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This film takes the mantra "With great power comes great responsibility" and asks a terrifying new question: What if your responsibility means accepting that the people you love have to die?

Miles Morales returns, but this time he faces the "Canon Event" theory—the idea that every Spider-Man must suffer a police captain close to them dying. The animation is indescribably beautiful, blending watercolors, punk art, and Renaissance paintings into a moving canvas. The villain, The Spot, starts as a joke and becomes a multidimensional horror. And the ending? It’s a cliffhanger that leaves you screaming. Spiderman 1-10

Jon Watts | Starring: Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield This film takes the mantra "With great power

Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman The villain, The Spot, starts as a joke

Every element works. Peter Parker loses his powers because he is depressed—a brilliant psychological twist. Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock is a tragic villain you root for ("The power of the sun in the palm of my hand"). The train sequence is the definitive Spider-Man action scene: a brutal, physics-defying brawl followed by the civilians protecting the unmasked hero. The film balances camp, tragedy, and heroism perfectly. If you ask a film professor for a perfect sequel, they will say Spider-Man 2 .

Here’s to Spider-Man 11 —may the web never break.

The chase through the Spider-Society—hundreds of unique Spider-People (including a Lego one and a horse) chasing Miles.