Direction: Sam Raimi

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Sam Raimi. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi · Ivan Raimi · Tom Spezialy · Tony Tilse

Cast Bruce Campbell · Ray Santiago · Dana DeLorenzo · Lucy Lawless

Plot TV Series (2015-2018). 3 Seasons. 30 Episodes. Ash has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to...

7.3

4K votes

7.3

4K votes

A Simple Plan

1998 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Bill Paxton · Billy Bob Thornton · Bridget Fonda · Brent Briscoe

Plot Two brothers, one a mild-mannered hardware store manager, the other an unemployed slob and a friend stumble onto $4.4 million cash in stolen money. The new-found booty leads Hank, the...

7.0

8K votes

7.0

8K votes

Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3)

1992 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Bruce Campbell · Embeth Davidtz · Marcus Gilbert · Ian Abercrombie

Plot In the third film of "The Evil Dead" series, our gun-totting, chainsaw-handed hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell), has been transported to England in the 13th century where he has been prophesized...

6.8

21K votes

6.8

21K votes

Evil Dead II

1987 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Bruce Campbell · Sarah Berry · Dan Hicks · Kassie Wesley DePaiva

Plot The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

6.8

14K votes

6.8

14K votes

The Evil Dead

1981 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Bruce Campbell · Ellen Sandweiss · Betsy Baker · Richard DeManincor

Plot Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

6.6

21K votes

6.6

21K votes

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch · Elizabeth Olsen · Xochitl Gomez · Chiwetel Ejiofor

Plot Dr. Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens the doorway to the multiverse, including alternate versions of himself, whose threat to humanity is too great for the combined forces...

6.4

21K votes

6.4

21K votes

Spider-Man (Spiderman)

2002 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Tobey Maguire · Kirsten Dunst · Willem Dafoe · James Franco

Plot Average teenager Peter Parker is transformed into an extraordinary super hero after he is accidentally bitten by a genetically modified spider. When his beloved uncle is savagely murdered during a...

6.4

92K votes

6.4

92K votes

Spider-Man 2

2004 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Tobey Maguire · Kirsten Dunst · Alfred Molina · Rosemary Harris

Plot In Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire returns as the mild-mannered Peter Parker, who is juggling the delicate balance of his dual life as a college student and a superhuman crime fighter....

6.2

90K votes

6.2

90K votes

Legend of the Seeker (TV Series)

2008 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi · Mark Beesley · Garth Maxwell · Michael Hurst

Cast Craig Horner · Bridget Regan · Bruce Spence · Craig Parker

Plot After the mysterious murder of his father, a son's search for answers begins a momentous fight against tyranny.

6.0

1K votes

6.0

1K votes

Darkman

1990 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Liam Neeson · Frances McDormand · Colin Friels · Larry Drake

Plot Scientist Peyton Westlake is working on a project to create synthetic skin. Now the skin he has developed has a flaw--it will not remain stable for more than 99 minutes....

5.8

9K votes

5.8

9K votes

The Gift

2000 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Cate Blanchett · Giovanni Ribisi · Keanu Reeves · Katie Holmes

Plot In the bayous near Savannah lives Annie, a widow with three young sons and a gift: she's clairvoyant, supporting her family by reading cards. Not long after she's menaced by...

5.7

13K votes

5.7

13K votes

Drag Me To Hell

2009 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Alison Lohman · Justin Long · Lorna Raver · Dileep Rao

Plot Christine Brown is an ambitious L.A. loan officer. Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should...

5.7

22K votes

5.7

22K votes

50 States of Fright (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 10 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi · Scott Beck · Lee Cronin · Brian Netto

Cast Taissa Farmiga · Lulu Wilson · Ron Livingston · Christopher Heyerdahl

Plot TV Series (2020). 2 Seasons. 24 Episodes.

5.5

89 votes

5.5

89 votes

Rake (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Peter Duncan · Peter Tolan · Jon Avnet · Paul A. Edwards

Cast Greg Kinnear · Necar Zadegan · Tara Summers · Omar Dorsey

Plot TV Series (2014). 13 Episodes. Based on the Australian series of the same name, the legal drama centers around Keegan Joye, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer.

5.5

171 votes

5.5

171 votes

Spider-Man 3 (Spiderman 3)

2007 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Tobey Maguire · Kirsten Dunst · James Franco · Thomas Haden Church

Plot Peter Parker has finally found the balance he's longed for between his love for Mary Jane Watson and his responsibilities as Spider-Man. The city of New York and it's citizens...

5.4

72K votes

5.4

72K votes

Oz: The Great and Powerful

2013 · Movie · 127 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast James Franco · Mila Kunis · Rachel Weisz · Michelle Williams

Plot Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he's hit the...

5.3

21K votes

5.3

21K votes

Within the Woods

1978 · Movie · 32 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Bruce Campbell · Ellen Sandweiss · Scott Spiegel · Mary Valenti

Plot A group of friends spend a weekend at a remote cabin, and one of them accidentally desecrates an Indian burial ground. This causes him to turn into a zombie, and...

5.2

408 votes

5.2

408 votes

For Love of the Game

1999 · Movie · 137 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Kevin Costner · Kelly Preston · John C. Reilly · Jena Malone

Plot Baseball great Billy Chapel, 40, wants nothing more than to reconnect with his one-time lover, Jane Aubrey. On the morning he's to pitch the last game of the season, she...

5.1

3K votes

5.1

3K votes

The Black Ghiandola (S)

2017 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction Catherine Hardwicke · Theodore Melfi · Sam Raimi

Cast Johnny Depp · Laura Dern · J.K. Simmons · David Lynch

Plot The Black Ghiandola is a story about a young man risking his life to save a young girl he has grown to love, after his family has been killed in...

5.1

36 votes

5.1

36 votes

Crimewave

1985 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Sam Raimi

Cast Louise Lasser · Paul Smith · Brion James · Sheree J. Wilson

Plot A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who...

5.0

782 votes

5.0

782 votes