Movies like Driving Miss Crazy (1990)
The best movies like Driving Miss Crazy (1990) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). If Driving Miss Crazy hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTrue Romance (1993)7.5/10 from 3,246 votes
- NewestSombras chinas (2025)Released 2025
- In GermanDangerous Dowry (1996)Also in German
The Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaxi (1953)
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Fall (1997)
For Michael Shiver, life as an easy-going cab driver in New York suddenly changes when he picks up supermodel Sarah Easton and falls head over heels in love. But Sarah has more than just passion on her mind; she also has a husband and a glamorous lifestyle that she can't seem to leave behind. Torn between her feelings for Michael and the security of her marriage, Sarah is forced to make a realistic decision about the sacrifices that must be made to be truly and totally in love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Brown Sugar (2002)
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLight of My Eyes (2001)
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010)
The act of a woman with a broken nose, who suddenly jumps out of a taxi and throws herself off the bridge in Belgrade, connects the lives of three witnesses.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
All's Well, Ends Well (1992)
Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTake Me Home (2011)
In New York City, Thom is broke and jobless, illegally working as a taxi driver. Claire is a successful business-woman, but personally she's in shambles - then comes the phone call that her estranged father is in the hospital. Not knowing what to do, Claire hops in Thom's cab and orders him to just drive and so he does. They find themselves in Pennsylvania and Claire makes the rash decision to drive across the country to California. On the road, there are many detours as the obstacles and secrets force them to learn about themselves and each other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBachaana (2016)
A bubbly Indian girl Aalia in trouble is forced by circumstances to place her faith in a Pakistani cab driver, Vicky, in Mauritius, who then takes it upon himself to make Aalia's safe return to India possible. Mauritius.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Living on Love (1937)
A man and a woman, who have never met, are forced by pecuniary circumstances to share the same basement apartment in shifts.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Dangerous Dowry (1996)
Ella is just an ordinary cab-driver in Berlin, Germany. One day she meets Aleksej, a young Russian guy, who offers her DM 100.000 should she decide to marry him formally. Ella first delays answering, but when she finally decides to do it, it is too late. What Ella doesn't know is that Aleksej has stolen the Deutschmarks from his brother Jewjenij, crown-prince of the Moscow Mafia. And Jewgenij is no one who accepts loosing something...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Jingle All the Way to Love (2024)
Years after a Christmas stranger gifted her a lucky sleigh bell, lawyer Andi shares her story on a holiday radio show. With host Jake and festive callers, she embarks on a joyful search for her lost holiday love.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Yellow Elephant (2013)
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Sombras chinas (2025)
In a world dominated by social media, an obsessive influencer fixated on her ex meets a cab driver with dark secrets. Their lives become entangled in a dangerous spiral of obsession, betrayal, and love, leading to unexpected consequences for everyone.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Fare (2018)
Harris and Penny, a cab driver and his fare, engage in flirtatious banter during their brief ride on a desolate road…until Penny abruptly vanishes from the back seat, leaving Harris mystified.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bare Necessity (2019)
Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an enchanted though restless existence since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life, a stranger who landed in his family's unique world like a meteorite, and who by her presence alone will force this tight-knit microcosm to redefie their boundaries and finally begin to fully live their lives.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Exes (2017)
In Paris, the City of Love, five very different couples cross paths while dealing with break-ups, exes and new love interests. None of them have anything in common. But everyone is someone else’s ex – and love works in mysterious ways…
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Deadly Look of Love (2000)
Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romantic love; she believes that someday her prince will come to sweep her away. Then she meets handsome Brett Becker; she believes she's found the man of her dreams -- little suspecting he is engaged to marry a wealthy socialite. Deep into her illusion that Brett loves her, she moves to Chicago to be closer to him, deluge him with calls and love notes, tells her family about her boyfriend Brett, and buys an engagement ring. Her obsession with him leads her from intrigue and eventually to murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Brave One (2007)
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Driving Miss Crazy?
The closest matches to Driving Miss Crazy are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Driving Miss Crazy?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to Driving Miss Crazy.
What is the highest-rated movie like Driving Miss Crazy?
True Romance (1993), rated 7.5/10 by 3,246 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Driving Miss Crazy?
Sombras chinas (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there German movies like Driving Miss Crazy?
Yes: Dangerous Dowry (1996).
How are movies similar to Driving Miss Crazy chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Driving Miss Crazy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.