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Drive My Car
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled. From TMDB
151 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
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Drive My Car is a 2021 drama film, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura and Masaki Okada.
- 133 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Mar 27, 2022 to Nov 2, 2026
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60 of 151 · most liked firstI wouldn't have handed most of these Best Picture, but I am just a girl, standing in front of an Academy, asking them to reconsider giving CODA the Best Picture prize over Power of the Dog, Drive My Car, Dune, West Side Story, and Licorice Pizza! Still a nice little movie, though! I'll give it that!
neutral · AI labelView post →'Drive My Car' remains the one and only Japanese film to be nominated for best picture in the Oscars' 96 year history. 'Drive my Car' (2021) Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
neutral · AI labelView post →you know what’s a good movie? Drive My Car
positive · AI labelView post →Drive My Car is one of those movies that actually changes you. Really can't overhype this movie or my relationship to it. Can't remember the last time I had such high expectations that were somehow exceeded.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s a beautiful and melancholy film but whose idea was it to call it Drive My Car and not Saab Story
neutral · AI labelView post →This is random, but the movie Drive My Car (2021) has one of my favorite transitions ever, because it's about a guy who listens to tapes in his car and at one point you see the wheels of his car fade into becoming the rollers of a tape deck. Super clever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Related: movie selection on planes is too good now. They've got auteur cinema on some long flights, there's no guilt-free way to watch Jurassic World: Rebirth or Godzilla x Kong if the guy next to you is watching like Drive My Car or a Kurosawa film...
neutral · AI labelView post →9/10/94 Louis Malle masterpiece Vanya on 42nd Street w/Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore ++ Rec as double feature w/Drive My Car Thrilling backstory: www.criterion.com/current/post... More @noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/vanya-on-42n... @film-authority.bsky.social: film-authority.com/2026/08/03/v...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the stunningly beautiful film "Drive My Car" (2021), dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi. #FilmRecThursday 🗃️🎥🍿🎬📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPK...
neutral · AI labelView post →Drive My Car was a movie about how sometimes someone is so hot that it’s really sad when they die.
neutral · AI labelView post →2020s: Tár, Drive My Car, Lovers Rock, and honestly Past Lives because that ending was so good it made me think the whole movie was 20x better than it actually was in the last ten years: Pain and Glory
neutral · AI labelView post →Next book coming up. I read Men Without Women also by Haruki Murakami, and saw the film, Drive My Car, that more or less combined the short stories into a singular narrative, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to it. #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →9/10/94: Louis Malle Masterpiece Vanya on 42nd Street, w/Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, Andre + Rec as double feature w/Drive My Car More @noelmu.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/vanya-on-42n... @film-authority.bsky.social: film-authority.com/2023/07/03/v... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJxv...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally saw Drive My Car and was floored. Three hours and I never wanted it to end. What a perfect film
positive · AI labelView post →Shout out to Fiddler on the Roof (1971) for joining Drive My Car and every Godzilla movie in the very prestigious position of my brain labeled "movies I think about every day and actively try to find a way to bring up or reference in every conversation"
neutral · AI labelView post →PSA: Hamaguchi’s poignant, melancholy film DRIVE MY CAR is on Film4 at 10.50pm tonight. You’re welcome.
neutral · AI labelView post →Revisiting Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's DRIVE MY CAR. Beautifully shot with wonderful performances and the casual credits drop at 41 minutes is *chef's kiss. Such a great film. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Watched this today. It didn't hit me as hard as DRIVE MY CAR or WHEEL OF FORTUNE & FANTASY. But then again, neither did EVIL DOES NOT EXIST and I haven't stopped thinking about that movie since I saw it months ago. I don't see why this should be any different.
