The Woman in Cabin 10

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The Woman in Cabin 10

2025

1h 32m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, a journalist witnesses a passenger thrown overboard late at night, only to be told that it didn't happen, as all passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger. Based on the bestselling novel The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.

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Critics Consensus

Saddled with a contrived plot and plodding pacing, The Woman in Cabin 10 throws narrative logic overboard and ultimately sinks.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Nov 11

They might've made this movie because they got a good deal on the yacht, but nevertheless they've built a fairly effective thriller.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

Oct 31

1.5/5

I couldn’t help noticing how quickly the script sprung a leak,...never to recover despite the yeoman efforts of star Keira Knightley to serve as a port in a storm of clichés.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Oct 17

1.5/4

Director Simon Stone seems lost about what to do with this contrived premise and fails to take advantage of its natural claustrophobic nature.

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Steve Crum

Crum on Showbiz

Jan 3

B-

The first half tends to drag, while the payoff conclusion seems rushed and predictable. Still, 'The Woman in Cabin 10' has its moments—nail biting as they are.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Jan 1

This boat-based tale is a slightly uneasy mix of Agatha Christie-style crime-solving and modern-day psychological thriller.

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Milana Vujkov

Lola On Film

Dec 3

2/5

A film thematically sawed in half, as if penned by two entirely different minds, styles, and social politics, glued in the middle by Keira Knightley‘s determined performance.

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@Rotten_Tomato 21h

It’s a fast-moving entertaining psychological thriller. Why a lot of these pedestrian "critics" gave it a 30% rating doesn’t make sense. Who do they think they are … Siskel & Ebert? Some complained it’s not "believable". It’s not a documentary, people! I gave it a higher score to counteract the unfair digs. It’s not that complicated: make some popcorn on a slow evening, sit back, enjoy the 1.5 hour thriller.🍿

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Sammy S.

@Jksteps 1d

Ridiculously stupid and implausible. One star is plenty.

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Chris U.

@ChrisU20 1d

A disappointment. The book wasn’t spectacular but it was better than this.

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Shawn H.

@chard0nay 2d

What a creepy situation to be in at one point I thought she was going to be the main entree

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Julie T

2d

Although it starts well and has a story that reminds you of Hitchcock , think vertigo without the height thing, but it soon descends into a land that logic forgot, perhaps you can forgive Keira Knightleys character boarding the super yacht with one hold all , to spend a week with the super rich , and then making a big fuss of the fact , but it’s obviously a bag borrowed from Mary Poppins and it’s full of changes of outfit , several pairs of shoes and an overcoat . Why is she there ? Well obviously to be the Everyman who is necessary to watch the plot unravel .Who invites an investigative reporter onto their super yacht if nefarious deeds are inevitably going to be done ? And they were always going to happen . I won’t keep giving spoilers about the illogical plot as even to the least enquiring viewer it’s pretty bad , murder had to happen , and someone was obviously going to see things they shouldn’t , why put Keira in the next cabin to the one where the action takes place ?

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Cynthia H

@Cdelafuente Feb 8

Why can't they ever make a movie that follows the book? No where close to the book in my opinion, and I only made it 30 min into the movie and did not finish watching it.

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Synopsis

While on board a luxury yacht for a travel assignment, a journalist witnesses a passenger thrown overboard late at night, only to be told that it didn't happen, as all passengers and crew are accounted for. Despite no one believing her, she continues to look for answers, putting her own life in danger. Based on the bestselling novel The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.

Director: Simon Stone
Producer: Debra Hayward, Ilda Diffley
Screenwriter: Simon Stone, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Ruth Ware, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, Simon Stone
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Sister
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 10, 2025
Runtime: 1h 32m

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