Every Sam Raimi Superhero Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

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Sam Raimi makes his directorial return to comic book movies with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, his fifth venture into the superhero movie genre. Raimi is probably most closely associated with horror, thanks to his success with the long-running Evil Dead franchise and the later cult hit Drag Me to Hell. Yet, it's arguable he's made just as big a mark in the superhero arena, especially due to his trilogy of Spider-Man movies starring Tobey Maguire.

Outside of Bryan Singer's X-Men films, the Raimi Spider-Man trilogy helped establish that superhero movies could once again be big business at the box office, setting the template for the MCU's forthcoming dominance. While Michael Keaton's Batman and Christopher Reeve's Superman had been box office champions, it had been a long time since a Marvel or DC movie really became crossover hits. Raimi's Spider-Man adventures have had a clear influence on the genre since.

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Of course, the mixed reception for Spider-Man 3, as well as his bad experience working with Sony on the sequel, led Raimi to back away from superhero movies for nearly 15 years. That is until he took over for a departing Scott Derrickson at the helm of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Here's how Raimi's five superhero movies directed to date stack up against each other, including 1990's cult item Darkman. Darkman's sequels aren't being included, as Raimi declined to return for those in a major creative capacity.

Raimi's clashes with Sony executives over what Spider-Man 3 would become are well-known, with Raimi having zero interest in Venom being part of the sequel, only to be overruled. Yet, while Spider-Man 3 is definitely a flawed