The live-action Spider-Man franchise consists of three different iterations and eight mainline movies with various spin-offs; here is the definitive order in which to watch them both by order of release date and chronology. While there have been several Spider-Man adaptations before 2000, the mainstream popularity of live-action Spider-Man began in the 21st century. Alongside other franchises like 20th Century Fox's X-Men series and Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, the character of Spider-Men helped spearhead the emergence of superhero movies in modern pop culture.