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Movies Like Spider-Man: No Way Home, With the Runtimes Checked
By Jordan A. · · Updated · 4 min read
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021, Jon Watts, 148 minutes) pulled off a trick most crossover films fumble. The nostalgia was not decoration. Bringing back two previous Spider-Men and five previous villains actually changed what the film was about, which was whether you can save someone who does not want saving.
That is the thing to match, so this list is sorted by which part you want more of: the multiverse mechanics, the emotional payoff of a long-running character finishing their story, or the pure crowd noise. Runtimes are included because these films range from under two hours to over three. Where each one streams changes, so the title page on BingeNext shows current US options.
If you want the multiverse done better
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, 117 minutes) is the best Spider-Man film and it does the multiverse thing with more invention and less machinery. It shares the central idea that other versions of you are proof the mask can fit anyone. The difference is that it is animated, which lets it be genuinely strange. Choose it if you want the concept executed at full strength.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023, 140 minutes) goes further and ends on a cliffhanger, which you should know before you start. It shares No Way Home's argument about whether the tragedy in a hero's origin is negotiable. The difference is that it is unfinished. Choose it if you can tolerate waiting.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniels, 139 minutes) is the multiverse film that actually earned its awards. Same structural toy, wildly different use: every alternate life is a rebuke to the one the main character settled for. The difference is that it is a family drama in a science fiction coat. Choose it if the emotional weight of the crossover was what got you.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022, Sam Raimi, 126 minutes) is the direct sequel to the events of No Way Home and the closest thing to a continuation. It shares characters and consequences. The difference is that Raimi turns it into a horror film, which surprised a lot of people in a theater expecting a Marvel comedy. Choose it if you want the plot thread; skip it if jump scares are not your thing.
If you want the goodbye
Logan (2017, James Mangold, 137 minutes) is Hugh Jackman finishing seventeen years of the same character, and it is the film every legacy sendoff since has tried to copy. It shares the sense of a performer and a role closing out together. The difference is that it is rated R, small, dusty and sad, with almost no spectacle. Choose it if the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield scenes were the reason you cried.
Deadpool and Wolverine (2024, Shawn Levy, 128 minutes) is the other side of the same coin: legacy characters used as a party rather than a eulogy. It shares the cameo economy almost exactly. The difference is that it is a comedy first and it assumes you have seen a great deal of Fox-era X-Men. Choose it if you want the crowd reaction and not the lump in the throat.
Avengers: Endgame (2019, the Russo brothers, 181 minutes) is the biggest version of this move, and at three hours it is the only genuinely long film on this list. It shares the payoff-for-loyalty structure. The difference is that it needs about twenty films of homework. Choose it if you have done that homework and want the maximum dose.
If you want the earlier films that made this possible
Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi, 127 minutes) is still the template. Alfred Molina's Doc Ock is the reason his return in No Way Home worked at all, and the film's argument about whether Peter gets to have a life is the one the newer films inherited. The difference is scale, since this is one city and one villain. Choose it if you want to understand what the crossover was quoting.
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014, Bryan Singer, 131 minutes) was the first big-budget attempt to weld two casts of the same characters together. It shares the timeline-repair plot and the two-generations-of-actors gimmick. The difference is that it is a time travel film rather than a multiverse one, which makes the rules tighter. Choose it if you like the mechanics.
Where to start
If you want the best film here with no qualifications, start with Into the Spider-Verse. If you want to feel the same thing you felt in the third act of No Way Home, start with Logan. If you want the loudest possible good time, Deadpool and Wolverine. And if you want the one that will make you think about your own life instead of Peter Parker's, it is Everything Everywhere All at Once.
On runtimes, since these films get remembered as longer than they are: No Way Home is 148 minutes and Everything Everywhere All at Once is 139. Only Endgame on this list clears three hours.
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Topics covered: superhero, blockbuster, action, adventure, multiverse, contemporary
About the author
Jordan A., Founder, BingeNext
Jordan A. is the founder of BingeNext and is responsible for every guide published on this site. He built the recommendation engine after one too many nights lost to the streaming menu. Dates, season counts and where-to-watch details in these guides are checked against official sources before publishing, and corrections are welcome at Jordan@Bingenext.com.