Films
MCU Spider-Man films in order
Watch the four Tom Holland solo films in release order. Each film directly inherits Peter's relationships, public identity, and consequences from the previous entry.
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Identity
The strongest identity stories make self-knowledge costly: a truth changes relationships, status, or survival.
Why this group matters
Following identity across different stories shows how the same concern can produce very different choices and endings.
What belongs here: Stories in which who a person is, claims to be, or is allowed to become drives the main conflict.
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Reading and watching order
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Films
Alien and Aliens order
Watch the first four Alien films in release order. They form Ripley's original screen sequence, with Alien Resurrection continuing through a clone two centuries later.
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28 Days Later films in order
Watch the four released films in release order. The cast changes, but each film builds on what Britain and the Rage Virus have become.
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Disguise used only as a short comic device
Related variations: split identity, public and private self, reinvention.