The Best Sam Raimi Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Sam Raimi movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Sam Raimi based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 15 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Sam Raimi In Order of Popularity

  1. Evil Dead II
  2. A Simple Plan
  3. Spider-Man 2
  4. The Evil Dead
  5. Army of Darkness
  6. Spider-Man
  7. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  8. The Gift
  9. Drag Me to Hell
  10. For Love of the Game
  11. The Quick and the Dead
  12. Darkman
  13. Spider-Man 3
  14. Oz the Great and Powerful
  15. Crimewave

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1. Evil Dead II

Rated: R

7.7/10

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

2. A Simple Plan

Rated: R

7.5/10

Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.

3. Spider-Man 2

Rated: PG-13

7.5/10

Tormented Peter Parker battles a sinister scientist, who uses mechanical tentacles for destructive purposes.

4. The Evil Dead

Rated: NC-17

7.4/10

When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.

5. Army of Darkness

Rated: R

7.4/10

Ash is transported back to medieval days, where he is captured by the dreaded Lord Arthur. Aided by the deadly chainsaw that has become his only friend, Ash is sent on a perilous mission to recover the Book of the Dead, a powerful tome that gives its owner the power to summon an army of ghouls.

6. Spider-Man

Rated: PG-13

7.4/10

A shy student becomes a crime fighter after a bite from a mutant spider, during a school outing, gives him extraordinary powers.

7. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Rated: M

6.9/10

Join visionary director Sam Raimi and the cast of the film as they recount their experiences bringing Marvel’s darkest story to life. From world-building to universe-building, hear first hand accounts from the cast and crew on what it took to design, create and make each universe unique and believable.

8. The Gift

Rated: MA15+

6.7/10

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

9. Drag Me to Hell

Rated: PG-13

6.6/10

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

10. For Love of the Game

Rated: PG-13

6.6/10

A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

11. The Quick and the Dead

Rated: R

6.5/10

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

12. Darkman

Rated: R

6.4/10

Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

13. Spider-Man 3

Rated: PG-13

6.3/10

Peter Parker undergoes an ominous transformation when his Spider-Man suit turns black and brings out the dark, vengeful side of his personality.

14. Oz the Great and Powerful

Rated: PG

6.3/10

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

15. Crimewave

Rated: PG-13

5.6/10

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.