6 Best Driving School Movies of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · September 4, 2026

Driving lessons, learner nerves and instructors with their own secrets: that’s the comedy here. Learning to Drive has a Manhattan writer taking lessons from a Sikh instructor during her divorce, Extra Ordinary has a reluctant instructor with supernatural gifts, and Learners has a housewife with eight failed tests developing a crush on her instructor. Crash Course, Driving School and School for Chauffeur Ladies round out the six.

Extra Ordinary (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A reluctant driving instructor with supernatural gifts must save a lonely man's daughter from a washed-up rock star's satanic plan.

Directed by Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman · 1h 34m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Learning to Drive (2014)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A Manhattan writer navigating her divorce takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own.

Directed by Isabel Coixet · 1h 45m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Learners (2007)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A downtrodden housewife who has failed her driving test eight times develops a crush on her patient new instructor.

Directed by Francesca Joseph · 1h 20m

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Crash Course (1988)

TMDB ★ 4.4

A group of teenagers find love and friendship over one chaotic summer of driver's ed.

Directed by Oz Scott · 1h 35m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus

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Driving School (1986)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A couple's years-long wait for a rare car finally ends just as their daughter grows into a teenager and prompts them to learn to drive.

Directed by Bernhard Stephan · 1h 25m

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School for Chauffeur Ladies (1964)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Two driving instructors juggle their business partnership with a revolving cast of eager female students.

Directed by Kostas Strantzalis · 1h 14m

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Driving School Movies of All Time

Extra Ordinary (2019)

Learning to Drive (2014)

Learners (2007)

Crash Course (1988)

Driving School (1986)

School for Chauffeur Ladies (1964)

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