Sam Raimi

Born 1959 · American filmmaker

Samuel M. Raimi is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1993) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The Quick and the Dead (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), The Gift (2000), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Send Help (2026).

Sam Raimi, in order

1973 Female Vampire: produced · directed by Jesús Franco
1977 It's Murder! (short film): directed, wrote, produced, acted
1978 Attack of the Helping Hand (short film): acted · directed by Scott Spiegel
1978 Clockwork (short film): directed, produced
1978 Within the Woods (short film): directed, wrote, produced
1981 The Evil Dead: directed, wrote, acted
1982 Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter (short film): acted · directed by Josh Becker
1985 Crimewave: directed, wrote
1985 Spies Like Us: acted · directed by John Landis
1987 Evil Dead II: directed, wrote, acted
1987 Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except: acted · directed by Josh Becker
1988 Maniac Cop: acted · directed by William Lustig
1989 Easy Wheels: wrote · directed by David O'Malley
1989 The Dead Next Door: produced · directed by J.R. Bookwalter
1990 Darkman: directed, wrote · critics 80%, audiences 60% · streaming on Philo
1990 Maniac Cop 2: acted · directed by William Lustig
1990 Miller's Crossing: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
1991 Lunatics: A Love Story: produced · directed by Josh Becker
1992 Army of Darkness: directed, wrote, acted
1992 Innocent Blood: acted · directed by John Landis
1992 The Nutt House: wrote · directed by Adam Rifkin and Scott Spiegel
1993 Body Bags (TV movie): acted · directed by John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper
1993 Freaked: acted · directed by Alex Winter and Tom Stern
1993 Hard Target: produced · directed by John Woo · critics 62%, audiences 50%
1993 Indian Summer: acted · directed by Mike Binder
1994 Hercules and the Amazon Women (TV movie): produced · directed by Bill L. Norton
1994 Hercules and the Circle of Fire (TV movie): produced · directed by Doug Lefler
1994 Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (TV movie): produced · directed by Harley Cokeliss
1994 Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (TV movie): produced · directed by Josh Becker
1994 Hercules in the Underworld (TV movie): produced · directed by Bill L. Norton
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. (TV series): created
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S.: wrote, acted · directed by Eric Laneuville
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy: wrote, acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 61%, audiences 79% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Tubi
1994 Timecop: produced · directed by Peter Hyams · critics 45%, audiences 39% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
1995 Galaxis: acted · directed by William Mesa
1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV series): produced · directed by Mark Beesley
1995 The Quick and the Dead: directed · critics 62%, audiences 54% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Fandango at Home (free)
1995 Xena: Warrior Princess (TV series): produced · directed by Mark Beesley
1997 Spy Game (TV series): created · directed by Doug Lefler
1998 A Simple Plan: directed · critics 91%, audiences 81% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
1998 Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus: produced · directed by Lynne Naylor
1999 For Love of the Game: directed
2000 Cleopatra 2525 (TV series): created
2000 The Gift: directed
2002 Spider-Man: directed · critics 90%, audiences 67% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
2002 Spider-Man in film (TV series): directed, wrote, acted
2004 Spider-Man 2: directed · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
2004 The Grudge: produced · directed by Takashi Shimizu
2005 Boogeyman: produced · directed by Stephen Kay
2006 The Grudge 2: produced · directed by Takashi Shimizu
2007 30 Days of Night: produced · directed by David Slade
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter: produced · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
2007 Spider-Man 2.1: directed
2007 Spider-Man 3: directed, wrote · critics 62%, audiences 51% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
2007 The Messengers: produced · directed by Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun
2008 Boogeyman 2: produced · directed by Jeff Betancourt
2008 Legend of the Seeker (TV series): created, produced · directed by Mark Beesley and Michael Hurst
2009 Armored: produced · directed by Nimród Antal
2009 Boogeyman 3: produced · directed by Gary Jones
2009 Drag Me to Hell: directed, wrote, produced, acted · critics 92%, audiences 62% · streaming on Paramount+, Starz
2009 The Grudge 3: produced · directed by Toby Wilkins
2010 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: produced · directed by Ben Ketai
2010 Spartacus (TV series): produced · directed by Mark Beesley
2011 Priest: produced · directed by Scott Stewart
2012 The Possession: produced · directed by Ole Bornedal
2013 3 Geezers!: acted · directed by Michelle Schumacher
2013 Evil Dead: produced · directed by Fede Álvarez
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful: directed
2014 Murder of a Cat: produced · directed by Gillian Greene
2015 Ash vs Evil Dead (TV series): directed, wrote
2015 Evil Dead (TV series): created · directed by Sam Raimi
2015 Poltergeist: produced · directed by Gil Kenan
2016 Don't Breathe: produced · directed by Fede Álvarez · critics 88%, audiences 79% · streaming on Hulu
2016 The Jungle Book: acted · directed by Jacobo Calderón and Jon Favreau · critics 94%, audiences 86% · streaming on Disney+
2017 The Black Ghiandola: directed
2019 Crawl: produced · directed by Alexandre Aja
2020 50 States of Fright (TV series): created
2020 The Grudge: produced · directed by Nicolas Pesce
2021 Nightbooks: produced · directed by David Yarovesky
2021 The Unholy: produced · directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: directed · critics 73%, audiences 85% · streaming on Disney+
2022 Umma: produced
2023 65: produced · directed by Bryan Woods and Scott Beck
2023 Boy Kills World: produced · directed by Moritz Mohr
2024 Don't Move: produced · directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto
2025 Locked: produced · directed by David Yarovesky
2026 Evil Dead Burn: produced · directed by Sébastien Vaniček
2026 Send Help: directed
2027 Crawl 2: produced · directed by Alexandre Aja
Be My Eyes: produced · directed by Lars Klevberg
The Kingkiller Chronicle: directed