neutral · AI labelView post →The four Criterions I'd drone on about in the Criterion Closet "Carlos" dir: Olivier Assayas "In the Mood for Love" dir: Wong Kar Wei "Throw Down" dir: Johhny To (we desperately need the Election movies on Criterion) "Drive My Car" dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite movie of last 5 decades: 80s: Wings of Desire 90s: Chungking Express 00s: Samsara 10s: The Tree of Life 20s: Drive My Car
positive · AI labelView post →15 moveys 1. Lancelot du Lac 2. Escaflowne 3. Velvet Goldmine 4. Adolescence of Utena 5. Patlabor 2 6. Cure 7. Broadcast News 8. The Master of Disguise 9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch 10. Dogtooth 11. Shrek 2 12. Drive My Car 13. The Spongebob Squarepants Movie 14. Junior 15. The Night of the Hunter
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished reading Murakami's Men Without Women, the first story of which is Drive My Car. I realised quickly that I'd seen the film version which is long but very good. It's amazing what good films come out of short stories - Shawshank Redemption, Arrival, Brokeback Mountain, The Third Man...
neutral · AI labelView post →What's retired Mountain Goats bassist Peter Hughes up to lately? Glad you asked. He's writing about Ryusuke Hamaguchi film Drive My Car (2021) for @alloymag.bsky.social, the autojourno website for people who understand that the intrusive pop-up ad model is bad. alloymag.com/drive-my-car...
neutral · AI labelView post →Recording a @junkfilterpod.bsky.social pod this morning about the new Brad Pitt film DRIVE MY CAR, out next week
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Early Works Oct 17–Nov 22 | Free Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” won the Oscar for Best International Feature in 2022 and was the first Japanese film nominated for Best Picture. But well before this, he was busy making films that have rarely screened outside of Japan: ucla.in/3VDR3Sp
neutral · AI labelView post →here's 15 more Robocop Hackers Lost Highway Strange Days Terminator 2: Judgement Day S.F.W. Drive My Car 12 Monkeys (movie or tv show) Apple Cider Vinegar When Life Gives You Tangerines Police Story Harakiri 20th Century Women Gone Girl Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
neutral · AI labelView post →I start hooting and hollering when the title card drops finally at the end of Drive My Car. What a film.
positive · AI labelView post →75. Drive My Car. I usually have no time for a movie that is nearly three hours long but I loved every minute of this.
positive · AI labelView post →I wanted to watch something I was probably going to like, and I loved Evil Does Not Exist, so I turned on Drive My Car, which I hadn’t seen yet and I’ve wanted to see it since it came out. That movie is… INCREDIBLE. I’m obsessed. It’s going to stick with me for a while.
positive · AI labelView post →The trend of Japanese film directors shooting in France continues: ‘Drive My Car’ Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi to Make His Next Film ‘All of a Sudden’ in Paris With Virginie Efira, Tao Okamoto variety.com/2025/film/gl...
neutral · AI labelView post →Even trying to describe the film in this manner loses so much of what makes if great. The characters, the relationships, the multilingual play. All perfectly constructed by Hamaguchi, and Nishijima gives one of the great performances of the last decade. Drive My Car is a wonderful piece of work.
positive · AI labelView post →Spotted on Kanopy @kanopy.com : Drive My Car (based on Haruki Murakami's short story) 2021 Japanese drama film, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Takamasa Oe. This has been on my "to-watch" list for ages! ^DR www.kanopy.com/en/christchu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Peter Hughes watches Drive My Car, the movie about Saabs: alloymag.com/drive-my-car...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: Drive My Car (2021). A friend spoke so highly of it when it came out, and I finally got to it. It was so good—so immersive. I felt like I was living an entire other life.
positive · AI labelView post →THEE non-English film of all time, Drive My Car
positive · AI labelView post →Posted my short reviews for DRIVE MY CAR and PRACTICAL MAGIC on my Letterboxd 📽️ letterboxd.com/appleciderwi...
neutral · AI labelView post →FANCY MOVIE TIME WITH BRIAN AND A.J. #25: DRIVE MY CAR The Fancy Lads hop in their Red Saab and check out some Chekhov in Hiroshima as they cover Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 2021 Murakami-fest.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's mood on film. Drive My Car (2021) dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
neutral · AI labelView post →YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING is the first time since DRIVE MY CAR that I've felt like I was watching something that they're gonna teach in film school for the next fifty years
positive · AI labelView post →The movie that I would go back to rewatch would easily be Drive My Car (2021), given that I absolutely loved that movie for how it ended up resonating with me in many ways, given that it's about learning to confront your own grief, while also accepting the limits of our communication.
positive · AI labelView post →🎬 The Best Movie I Watched Today: "Drive My Car" (2021) Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi This was the best movie I've seen in a long time.
positive · AI labelView post →SHIN ULTRAMAN is a fun time, though it feels stuck between the deconstructive, satirical edge of SHIN GODZILLA and the berserk, kinetic energy of SHIN KAMEN RIDER. Hidetoshi Nishijima appearing in this and DRIVE MY CAR back to back has to be one of the wildest actor pivots in movie history.
