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Driving Miss Daisy

Dir. Bruce Beresford · PG · 99 min · 12/25/1989

Driving Miss Daisy

An elderly Jewish widow in Atlanta and her Black chauffeur build an unlikely friendship that deepens over 25 years. Jessica Tandy won the Best Actress Oscar at 80 — the oldest woman ever to win the award — in a story about aging, dignity, and the slow softening of prejudice.

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