As we prepare for the soft-reboot Spider-Man 11: Home Before Dark , let’s look back at the beautiful, baffling journey of Peter Parker 1 through 10.
The Fan Service Nuke The multiverse opens. Tobey is back. Andrew is back. They hug. They point at each other. Doc Ock says "Hello, Peter." Willem Dafoe punches a wall. This movie has no plot, only nostalgia. And it works. You will weep when the three Spider-Men swing together. You will cheer when Matt Murdock catches a brick. This is theme park cinema, and it’s glorious. Spiderman 1-10
The Lost One The only film on this list that doesn't exist yet. Delayed endlessly. Rumored to be three hours long. Will Miles save his dad? Will Gwen’s dad quit the force? Will we ever see it? The legend says that if you stand in front of a Sony Pictures building and whisper "Canon event," a producer appears and delays the release by another month. As we prepare for the soft-reboot Spider-Man 11:
The Baby One Tom Holland arrives. He’s 15. He has a Stark suit. He has an AI. He has an Aunt May who is suddenly hot. The villain, Vulture (Michael Keaton), is a dad with a salvage business. The stakes are low, but the anxiety is high. It’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with web-shooters. Andrew is back
The Emo One We don’t talk about the finger-guns. We don’t talk about the jazz club strut. But we must talk about Topher Grace as Venom. This movie is a beautiful train wreck. It gave us the single greatest meme template of the 2000s. Is it bad? Yes. Is it entertaining? Like watching a live-stream of a dumpster fire. Emo Peter’s hair deserved its own spin-off.
Here’s to Spider-Man 11 —may the web never break.
The Art Apocalypse Wait, this isn't live action? It doesn't matter. This animated masterpiece makes the previous eight look like student films. Hundreds of Spider-people. A plot about canon events that breaks your heart. Spider-Punk. Spider-Cat. Spider-Rex. The cliffhanger ending leaves you screaming into the void. It is the best Spider-Man movie since Spider-Man 2 .