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The Girl on the Train
2016
· Movie
· 112 min
D
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4270
- IMDb #3351
- Google retired #3190
- Rotten Tomatoes #3929
- Metacritic #3701
- Letterboxd #4028
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4083
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4091
- Metacritic Critics #3563
- Metacritic Audience #3646
- Criticker #3085
- Douban #2126
- Kinopoisk #3637
- AlloCiné #2882
- Trakt #2874
Every rating
34–72
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is Google on 72. Critics average 46, everyone else 60.
See the most agreed on films →An alcoholic divorcee becomes obsessed with watching a seemingly perfect couple from the window of her commuter train. One day, she witnesses something shocking from the train, and soon after, the woman in the couple goes missing. She inserts herself into the investigation, but her alcoholism makes her an unreliable witness.
Details
- Director
- Tate Taylor
- Writer
- Erin Cressida Wilson
- Based on
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- Released
- 5 October 2016
- Country
- India, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $45.0M
- Box office
- $173.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2017 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
| Location Managers Guild Awards 2017 | Outstanding Film Commission Award | New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture Development | Nominee |
| Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild 2017 | Feature-Length Motion Picture – Contemporary Hair Styling | Alan D'Angerio | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2017 | Favorite Thriller Movie | The Girl on the Train | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Thriller Film | The Girl on the Train | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Actress | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
| Hollywood Film Awards 2016 | Hollywood Producer Award | Marc Platt (also for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and La La Land ) | Winner |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Producer Award | Marc Platt (also for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and La La Land ) | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Thriller Movie | The Girl on the Train | Winner |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
| Best Thriller Film | The Girl on the Train | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Emily Blunt | Nominee |
Location Managers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film Commission Award | New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture Development | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
1 nomination
| Feature-Length Motion Picture – Contemporary Hair Styling | Alan D'Angerio | Nominee |