Netflix Is Officially Removing One of the Most Intense Thrillers of the 2010s
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Netflix is set to remove Hotel Mumbai, Anthony Maras’s 2018 thriller about the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, from its US catalogue in September 2026. The film is notable for its intense reconstruction of the siege at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and for Dev Patel’s leading performance, but it has also prompted debate over how a real-life tragedy should be dramatised.
Maras made the film before directing Pressure, a newer Second World War drama starring Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott. Hotel Mumbai features an ensemble cast including Patel, Jason Isaacs, Nazanin Boniadi and Armie Hammer, and was praised by many critics for its sustained tension and control of tone. Some reviewers nevertheless argued that its thriller-like presentation did not sufficiently respect the victims and events on which it was based.
- Hotel Mumbai leaves Netflix US in September 2026.
- The 2018 film dramatises the Mumbai attacks.
- It was praised for tension but drew sensitivity concerns.
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Hotel Mumbai is a drama based on the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, when gunmen carried out coordinated assaults at several locations across the city. One of the main targets was the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, where guests and staff were trapped during a long siege.
The film follows hotel workers and visitors as they try to survive, with Dev Patel playing a member of staff. It also portrays some of the guests, played by actors including Jason Isaacs, Nazanin Boniadi and Armie Hammer.
Films based on real attacks can help introduce audiences to events they may not know, but they can also raise questions about how violence and victims are represented. Hotel Mumbai has therefore been discussed both as a tense survival thriller and as a dramatisation of a recent real-life tragedy.
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