2025 Netflix
Rated: R
Length: 1 hr 32min
Drama ~ Mystery ~ Thriller
Directed by: Simon Stone
Starring: Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, David Ajala, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kaya Scodelario, David Morrissey, Daniel Ings, and Hannah Waddingham.
They Don’t Want You To Believe What She Saw
The Book:
The Woman in Cabin 10
Reminiscent of a classic whodunit, this “pulse-quickening” instant New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller follows a journalist searching for a missing woman on a cruise ship, a woman that everyone else insists doesn’t exist.
Travel magazine writer Lo Blacklock has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: one week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the elite guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea.
At first, Lo’s voyage is perfect, with a plush cabin, elegant dinner parties, and plenty of relaxation. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for, and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something has gone terribly, terribly wrong…
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up a taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10, proving, once again, her place as “the Agatha Christie of her generation”.
The Movie:
Journalist Laura “Lo” Blacklock (Keira Knightley) is looking for a career boost when she’s offered the chance to cover a luxury cruise on a billionaire’s yacht, the Aurora Borealis. The trip, arranged by wealthy philanthropist Anne Bullmer (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and her husband Richard (Guy Pearce), is a lavish journey to Norway under the pretense of Anne’s final charitable act. Guests on board include not only the couple’s high-society friends, like the shrewd socialite Heidi (Hannah Waddingham) and glamorous influencer Grace (Kaya Scodelario), but also Lo’s old flame, photographer Ben (David Ajala). The yacht’s gleaming hallways and endless drinks disguise underlying tensions, while Lo, though grateful for the invitation, remains unsettled by lingering anxiety and a run-in with a mysterious woman next door.
On her first night, Lo is startled to meet a frightened woman (Gitte Witt) in the supposedly empty adjacent Cabin 10, who begs her for help before vanishing into the bathroom. Later, after a night of heavy drinking, Lo hears a violent commotion from Cabin 10, followed by the unmistakable splash of something or someone falling overboard. Racing to her balcony, Lo sees a body in the water and a bloody mark next door, but when she raises the alarm, the yacht’s crew and passengers insist that nobody ever checked into Cabin 10. Shocked and isolated, Lo finds herself the only person convinced a crime has taken place.
Her efforts to investigate put her at odds with Richard Bullmer (Guy Pearce), whose slick demeanor and evasiveness turn increasingly sinister, as well as with the rest of the guests, who seem eager to believe Lo is imagining things. Undeterred, Lo pursues clues with the help of Ben (David Ajala) and challenges the eerie silence of the luxury cruise, discovering suspicious details, disappearing belongings, threatening notes, and evidence that someone is tampering with her cabin. As pressure mounts and her paranoia spirals, Lo begins to question not just the loyalties of those around her, but her own grasp on reality, all while someone clearly wants her to drop her search for the “woman in Cabin 10” at any cost.
With danger closing in and the yacht cut off from the outside world, Lo fights to piece together the truth behind the woman’s disappearance. Her only allies seem to be her stubborn sense of right and the slim trail of clues the mystery woman left behind. As secrets are exposed through the stormy, claustrophobic voyage, Lo’s investigation turns into a desperate game of survival—proving that even surrounded by luxury, no one is safe from the darkness lurking just out of sight.
The Review:
This was a good movie, a classic whodunit on board a luxury yacht. Keira Knightley was easy to like and made her character, Laura “Lo” Blacklock, feel real and relatable right away. The story kept me on the edge of my seat with its twists and surprises, and the fancy, cramped yacht setting made everything feel even more tense. It’s the kind of mystery that’s exciting but also easy to follow, and I enjoyed watching it from start to finish. If you are a fan of the whodunit’s or a good mystery thriller, you’re going to like this one!
Following the watching of Netflix’s thriller “The Woman in Cabin 10,” starring Keira Knightley as journalist Lo Blacklock, it felt ripe for a sequel. Ruth Ware, the original novel’s author, released the follow-up book “The Woman in Suite 11” in July 2025, continuing Lo’s story as she navigates a perilous investigation at a luxury Swiss hotel. While Netflix has yet to officially announce a film adaptation of the sequel, industry buzz and positive reception of the first movie make it a natural next step. Ware expressed enthusiasm for seeing Lo’s story continue on screen, though she has also mentioned an interest in adapting other novels first. If Netflix moves ahead, we can likely expect Knightley to reprise her role as Lo, diving back into a world of secrets, power, and danger beyond Cabin 10’s yacht.
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