Marvel Movies & Series To Watch Before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

You might be new to the Spidey scene and hoping to binge-watch a whole series of the Spider-Verse before seeing Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Well, this article contains a list of relevant Marvel movies and series you should watch before seeing the Spider-Man films before Spider-Verse 2.

And if you’re familiar with the films, a good rewatch would do you some good for a recap on the Spider-Verse sequel.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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What could be the perfect place to start other than the film that started the Spider-Verse franchise? Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is where we first meet Miles Morales, after all.

All Spider-Men start somewhere and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse follows Miles adjusting to getting transferred to high school, and how he gained his super Spidey abilities in the first place.

Miles gained his powers after getting bit by a Spider and his life has never been the same since.

Sony's Spider-Man Trilogy (2002-2007)

Starring the original Spider-Man we grew up watching, Tobey Maguire is the first Peter Parker we see come to life as he starts off his story being the typical high school nerd before he eventually gets bitten by a radioactive spider that helped him gain extraordinary superpowers.

We follow Parker as he ventures off from using his Spider-Man abilities for money to help his family and eventually learn the weight of his destiny, as his Uncle Ben said, “With great power comes great responsibility.”

This Spider-Man is what started it all as we see Maguire’s Peter Parker fight against the Green Goblin, Doc Ock, the Sandman, and even their own version of Venom.

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Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man Duology (2012-2014)

This Spider-Man version is depicted by Andrew Garfield, whose story is no different from Tobey Maguire’s except from a few modern altercations such as Peter Parker using his phone when he would wait for the villains to fight him and an even more tragic ending of losing his Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone).

This duology is important to include on the list given that the villains, Lizard and Electro, still end up showing in the future Spider-Man film that introduced the concept of the Multiverse.

Not to mention, you might want to know why Andrew Garfield got a special cameo in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, as well.

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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Considering that the two Sony Spider-Men were yet to be included under the MCU roster, the MCU’s official Spider-Man is Tom Holland as he first made his debut in Captain America: Civil War in 2016.

Though he only had a few minutes of screentime given he was backing up Iron Man in a battle against Captain America’s team, we get to see Holland’s Peter Parker in action, which includes a closer depiction of how high school Spider-Man should look and act like.

In this case, Holland’s Spider-Man likes to talk a lot, he’s still an awkward nerd, but this is the MCU version where he uses pop culture references (movies and series he’s watched) to help the team succeed.

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

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Tom Holland’s official first MCU film expounded on his story as 15-year-old Peter Parker who’s been waiting for Tony Stark’s call to recruit him on another dangerous mission with the Avengers.

As a teenage super, he’s also a big fanatic of the Avengers and we even get to see more of his behind-the-scenes sequences before he fights Captain America face-to-face.

In this film, his main villain is the Vulture, who happens to be the father of his high school crush, Liz Allan.

We also get our first look at the MCU’s very own Aaron Davis aka the Prowler, though we have yet to see him in action in the MCU.

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

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The MCU Spider-Man’s first major mission which ended up with him following Tony Stark into space as they try to hunt down Thanos before he gathers all the Infinity Stones that could grant him the power to destroy half of the universe with the snap of his fingers.

We get to see more of Spider-Man in action in Avengers: Infinity War as he’s been declared an official part of the Avengers.

The film shows how he cooperates while interacting with more MCU superheroes such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and more.

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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The aftermath of Avengers: Infinity War sinks in with everybody and as Avengers: Endgame officially unveiled time traveling, this opened up to many possibilities within the MCU, including the Multiverse.

Though Spider-Man was not shown as much in the film, Endgame builds up how Peter Parker’s experience with the Avengers builds up his second film, which is Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

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With Tony Stark no longer by his side, Peter Parker is on his own on how to grieve the death of his longtime hero.

Not to mention, Tony left his most valuable possession with Peter, the E.D.I.T.H. glasses (Even Dead I’m The Hero) where Peter has access to Stark Industries’ technology and gadgetry.

Parker fights Mysterio this time, the villain who was seemingly becoming his friend but ended up turning against him. Unfortunately, despite Spider-Man defeating him in the end, his superhero identity gets exposed.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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Peter Parker deals with the consequences of having his identity revealed, and given that it has also affected his friends’ lives, he sought Doctor Strange for help. Doctor Strange helps the boy by conjuring up a spell that could make the world forget about Spider-Man’s existence.

But as Peter tampered with the spell, this instead opened up a multiverse hole that sent every known Spider-Man villain to his universe.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse where we’ll be seeing Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy travel through different universes once again as they face a new threat disrupting their world.

You can watch the official trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse below:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now showing in cinemas!