How to Watch Best Picture Nominee ‘Drive My Car’ on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Mobile
Just in time for the Oscars, the Japanese-language, Academy Award nominated film “Drive My Car” is being released on HBO Max on Wednesday, March 2. You can stream it with a subscription to HBO Max.
How to Watch ‘Drive My Car’
- When: Wednesday, March 2
- TV: HBO Max
- Stream: Watch with a subscription to HBO Max
Does HBO Max Offer a Free Trial?
Unfortunately, HBO Max does not offer a free trial. If you sign-up for their annual plan, you can get HBO Max for just $12.50 per month (pre-paid annually) and you will save 16%.
You can get a 7-Day Free Trial of HBO Max via Hulu. You will need to sign-up on the Hulu website and then authenticate by selecting Hulu as your TV Provider.
New Hulu Subscribers
- Click here to activate the offer
- Click “Sign-Up Now”
- Create Your Account
- Click “Manage Add-Ons”
- Add Your 7-Day Free Trial of HBO Max
- Once you are subscribed, use your Hulu credentials to log into the HBO Max app on your streaming device.
Existing Hulu Subscribers
If you are an existing Hulu subscriber:
- Click your Profile
- Click “Account”
- Click “Manage Add-Ons”
- Add HBO Max Free Trial
Sign-up For HBO Max Directly
If you have already used a free trial of HBO Max through Hulu, you will have to pay to watch “Drive My Car.” Though it isn’t free, HBO Max has a whole host of other offerings for you to to enjoy in addition to this critically acclaimed drama.
How to Get HBO Max
- Click here to sign-up
- Click “Sign Up Now”
- Select “Prepay & Save”
- Create Your Account
- Add Your Payment Information
- Click “Start Subscription”
About ‘Drive My Car’
The Japanese-language film earned four nods for this year’s Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and International Feature Film. It is the first non-English film — of only six ever — to be nominated for Best Picture by all three major U.S. critics’ groups.
Directed and co-written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car” is adapted from the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami and follows a widowed actor/director (Hidetoshi Nishijima) as he mounts a multilingual production of “Uncle Vanya” in Hiroshima while also dealing with the sudden death of his wife. Throughout the production, he’s chauffeured by a young woman (Toko Miura) and they form an unlikely friendship as they uncover the mysteries that his wife left behind.
Drive My Car
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.