Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie, 2021, Phase 4, Set in 2024
Spider-Man: No Way Home is #38 of 69 in release order and #39 of 69 in chronological order in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The story
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: No Way Home recap
After Mysterio reveals Peter Parker is Spider-Man, Peter is charged and then cleared, but his life collapses: he, MJ and Ned are rejected by MIT. Peter asks Doctor Strange to make the world forget his identity. Peter keeps changing the spell as Strange casts it, and it breaks, pulling in people from other universes who know Spider-Man is Peter Parker: Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, Electro, Sandman and the Lizard. Strange wants to send them home, where most will die, but Peter decides to cure them first. Norman Osborn's Goblin personality takes over, betrays them and kills Aunt May, who reminds Peter that with great power comes great responsibility. Ned and MJ accidentally bring two other Peter Parkers, the Spider-Men of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, into this world.
Spider-Man: No Way Home ending explained
At the Statue of Liberty, the three Spider-Men cure the villains, and the older Peter stops Peter from killing the Goblin. With the multiverse breaking through, Peter asks Strange to make everyone forget that Peter Parker exists. Strange casts the spell, the visitors return home, and MJ and Ned no longer know him. Peter lives alone in an apartment and sews a new suit.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. In the mid-credits scene, Eddie Brock is pulled back to his own universe from a bar in Mexico, leaving a small piece of the Venom symbiote behind. A post-credits teaser previews Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Where to watch Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home is streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, YouTube TV, and FXNow in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Hawkeye, before Moon Knight.
- Chronological order: after Eternals, before Hawkeye.
What to watch before Spider-Man: No Way Home
In release order, 28 Marvel Cinematic Universe essentials come before Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), from Iron Man (2008) to Hawkeye (2021).
Cast
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Zendaya as MJ
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange
- Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro
- Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
- Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock
- Benedict Wong as Wong
- Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson
- Marisa Tomei as May Parker
- Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Directed by Jon Watts.