Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming has built a real following in Australia on Netflix and Disney Plus, and in the US on Netflix and Disney Plus among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Watch it for Tom Holland — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. Available now on Netflix — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Spider-Man: Homecoming arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Spider-Man: Homecoming treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges. The human element stays intact thanks to Tom Holland and Michael Keaton, who anchor every scene. It was released in 2017. Spider-Man: Homecoming resists the temptation to explain everything, trusting the audience to sit with ambiguity. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Sci-fi fans who want ideas alongside the spectacle will find Spider-Man: Homecoming genuinely rewarding. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Tom Holland grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.