Driveways

This week's most rewarding drama pick in Australia on Hoopla, and in the US on Amazon Prime Video and The CW is Driveways. The runtime earns every minute, with nothing here that feels like padding. With 84 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Hong Chau — one of the stronger performances out there right now. Put it on tonight on Hoopla and see for yourself.

There is a reason Driveways keeps coming up in conversation. Driveways trusts its audience to sit with discomfort instead of resolving it too quickly. Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with the widowed old man from next door. Hong Chau and Lucas Jaye lead a cast that treats the material with real seriousness. It was released in 2020. Driveways resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Driveways. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Short enough to finish in one sitting, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Hong Chau's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

Driveways was released in 2020, directed by Andrew Ahn. The full 83-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.