Every ‘Spider-Man’ Movie, In Order & By Era

Just a kid from Queens by day, radioactive-spider-bitten superhero by night, Peter Parker, as the iconic Spider-Man, has been one of Marvel Comics’ most beloved characters since the late Stan Lee dreamed him up for over 60 years. The webslinger made his leap to the big screen in the early 2000s, and the films made such an immediate, undeniable impact that they’ve since spun up an entire cinematic universe.

Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland have each gotten their run at the Spider-Man franchise in theaters over the years, each with unique origin stories and run-ins with iconic villains to set them apart. The latest entry in the franchise also pulled off what few superhero movies have been able to do successfully: Tie them all together in an epic crossover.

To appreciate how each film captured audiences and left their own unique imprint, it’s best to watch them in order of when they were released. Here’s your guide to the full Spider-Man cinematic universe.

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How to Watch the ‘Spider-Man’ Movies in Order & by Era

Here’s an era-by-era breakdown of the Spider-Man films.

Tobey Maguire Era (2002-2007)

• Spider-Man (2002)​
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)​
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Andrew Garfield Era (2012-2014)

• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)​
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Tom Holland Era (2017-Present)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)​
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)​
• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Spider-Verse Era (2018-Present)

• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)

Let’s dive into each era in more detail.

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Tobey Maguire Era ‘Spider-Man’ Movies

‘Spider-Man’ (2002)​

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Peter Parker, an awkward high‑school student, is bitten by a spider on a school field trip. It kind of hurts and gets a little swollen, but Peter doesn’t worry too much about it. He feels a little sleepy though, so he calls it an early night.

Then he wakes up with some really weird, spider-themed superpowers. In the rush of climbing buildings, swinging through the city streets and getting back at bullies, Peter loses his uncle due to his own selfishness.

He takes his uncle’s final words to heart, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Peter thus becomes Spider-Man, just in time to save New York City from being terrorized by the notorious and sadistic Green Goblin.

‘Spider-Man 2’ (2004)​

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina.

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Now in college, Peter struggles to balance his life as a superhero with his studies, his job and his strained relationships, leading him to abandon the Spider-Man mantle.

Meanwhile, brilliant nuclear scientist Otto Octavius’s fusion experiment goes catastrophically wrong, fusing mechanical arms to his body and turning him into Doctor Octopus. Peter now has no choice but to follow his sense of duty and take on this new threat, all while trying to mend his relationships along the way.

‘Spider-Man 3’ (2007)

Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Peter enjoys newfound public acclaim as Spider-Man while planning a future with Mary Jane, but his unresolved tensions with Harry Osborn begin to poison his relationships.

When a mysterious black symbiote latches onto him, provides him with some dark new digs and amplifies his worst impulses, Peter becomes increasingly cruel and vengeful, especially toward Flint Marko (Sandman), who is tied to his uncle’s death and rival news photographer Eddie Brock (wh becomes the equally iconic Venom). Peter must reject the corrupting organism’s influence, seek forgiveness and team with a broken Harry to confront Venom and Sandman.

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Andrew Garfield Era ‘Spider-Man’ Movies

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012)​

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans

Directed by: Marc Webb

This reboot follows a 2010s Peter Parker who lives with Aunt May and Uncle Ben while quietly resenting the mystery of his parents’ disappearance.

After sneaking into Oscorp and being bitten by an experimental spider, Peter develops powers and starts hunting criminals, crossing paths with Dr. Curt Connors, whose attempt to regenerate his missing arm transforms him into the monstrous Lizard. Peter becomes Spider-Man and seeks answers to family secrets that still haunt him.

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (2014)

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan

Directed by: Marc Webb

Back for another adventure, Peter Parker tries to maintain his relationship with love interest Gwen Stacey while honoring a promise to her late father to stay away from her for her own safety.

As he investigates Oscorp and his parents’ secrets, he encounters Max Dillon, a lonely electrical engineer. In a freak accident, Max becomes the unstable Electro. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Harry Osborn, is his desperation to cure a deadly genetic illness, becomes Green Goblin. It’s the most daunting challenge for him yet and his loved ones and the world are at stake.

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Tom Holland Era ‘Spider-Man’ Movies

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ (2017)​

Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Robert Downey Jr.

Directed by: Jon Watts

The Tom Holland era is wrapped up in Marvel Studios’ larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, with his actual debut in character coming in Captain America: Civil War.

After the events of Civil War, Peter returns to high school with a Stark‑designed suit, itching to take on a bigger role in the Avengers and constantly trying to prove he is more than a “friendly neighborhood” superhero.

Ignoring Tony Stark/Ironman’s warnings, he pursues Adrian Toomes (the Vulture), a black‑market arms dealer using salvaged alien tech. His brashness jeopardizes his friendships and puts innocent lives at risk, and, like every Spider-Man before him, Peter ultimately realizes that being Spider-Man is about responsibility, not recognition.

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ (2019)

Starring: ​Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Samuel L. Jackson

Directed by: Jon Watts

Still mourning the death of Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame, Peter joins his classmates on a European school trip, hoping for a normal vacation and a chance to confess his feelings to MJ.

But Nick Fury and the mysterious Quentin Beck recruit him to fight elemental monsters. Peter eventually discovers Beck’s is a disgruntled former Stark employee secretly wreaking havoc on the world as Mysterio. Now without his mentor, Peter must take on the mantle of a true superhero.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (2021)

Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield

Directed by: Jon Watts

After Peter’s secret identity is exposed to the world and his friends’ lives are ruined by the public backlash, he turns to Doctor Strange to cast a spell that will make people forget he is Spider-Man.

