The Girl on the Train (2016)
What you see can hurt you.
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The Girl on the Train rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.5/10· 206K votes
Rotten Tomatoes44%
Metacritic48%
TMDb6.441/10· 6K votesWith 44% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 48/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About The Girl on the Train
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Cast of The Girl on the Train
Emily Blunt
as Rachel Watson
Rebecca Ferguson
as Anna Watson
Haley Bennett
as Megan Hipwell
Luke Evans
as Scott Hipwell
Justin Theroux
as Tom Watson
Allison Janney
as Detective Sgt. Riley
Lisa Kudrow
as Martha
Laura Prepon
as Cathy
Edgar Ramírez
as Dr. Kamal Abdic
Darren Goldstein
as Man in the Suit
- C
Cleta Elaine Ellington
as Oyster Bar Woman
Lana Young
as Doctor
The Girl on the Train facts
- Budget
- $45M
- Box office
- $173.2M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Mystery narrative structure keeps audiences guessing effectively
- •Complex unreliable narrator adds psychological depth layers
- •Thriller pacing maintains momentum through reveal sequences
What the audience disliked
- •Literary adaptation loses source material's character nuance
- •Resolution feels anticlimactic after extended mystery buildup
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