Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s 2010 action movie ‘Knight and Day’ just jumped into Prime Video’s Top 10 in October 2025 — but does it actually hold up, or is it just getting clicks because the algorithm said so?

‘Knight and Day’ is having a weird little comeback right now. Fifteen years after it first came out in theaters, the Tom Cruise / Cameron Diaz action romp has climbed into Prime Video’s most-watched movies list in the U.S., hitting the Top 10 in early October 2025, according to streaming analytics tracking Prime Video’s daily charts.

Amazon also added Knight and Day to its October 2025 lineup alongside a bunch of other big-name catalog titles, and viewers are clearly clicking it.

So, obviously, I had to see what the hype was about. My husband and I watched it over dinner last night. Here’s my honest review — from a 2025 point of view — and whether you should stream it now that ‘Knight and Day’ is on Prime Video.

What Is ‘Knight and Day’ About?

The movie throws Cameron Diaz into the middle of an international spy situation with Tom Cruise, who plays this off-the-rails secret agent type. There are guns, car chases, plane drama, random tropical getaways, and a lot of “trust me, I’m the only one who can keep you alive.”

On paper, it’s supposed to be an action-comedy with a little romance. In reality, it feels more like getting dragged through a high-speed hallucination with jokes stapled on top.

Let’s Talk About the Vibes (a.k.a. the Part That Bothered Me)

Here’s where I’m not going to sugarcoat it: watching Knight and Day in 2025 gave me major creepy energy.

There is a repeating thing in this movie where Tom Cruise’s character keeps drugging Cameron Diaz’s character “for her own safety,” knocking her out, and then moving her to a totally new location. She wakes up confused, in danger, and having missed entire chunks of time — because he decided to sedate her instead of explain what’s happening like a normal human.

I’m sorry, but… hello, Stockholm syndrome?

The worst moment for me was when she wakes up in a bikini she did not put on. That is supposed to play cute and flirty. It does not play cute and flirty in 2025. It reads like massive red flag energy. I literally said out loud, “Nope. No. Absolutely not.”

I get that in 2010 this was framed as “protective rogue spy rescues girl from danger.” But watching it now, as an adult woman who has seen way too many true crime documentaries, it just felt like: this is not romantic, this is kidnapping with better lighting.

About That “Comedy” Label

Prime Video is serving this as a fun throwback action-comedy. And I want to pause on the word “comedy.”

I personally want to actually laugh when I watch a comedy. Like laugh-laugh. I want a moment where my drink almost comes out of my nose. Knight and Day didn’t do that for me.

I chuckled a few times — mostly at the delivery and timing between Cruise and Diaz, because they do have chemistry. But overall, the humor feels very “2010 blockbuster quippy,” not “genuinely hysterical.” It’s more playful banter than real comedy.

Meanwhile, the movie is throwing explosions at you every five minutes, jumping countries, switching outfits, lying to everyone, and expecting you to just stay on board. The tone jumps from goofy to violent to flirty to “we might die” and back again in seconds. It’s chaotic, and not always in a good way.

What Still Works in 2025

I’m not going to pretend it was unwatchable. We did finish it. We didn’t fight each other for the remote. So let’s be fair:

• It moves fast. There is no slow part. If you like nonstop motion, this delivers. You can literally eat dinner and follow what’s happening without giving it 100% focus.
• The leads are watchable. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are exactly the kind of extremely pretty, extremely charismatic “movie stars” you put on in the background and just vibe with. That part still works in 2025.
• It feels glossy. Planes, cars, chase scenes, exotic locations — it’s got that big-budget travel fantasy energy. You can see why people are clicking it on Prime when they just want something kinda big and shiny.

What Did Not Age Well

• Power dynamic weirdness. The whole “don’t worry, I sedated you and changed your clothes and moved you to a secret location where I’m the only one you can trust” storyline is supposed to feel sexy-dangerous. It mostly feels controlling.
• Consent issues played as romance. That bikini scene is a huge yikes now. Full stop.
• The plot logic is paper thin. If you are the kind of person who asks “wait, but how did they get from Boston to this tropical-looking beach in like 12 hours while being hunted by everyone?” — do not ask. The movie does not care. The movie is vibes only.

So Why Is ‘Knight and Day’ Trending on Prime Video Right Now?

Two reasons:

• Star power nostalgia. People see Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in the thumbnail and click. Simple. A lot of older titles are getting rediscovered this way, and Knight and Day is one of them. It actually charted in Prime Video’s U.S. Top 10 movies for multiple days in early October 2025, meaning a lot of viewers are doing exactly what we did: dinner + couch + “eh, let’s try this one.”
• Prime Video just added a flood of recognizable catalog movies for October 2025. When a platform drops a bunch of familiar titles at once — Bond movies, ‘The Terminator,’ ‘Knight and Day,’ etc. — people gravitate to names they already know instead of taking a risk on something new.

Translation: ‘Knight and Day’ is trending because it’s easy. It’s comfort-click content, even if the actual plot is kind of unhinged.

Should You Stream ‘Knight and Day’ on Prime Video?

If you want a serious, believable story? No. This is not that.

If you want a legitimately funny comedy? Also no. You’ll probably smirk more than you’ll laugh.

If you just want something fast, glossy, and low-effort to throw on while you eat dinner with your partner after a long day? Yes. That is where this movie lives. That is its lane.

My personal score for watching ‘Knight and Day’ in 2025: 2.5 out of 5. It’s watchable, it’s flashy, I get why it’s charting — but the “romance” gave me ick and the forced sedate/relocate stuff is way harder to ignore now than it probably was in 2010.

Final Take

I get why ‘Knight and Day’ is suddenly a Prime Video hit again in October 2025. It’s familiar faces doing loud things in pretty locations. It feels “big” without you actually needing to invest emotionally. And that’s exactly the kind of movie people click after work.

But if you’re in the mood for something that aged better — Prime Video added a bunch of legit classics and highly reviewed movies this month (including stuff sitting above 90% on Rotten Tomatoes), so you do have stronger options.

Short version: Stream it if you’re curious why everyone’s watching it again. Just don’t go in expecting a healthy love story or a real laugh-out-loud comedy.