Ranking each Venom movie, from worst to best

Since bursting onto the scene in the 80s, Poison has become one of the most popular characters not only in Spider-Man’s rogues gallery, but in comics in general. Since then, Venom has had a healthy film career and we ranked each of his films from worst to best.

Every Venom Movie, Ranked

Venom is no stranger to appearances outside of comics. His roles as the main antagonist in games like the last spider man and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and his appearances on animated shows have made him extremely popular.

To clarify, when we talk about movies starring Venom, we are referring to two things. First, he has to be an important character in that movie. He can’t just make a cameo, as Eddie Brock briefly did in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Secondly, the film had to be released in theaters. He’s appeared in a few animated specials and direct-to-DVD movies, but those are footnotes. With that, we have clear criteria for what constitutes a Venom movie, so here’s our ranking of each from worst to best.

4) Spider-Man 3 (2007)

It may seem like a cheap thing to call spider man 3 a Venom movie since Venom only appears in the climax of the film, but the Symbiote first bonded with Spider-Man before Eddie Brock, which is what gave us the black Spider suit. Technically, that makes it a Venom movie. Semantic arguments aside, spider man 3 It sucks.

It’s not the complete disaster that some people may make it out to be, but if we look at it as a Venom movie, it’s a complete failure. The eternal punchline that is Emo Peter is a byproduct of the Symbiote’s bond with him and even when we have Venom as his own character, he is bonded to Topher Grace’s Brock (with ridiculously sharp teeth) and lands with the impact of a wet fart . . Fans were excited to see Venom finally make his big screen debut, but his appearance in spider man 3 It’s a colossal disappointment.

3) Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

The second installment of Poison The trilogy is not a great movie. You can say the same about all the Poison movies, but at least there’s something fun about watching a series focused on having a good time. that’s not Venom: Let there be slaughter although. The movie is a boring one as we follow Eddie and Venom as they take on Cletus Kasady and his symbiote, Carnage, and it doesn’t have the same spark that the first movie had.

It should be ridiculous to see Woody Harrelson wear a terrible wig and Venom and Eddie act like they’re in a romantic comedy, but it just doesn’t work. Even if you look at the movie as a superhero action movie, there is only one mediocre action scene at the end of the movie. You could definitely say that this entry had “middle child syndrome,” making it less interesting than the first film and less great than the finale.

2) Venom: The Last Dance (2024)

Speaking of a great ending, Venom: The Last Dance It should be better than it is. It’s a pretty good movie that does everything you expect from a Poison movie, but fails to stick the landing. Tom Hardy continues to have fun playing Eddie Brock and Venom, with Venom probably being the most balanced between violent antihero and comedic sidekick he’s ever been. The fight scenes are solid as we watch several Symbiotes battle a horde of alien creatures, but then you start to realize the film’s numerous problems.

Knull is teased as an antagonist, but he doesn’t really do anything, and the ending disappoints in almost every way. Like other films in the series, it seems to end before it has a chance to really begin, but seeing how Venom: The Last Dance You set up so much and do so little with it, it makes me wonder why this is where things end. Venom deserves a fourth movie, if only to achieve a proper resolution.

1) Venom (2018)

Sometimes we want a high-quality movie experience and other times we want junk food. Poison It’s pure junk food in the best way possible. Watching Tom Hardy look like a bundle of sweat and nerves while Venom says and does outrageously violent and silly things is a pleasure in the purest sense of the word. No, most of the actual plot of the film isn’t that memorable, or even that good, but Hardy’s performance really brings the Lethal Protector to life. It’s a solid combination of black comedy and action that few films manage to do well, making the first installment of the Poison trilogy the best. Sometimes you just want to hear a giant CGI monster call someone shit in the wind.