't ending. Then we move. BNothing said at all — just a look that means we both already know what has to happen. CA plan I don't fully understand that somehow accounts for everything, delivered in thirty seconds flat. DA piece of historical context that reframes the entire situation and tells us exactly what to do next. ESomeone who steps forward instead of back — because that's who they've always been. REVEAL MY PARTNER → Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse. RamboYour partner doesn't talk much, doesn't need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you've finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You'll never need to ask if he has your back. You'll just know. James BondYour partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it'll take you a moment to remember what's actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You'll never be bored. You'll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing. Indiana JonesYour partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar's eye and a brawler's instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn't matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you'll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them. John McClaneYour partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren't so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay. Ethan HuntYour partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you've finished reading the briefing, and the plan he's settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn't exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway. ↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ 7 'The Amazing Spider-Man' (2012) Letterboxd Score: 3.6/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing There's a reason that Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man is widely considered the best, and a lot of those reasons are found in The Amazing Spider-Man. He's funny, has the perfect lanky stature for the character, is emotionally compelling, and is an all-around phenomenal actor. No, The Amazing Spider-Man is not perfect, but it's one of the better-written superhero origin movies when it comes to the origin half of the film. A great representation of this fact is the presence of Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) in the movie. In the other Spider-Man origin film, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, people feel bad for Peter when Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) dies, but in The Amazing Spider-Man, audiences feel bad with Peter, as the screenplay is far more dedicated to spending more time with the uncle and building him into more of a layered character. 6 'Spider-Man' (2002) Letterboxd Score: 3.9/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing The other Spider-Man origin project, Spider-Man, may not do the origin itself as well as The Amazing Spider-Man (it still executes it incredibly well, though), but the movie as a whole is definitely better for most people. Spider-Man is one of the movies that kicked off this era of superhero films and is massively responsible for where the genre is today. It can't be forgotten, either, that Norman Osborn (Willem Dafoe), the Green Goblin, is one of the best Spider-Man movie villains. Spider-Man is a comic book movie, through and through. It has the perfect balance of camp, emotion, and great storytelling to make it a project that's yet to be forgotten 23 years later. SilentDawn said this in their review as they looked back on the movie many years later: "Without question, one of the defining motion pictures of my life. I had the toys, the costume, and an inkling for horror and pulp. That's all it took for me to fall in love with the pop-art sensations of Sam Raimi's first web-slinger epic." This is the best depiction of how special this first Spider-Man theatrical release is. It's done so much for the genre and established tropes that have yet to disappear from superhero films. 5 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' (2021) Letterboxd Score: 3.9/5 It's not easy to balance multiverse cameos/inclusions from past franchises in a superhero film that doesn't feel like cheap nostalgia bait. A movie that does this perfectly is Spider-Man: No Way Home. It includes almost every primary character from past Spider-Man films and incorporates them into the plot very well. With the multiversal villains being the main plot, with Peter trying to cure them and get them home, saving them, they, obviously, are important to the plot. A better example of how well it handles cameos is the third act of the film, where the other two Spider-Men from the past hop into Holland's universe to help him out. They could have easily been cheap throwaway cameos, but Watts and the crew make sure to make them important to Peter's character arc. Each Spidey helps complete Holland's arc and makes it not possible without them. Spider-Man: No Way Home does things no other Spider-Man movie has done before. It not only reveals Peter Parker's arc to the entire world, but it kills his beloved Aunt May (Marisa Tomei). Alongside all of this, Holland's acting is at its best here, with Letterboxd user, Ryncle, describing it excellently, "...Tom's Peter was now able to access a level of grief that we've seen in other Spider-Man movies and Tom didn't just nail it, he exceeded expectations and even brought tears to my eyes." 4 'Spider-Man 2' (2004) Letterboxd Score: 3.9/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing Spider-Man 2 is considered many great things. It's not only one of the best Spider-Man movies and superhero sequels, but one of the greatest superhero movies of all time, even considered so by Roger Ebert. The story told in Spider-Man 2 is beyond compelling and filled with some of the most thrilling action in a superhero film (who could forget that iconic train fight scene?) There are a plethora of things to love about Spider-Man 2 that have yet to be forgotten to this day, and will most likely not be for quite some time. On Letterboxd, user Karsten described it as, "... exactly what a superhero movie should be and more." Sam Raimi told the story of what it means to be a true hero, one who is noble and responsible above even their own wants and needs. It tells the best Peter Parker story in cinema, and one will find that a very small number of people would disagree with that. It also features one of the best monologues in a superhero film by Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) in the second act. 3 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' (2026) Letterboxd Score: 4.1/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing The newest release in the Spider-Man franchise is none other than Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and it's completely taken over the planet. Passing up Avengers: Endgame in opening weekend earnings—which has made it the highest-grossing opening weekend for a film of all time—the proof is in the pudding. Let it be known, this isn't just because of the fact that the world already loves Spider-Man as it is—no, it earned this placement because of how genuinely amazing the film is. It doesn't have multiversal Spider-Men or other major Avengers to include in marketing. So, this movie's earning its keep all on its own. Aside from the amazing cinematography, performances, directing, screenwriting, and pacing, Spider-Man: Brand New Day contains a spectacular message. It's put very eloquently by Letterboxd user, Sipho, when they say, "A reminder that we don’t have to battle our demons alone. We don't have to void ourselves of the love we know we as humans desperately need and deserve, all for the sake of burdening ourselves with the responsibility of 'moving forward', when, in all actuality, all we’re doing is staying still." This fourth Tom Holland Spidey flick has hit a lot of people in places they could've never expected it to, and it's left a huge impression on them walking out of theaters all across the world. It's safe to say that the review scores and the money earned for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is only going to increase as time goes on. 2 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' (2023) Letterboxd Score: 4.4/5 Image via Sony Pictures Releasing Another astounding superhero sequel from the 21st century is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After the gigantic success and impact that the first movie had in this series, there was a world of weight on the shoulders of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to be, at the very least, good. Even if it did end up just good, though, some could still have considered it a disappointment because of how genuinely amazing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was. Thankfully for everyone, that was not the case—not in the slightest. On the app, the reviewer named Younis put it simply but precisely, "How did they go back to back." It needs to be studied how this movie managed to follow up something so genuinely awesome and culturally impactful. The way Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse executes its world-building and continues the character arcs from the first film, especially when it comes to Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), is superb.