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What is the best Tobey Maguire movie?

By YPB Team

From web-slinging blockbusters to quiet indie dramas and awards-season heavyweights, his range stretches far beyond the mask. Which performance tops your list?

  1. Spider-Man 2 — ranked #11
    Spider-Man 2
    The 2004 superhero sequel widely hailed as one of the greatest comic-book films, with Maguire's most acclaimed turn as Peter Parker.
    1000pts
  2. Spider-Man: No Way Home — ranked #22
    Spider-Man: No Way Home
    The 2021 multiverse event where Maguire reprised his Peter Parker alongside two other Spider-Men.
    718pts
  3. Brothers — ranked #33
    Brothers
    The 2009 war drama that earned Maguire a Golden Globe nomination for a haunted returning soldier.
    692pts
  4. Pawn Sacrifice — ranked #44
    Pawn Sacrifice
    The 2014 biopic with Maguire as chess legend Bobby Fischer at the 1972 World Championship.
    621pts
  5. Ride with the Devil — ranked #55
    Ride with the Devil
    Ang Lee's 1999 Civil War drama with Maguire as a young Confederate bushwhacker.
    621pts
  6. Seabiscuit — ranked #66
    Seabiscuit
    The 2003 Depression-era horse-racing drama in which Maguire plays jockey Red Pollard.
    538pts
  7. The Ice Storm — ranked #77
    The Ice Storm
    Ang Lee's acclaimed 1997 suburban drama that first drew Hollywood's attention to Maguire.
    538pts
  8. Pleasantville — ranked #88
    Pleasantville
    The 1998 fantasy in which two teens are transported into a black-and-white sitcom world.
    440pts
  9. Wonder Boys — ranked #99
    Wonder Boys
    Curtis Hanson's 2000 dramedy where Maguire plays a gifted, troubled writing student.
    440pts
  10. The Great Gatsby — ranked #1010
    The Great Gatsby
    Baz Luhrmann's lavish 2013 adaptation with Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway.
    323pts
  11. The Cider House Rules — ranked #1111
    The Cider House Rules
    The 1999 coming-of-age drama, an ensemble Oscar winner, with Maguire as orphan Homer Wells.
    323pts
  12. Spider-Man — ranked #1212
    Spider-Man
    Sam Raimi's genre-defining 2002 blockbuster that made Maguire an icon as the web-slinger.
    0pts
  13. Babylon — ranked #1313
    Babylon
    Damien Chazelle's 2022 epic of early Hollywood excess featuring Maguire in a chilling supporting role.
    0pts

Comments 1

Box Office Mojo records a $114,844,116 opening weekend in 2002 against a $139 million budget, and it bought Sony three films: https://youpick.best/articles/spider-man-ranked-many-ways

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Aug 21