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing. Drive My Car 2021 #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with One book 📚 — The Left Hand of Darkness One movie 🎥 — Drive My Car One album 💿 — Nujabes - Modal Soul One TV show 📺 — The Simpsons One video game 🎮 — Half-Life 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Haruki Murakami’s Men Without Women. A collection of seven short stories. All the tales are told from the perspective of men, though women (& memories of women) feature throughout. Some great stuff here. The story that the movie Drive My Car was inspired by is in this book. Liked it a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Drive My Car" Order prints at samuelxl5.darkroom.com/products/the... #photography #art #film
neutral · AI labelView post →The exact intersection of my film interests would be like... a contemplative Drive My Car type of flick starring JCVD called Kick My Ass
neutral · AI labelView post →I now have even more respect for Hamaguchi's Drive My Car after reading the Murakami story which has almost none of the things I find wonderful in the film
positive · AI labelView post →For me, Drive My Car is the best of the decade so far. Beautiful film, virtually perfect, one of my all-time favorites. Other top contenders are Riders of Justice, The Taste of Things, Bones and All, Dune Part 2, Pig, Anora, Sinners, and Sing Sing. OBAA is in fact extraordinary though.
positive · AI labelView post →I watched 10 more of my list of 100 for the year in April and would sift them roughly: The Zone of Interest Drive My Car White Material Man with a Movie Camera In the Heat of the Night Juliet of the Spirits Pandora's Box Marathon Man The Scarlet Empress Sans Soleil
neutral · AI labelView post →Hate when I finally pick a movie and it's 3 hours long. Sorry Drive My Car, not tonight
negative · AI labelView post →Flow is the most beautiful movie I’ve seen since Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car. No dialogue. Astonishing animation..made in Blender on a small budget. Can’t imagine how inspiring its success will be for independent artists and those starting out. The final scenes made me cry hard. Btw, I’m a cat person.
neutral · AI labelView post →Car websites writing about the movie Drive My Car (2021) is some incredible stuff
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite films of the 2020s so far Saint Omer Drive My Car Petite Maman First Cow
neutral · AI labelView post →Evil Does Not Exist – Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new film gets a trailer. Watch it here https://bit.ly/3TChZxe #EvilDoesNotExist #RyusukeHamaguchi #DriveMyCar #film
neutral · AI labelView post →Love the film. Really love the soundtrack. Eiko Ishibashi - Drive My Car Soundtrack youtu.be/lx_dhWakDPI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Best live action (general) movie & romance? — My favorite film is probably Drive My Car, some parts of it very very loosely inspired Hollow Hearts. Favorite roma tetratto.com/posts/34jGlW...
positive · AI labelView post →These were the movies that I've watched over this week, but I definitely loved rewatching Drive My Car (2021), given that movie really did resonate with me in a lot of ways that I felt something, as it's about learning to confront your own grief through your sense of communication.
positive · AI labelView post →I like a lot of both! I love Scorsese, PT Anderson, Ari Aster, Nicole Holofcener, Kubrick, Villeneuve, Kurosawa, Spielberg, the Coens, David Lynch etc. My favorite movie is Raiders of the Lost Ark, Alien, Drive My Car, The Big Lebowski, or Monty Python’s Life of Brian, depending on the day.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched the Power of the Dog because on the Flop House podcast they said it was insane that CODA won in the year which had that. Turns out, it is a really good movie. 4/4 would recommend. I still have no interest in watching CODA, but Drive My Car and Nightmare Alley are also good.
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