15 Movies Like Prisoners That Are Definitely Worth Your Time

The 2016 film "The Girl on the Train" is an adaptation of Paula Hawkins' novel of the same name. The book is set in the United Kingdom while the film takes place in the United States, but the big screen version remains largely true to the source material. Rachel (Emily Blunt) is divorced and has lost her job because of her drinking. She still takes the train to New York every day, allowing her a brief glimpse into two houses visible from the tracks.

One house is where her ex-husband Tom (Justin Theroux) and his new wife Anna (Rebecca Ferguson) live with their baby. The other belongs to a woman named Megan (Haley Bennett) and her husband Scott (Luke Evans). When Megan goes missing, Rachel is questioned by police, having been seen in the neighborhood the day of the disappearance. Unfortunately, Rachel doesn't remember what happened, because she was blackout drunk.

"The Girl on the Train" employs Rachel's impaired memories to create suspense, and it delivers a surprise ending. Like "Prisoners," this film uses past trauma as the backbone of the main character's motivations. Critical reaction was mixed, though Blunt's performance received plenty of praise. "Retaining the British accent that makes her even more of an outsider in this scary new world, Blunt convinces completely as a drunken fish out of water," said Mark Kermode, chief film critic at The Observer.