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Movies that feel likeSpider-Man 2 (2004)

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

If you loved Spider-Man 2, the closest films we have are Superman II (1980), X2 (2003) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). All three share Spider-Man 2's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Koi... Mil Gaya (2003).

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sam Raimikineticepiccerebralromantic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Spider-Man (2002) · Spider-Man 3 (2007)

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Superman II
1980 · dir. Richard Lester
🍅 88%★ 6.8science fiction · action · adventureMax

New York City shapes both of them

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1980s show

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.

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X2
2003 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 85%★ 7.4adventure · action · science fictionDisney+

A superhero sequel with actual sacrifice at the center of it

The difference: An ensemble sharing the load — no one heart to break

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.

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The Incredible Hulk
2008 · dir. Louis Leterrier
🍅 68%★ 6.6science fiction · action · adventureHuluDisney+

Two things both keep coming back to: superhero and scientist

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Scientist Bruce Banner scours the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with a new, deadly foe.

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · dir. Kemp Powers
🍅 95%★ 8.5animation · action · adventureMaxDisney+

The hero-versus-life squeeze, drawn with dazzling invention

The difference: A cliffhanger by design — the story stops mid-swing

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

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Koi... Mil Gaya
2003 · dir. Rakesh Roshan
🍅 80%★ 7.2science fiction · action · adventure

An underdog transformed, with sweet romance woven through the powers

The difference: A Bollywood sci-fi fable — songs and broad sentiment

A developmentally disabled boy's life changes after he encounters an extraterrestrial being.

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🍅 79%★ 7.7adventure · action · science fictionDisney+

A friend's slide into darkness playing out as personal tragedy

The difference: Operatic galaxy-wide doom — no warmth, no ordinary life to return to

When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

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Superman Returns
2006 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 72%★ 6.1science fiction · action · adventureMax

A hero in love with someone whose life kept going without him

The difference: Slow and mournful — melancholy where Raimi has real forward drive

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · dir. Jon Watts
🍅 91%★ 7.3action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

One thread runs through both: a secret identity

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than Spider-Man 2 does

Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.

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The Wolverine
2013 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 70%★ 6.7action · science fiction · adventureDisney+

A hero exhausted by the job and tempted to put it down for good

The difference: Grim and solitary — no love story pulling him back to the world

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

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🍅 38%★ 5.6science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

Mid-2000s comic-book sincerity with a world-eating threat

The difference: Plastic and shallow — none of Raimi's ache or craft

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

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I Am Number Four
2011 · dir. D.J. Caruso
🍅 32%★ 6.1action · thriller · science fiction

Common ground: a secret identity

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Spider-Man 2 does

A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian, Henri, he is constantly moving from town to town. With each passing day, John gains a stronger grasp on his extraordinary new powers, and his bond to the beings that share his fantastic fate grows stronger.

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Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 80%★ 6.9action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.

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