The Girl on the Train
2016 1h 52m movie Film India

The Girl on the Train

“What you see can hurt you.”

Synopsis

“What you see can hurt you.”

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.

Audience Engagement

5,427
Reviews
100th
Review-volume percentile
96th
Popularity percentile

5,427 audience reviews — more than 100% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among India films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Girl on the Train. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Reliance Entertainment

Thriller + Mystery in India

50 India titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Girl on the Train itself).

The 2015–2017 India Window

The Girl on the Train holds position #161 of 314 India films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
    #1

    Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu

    ★ 8.3 · 2016
  2. India's Daughter
    #2

    India's Daughter

    ★ 8.1 · 2015
  3. Aandavan Kattalai
    #3

    Aandavan Kattalai

    ★ 8.1 · 2016
  4. Zakir Khan: Haq Se Single
    #4

    Zakir Khan: Haq Se Single

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  5. Kanan Gill: Keep It Real
    #5

    Kanan Gill: Keep It Real

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  6. Sanam Teri Kasam
    #6

    Sanam Teri Kasam

    ★ 8.0 · 2016
  7. Visaranai
    #7

    Visaranai

    ★ 8.0 · 2016
  8. Kaaka Muttai
    #8

    Kaaka Muttai

    ★ 8.0 · 2015

The 2010s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Girl on the Train premiered alongside 94 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$45.0M
Budget
$173.2M
Revenue
$128.2M
Net Profit
3.8×
Return Ratio

At a 1h 52m runtime, production spent $402K per minute on screen and earned $1.5M per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.

The 1311th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Girl on the Train, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • voyeurism · 5
  • homicide · 4
  • confusion · 4
  • blackout · 3
  • unreliable narrator · 3
  • domestic abuse · 2
  • ex-husband ex-wife relationship · 2
  • divorcee · 1
  • alcoholics anonymous · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • flashback · 28
  • new york city · 23
  • infidelity · 22
  • psychological thriller · 21
  • amnesia · 17
  • disappearance · 16
  • memory loss · 13
  • missing person · 13
  • obsession · 10
  • police investigation · 10
  • alcoholism · 7
  • abuse · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • based on novel or book · 288
  • train · 35
  • female protagonist · 33

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
5,427
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,010 of 1,983 India films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among India Thriller productions specifically: #242 of 482 (top 50%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
All Production CountriesIndia, United States of America
Original LanguageEn
Spoken LanguagesSpanish, English
Production CompaniesReliance Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, Marc Platt Productions, Amblin Partners
Runtime1h 52m
Release DateOctober 5, 2016
IMDbtt3631112
Official Sitewww.thegirlonthetrainmovie.com

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