The web-spinning superhero has a mission to save New York from his nemesis, the Green Goblin, and to win the heart of Mary Jane, the girl next door.

Spider-Man (Neil Patrick Harris) battles a female thief named The Talon (Eve). Peter Parker learns the thief is really Cheyenne Tate (Eve), the girl Harry Osborn (Ian Ziering) has been dating.

Peter Parker (Neil Patrick Harris) videotapes Silver Sable (Virginia Madsen) attacking the city's mayor and a man named Tremaine. In a final battle, Spider-Man uncovers the truth behind the plot.

Peter Parker's (Neil Patrick Harris) friend and classmate, Max Dillon (Ethan Embry), joins a fraternity at the university. When a party prank goes wrong, Max turns into the dangerous villain Electro.

Spider-Man (Neil Patrick Harris) is hypnotized by the mental powers of the Gaines Twins. After Spidey is tricked into harming Indy (Angelle Brooks) he throws away his suit and contemplates his future.

After incorporating elements of comic book style and design into many of his films, director Sam Raimi helms this straight-ahead, big-budget comic book adaptation, which also marks acclaimed young actor Tobey Maguire's first dip into live-action blockbuster filmmaking. Spider-Man follows the template of the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko source material, with hero Peter Parker an orphaned, intellectual teen loner living in Queens with his aunt (Rosemary Harris) and uncle (Cliff Robertson), and dreaming of the girl next door, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). On a field trip to a Columbia University lab, Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider and overnight he gains superhuman strength, agility, and perception. At first, Peter uses his powers for material gain, winning a wrestling match with a purportedly lucrative prize. But when Peter apathetically fails to stop a burglar from robbing the wrestling arena, a tragedy follows that compels him to devote his powers to fighting crime -- as the superhero Spider-Man

Director Sam Raimi (For Love of the Game, the Evil Dead series, Darkman) brings us his version of the legendary Marvel Comics saga. Spider-Man was once a timid high-school student named Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) -- until he was bitten by a genetically-altered spider that gave him superhero powers, that is. Watch him fight to shield the world from the wicked Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe)! -

Director Sam Raimi (For Love of the Game, the Evil Dead series, Darkman) brings us his version of the legendary Marvel Comics saga. Spider-Man was once a timid high-school student named Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) -- until he was bitten by a genetically-altered spider that gave him superhero powers, that is. Watch him fight to shield the world from the wicked Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe)! -

Director Sam Raimi (For Love of the Game, the Evil Dead series, Darkman) brings us his version of the legendary Marvel Comics saga. Spider-Man was once a timid high-school student named Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) -- until he was bitten by a genetically-altered spider that gave him superhero powers, that is. Watch him fight to shield the world from the wicked Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe)! -