Instead, the spell goes horribly wrong and pulls in villains and alternate Spider-Men from other universes, including Andrew Garfield’s and Tobey Maguire’s versions of the character and the villains from those films, reprised by their original actors. The combined Spideys have to race to put things back the way they were.

For day-one fans of the franchise, it was a storytelling feat that stuck the landing.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ (2026)

Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Krondon, Jon Bernthal, Sadie Sink, Michael Mando

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the upcoming fourth standalone Spider-Man film in the MCU. After the events of No Way Home, Spidey has been forgotten by the world and is able to dedicate himself to fighting crime full time — but his isolation has begun to exact a price on his personality and nature. This film is expected to see Jon Bernthal reprise his role as The Punisher and introduce iconic Spider-Man adversaries including Tombstone and the Scorpion.

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Spider-Verse Era ‘Spider-Man’ Movies

The Spider-Verse era brings a stunning comic book style animation to give fans, and especially kids, a new Spider universe to enjoy.

‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ (2018)

Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Liev Schreiber, Nicolas Cage

Directed by: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman

Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales struggles to fit into an elite boarding school while also meeting his police officer father’s expectations. He wants to be like Spider-Man, a hero his father bristles at. Miles prefers to hang with his laid‑back Uncle Aaron who understands him more.

After Miles is bitten by a strange spider in an abandoned subway tunnel, he develops new powers just as he witnesses Spider-Man die trying to stop Kingpin’s massive particle collider. The experiment tears holes between dimensions and leaves Miles’ world without a Spider-Man.

With his newfound powers, Miles tries to take up the mantle, only to be overwhelmed when multiple alternate Spider-People are pulled into his universe. As Kingpin threatens to destroy the city and the multiverse, Miles must learn to control his powers to save his world.

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ (2023)

Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jason Schwartzman

Directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

A year after the first film, Miles has grown into his role as Brooklyn’s Spider-Man. But he still struggles to balance school, family obligations and his secret identity, which leaves his parents worried about his increasing distance.

Gwen Stacy, now operating in her own universe and dealing with her strained relationship with her father, is recruited into a more formal Spider‑Society: an interdimensional network of Spider‑People.

When a seemingly goofy villain called the Spot evolves into a dimension‑hopping existential threat, Gwen reconnects with Miles, pulling him into the Spider‑Society and a whirlwind tour of the Spider‑Verse.

‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ (2027)

Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Schwartzman, Nicholas Cage, Daniel Kaluuya, Karan Soni

Spider-Man will return in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. The story will begin immediately after the events of Across the Spider-Verse with Miles on the run in an alternate universe while trying to save his family.

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Other Films in the ‘Spider-Man’ Universe

Obviously, the main films featuring the webslinger himself are the most well-known of the Spider-Man franchise, but there’s tons of other excellent Spider-Man adjacent content out there, too, whether Peter Parker himself appears in them or not. Here’s a look at some of the other films that fall under the Spider-Man umbrella.

Sony Pictures/Columbia ‘Spider-Man’ Related Films

Sony and Columbia Pictures were the driving force behind most superhero movies until the MCU showed up on the block, and they were behind the Raimi/MacGuire trilogy. Since then, however, they’ve also spun off multiple Spider-Man related films:

‘Venom’ (2018), ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ (2021) & ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ (2024): Venom, the jet-black alien symbiote, is one of Marvel’s most recognizable and iconic anti-heroes, so naturally he’s starred in his own set of films, where he has been portrayed by Tom Hardy. The Venom series now spans three films, with Woody Harrelson playing the equally iconic and even more sadistic Carnage in the second.

‘Madame Web” (2024): Madame Web follows Cassandra Webb after she gains the ability to see the future after a near-death experience. She sets out to change future events by protecting three young girls, each of whom is destined to become a Spider-hero in their own right, from a villain who wants to kill them to prevent his own future demise. Spidey isn’t in this one as a superhero — he appears as an infant instead!

‘Kraven the Hunter’ (2024): Kraven the Hunter is one of Spider-Man’s most relentless and enduring nemeses in the comics. This film provides an origin story for the iconic hunter but does not include any appearances by Spider-Man himself.

Marvel Cinematic Universe ‘Spider-Man’ Related Films

‘Captain America: Civil War’ (2016): Captain America: Civil War marked the first time we saw Tom Holland in the role of Spider-Man, when he is convinced by his soon-to-be mentor Tony Stark/Ironman to join his side of an inter-Avengers rift between himself and Steve Rogers/Captain America.

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (2018): Tom Holland returns to the Avengers’ supergroup stage in the third Avengers film, Infinity War. Spidey jumps right off the school bus and onto a spacecraft alongside Ironman and Doctor Strange when Thanos attacks New York City to steal an Infinity Stone. He fights alongside the pair and other heroes as they try to stop Thanos, nearly succeeding in ripping the powerful Infinity Gauntlet off his arm until he is erased from existence when the Avengers lose.

‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019): Spider-Man doesn’t get as much screentime in the second immediate follow up to Infinity War, only reappearing at the very end to join the penultimate battle with Thanos when the Avengers successfully reverse The Snap. Despite his brief appearance, his character provided us with one of the most emotional moments in MCU history as he says his teary-eyed goodbye to a dying Tony Stark.

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