Venom Movies in Order
Tom Hardy made three Venom movies between 2018 and 2024. They are Sony films, not MCU films, but they brush up against the MCU twice.
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- 1VenomNot MCU2018
- 2Venom: Let There Be CarnageNot MCU2021
- 3Venom: The Last DanceNot MCU2024
Sony built its own Spider-Man spin-off universe around Spider-Man’s villains, without Spider-Man. Venom (2018) was the hit that started it: Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock and his symbiote bickering like an old married couple. The two sequels lean even further into that odd-couple comedy.
The connection to the MCU is brief and happens in post-credit scenes, so keep watching through the credits of Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Venom: The Last Dance (2024) wraps up Hardy’s trilogy.
The other films in Sony’s universe (Morbius, Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter) were poorly received, and the series wound down after Kraven.
Venom movies in release order
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
Woody Harrelson’s Carnage. Watch the mid-credit scene.
Stream:Disney+, Starz
The rest of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe
- Morbius (2022): Jared Leto as the living vampire.
- Madame Web (2024): Dakota Johnson as a clairvoyant paramedic.
- Kraven the Hunter (2024): Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kraven. The last SSU release.
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): MCU film with a mid-credit scene Venom fans should catch.
The best order to watch the Venom movies
Venom → Let There Be Carnage → (No Way Home, for the crossover scene) → The Last Dance. The other Sony films are optional.
The mid-credit scene of Let There Be Carnage pulls Eddie into the MCU’s world, and No Way Home’s mid-credit scene, where he’s in a bar, sends him back to his own universe.Spoiler Spoilers for Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home: tap to reveal
Because these are Sony films, they don’t live on Disney+ the way MCU films do. Newer Sony releases go to Netflix first, and older ones rotate through other services, such as Starz, on time-limited licenses.
Venom movies FAQ
How many Venom movies are there?
Three: Venom (2018), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and Venom: The Last Dance (2024).
Is Venom part of the MCU?
No. The Venom films belong to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, though they brush against the MCU in a couple of post-credit scenes.
Is Venom in Spider-Man: No Way Home?
Only briefly, in a post-credit moment. Watch the Let There Be Carnage mid-credit scene first, then stay through No Way Home’s credits.