- 2009: Returned to directing horror with "Drag Me to Hell
- 2007: Directed Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco in the third installment of "Spider-Man 3"
- 2004: Returned to direct the second installment of "Spider-Man 2"
- 2002: Helmed the feature version of the Marvel comic "Spider-Man," starring Tobey Maguire in the title role
- 2000: Directed the thriller "The Gift" with Cate Blanchett playing a psychic who becomes embroiled in a local murder
- 1999: Helmed the Kevin Costner baseball-themed, "For the Love of the Game"
- 1998: Returned to features as director of "A Simple Plan"
- 1995: Executive produced the direct-to-video sequels, "Darkman II: The Return of Durant" and "Darkman III: Die Darkman Die"
- 1995: Executive produced the cultish supernatural drama, "American Gothic"
- 1995: First film as a director for a script he did not write, the western "The Quick and the Dead"
- 1995: Executive produced the syndicated fantasy series, "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
- 1995: Executive produced the hugely successful syndicated spin-off series "Xena: Warrior Princess"
- 1994: Acted in first miniseries in Stephen King's "The Stand" (ABC)
- 1994: Executive produced the syndicated TV-movie "Hercules and the Amazon Women"
- 1994: Re-teamed with Van Damme to produce "Timecop"
- 1994: Created the short-lived FOX series, "M.A.N.T.I.S."
- 1993: Played the flunky of camp director Alan Arkin in Mike Binder's "Indian Summer"
- 1993: Executive produced the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle, "Hard Target"; also was the US debut of celebrated Hong Kong director John Woo
- 1993: TV acting debut, appeared in "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
- 1990: Directed first studio film, "Darkman"; also co-scripted with brother Ivan Raimi
- 1989: Served as an executive producer on the direct-to-video, "Easy Wheels"; also reportedly co-wrote screenplay under a pseudonym
- 1987: Feature producing debut, executive produced sequel "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" (also directed and co-scripted with Scott Spiegel)
- 1985: First film appearance in "Spies Like Us"
- 1979: Wrote and directed first feature, "The Evil Dead" (released in 1983)
- 1979: Co-founded Renaissance Motion Pictures with Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell
- 1978: Founded the Michigan State University Society for Creative Filmmaking
- Met future collaborators Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel and John Cameron in junior high school
- Co-wrote and directed the short film, "Within the Woods" with Tapert and Campbell
- Given 8mm movie camera by father as a child; made numerous amateur short films




