A very sad ending if you think about it. He doesn’t get the girl and ride off into the sunset. Instead rides into the darkness, alone and injured.

One of the scariest parts of Al Brooks playing a villain is how easily believable and reassuring he is when he says “it’s ok. It’s alright. It’s done. No more pain” as he’s killing you.

I’ll never forget the uproarious applause from the audience when the driver finally blinked.

Love that shot at 2:36 where you just see their shadows. You’re not completely sure who got the upper hand until you see the shadow of the Driver’s gloves hanging out of his back pocket.

I totally love the Albert Brooks performance. Decades of playing schmucks and goofballs, and here he comes with a believable--totally--evil and dangerous SOB. It's not even like the same guy. Fine performance!

In this film, notice Bernie never tells a lie.

True Drive fans can tell that the video is flipped horizontally.

I love the smiles across the table at each other, one thinking he has the upper hand, and the other knowing that he does 🦂 🐸

He looks so sad when he's driving away, he has to leave his happiness behind

What a perfect ending to a brilliantly written arc. Driver’s psychotic nature makes him truly believe that he is a real hero, only to contrast with his brutality. But how he does everything for Irene, and how he chooses to leave the money behind knowing she’s safe truly makes him a real human being and a real hero.

I love how beautifully arrogant Bernie is. The Driver has just rammed Ron Perlman off the road and drowned him in the sea; and that's after stomping someone's head until it breaks open like an easter egg.

Man I love that subtle ambient song in the background.

This movie already 10 years old. Damn time flies.

Watched blade runner before this, I half expected tears in the rain to start playing when he began leaning over the car

Such an underrated film, personally its one of my most favourite films simply because I love the feel it give and the sound tracks are done by awesome artists.

I just love this scene. It fits with the whole "Frog and Scorpion" tale in the movie. The frogs are good guys and the scorpions are the bad ones. It's just that way "because of their nature". These are both bad dudes, who have problems of their own and all they want to do is just leave their bad lives behind for better ones. But they're scorpions, they can't, it's just really not who they are. That's why they both stab each other, it's just what their nature was telling them to do and they followed through. The Driver saw this, and realized he was gonna get stabbed by Bernie, exactly why he let him and why he just stabbed him right back. Not only that this is what the Driver(Ryan Gossling) wanted all along: The girl is safe, you're out of this bullshit, and most of all you got proper vengeance on those who wronged you and the one's you loved. The scorpion who was still the hero at least when it counted.

Finally found this scene! It is best scene in the whole movie IMO. It really represents the sacrifice Driver is ready to do for his feelings against Irene. Leaving them behind for their own safety and giving them a chance. This really shows what he felt on them. Beautiful scene overall and the soundtrack is also great. I've always loved this scene particularly. I know we all can identify ourselves in this situation once in a life, giving up someone for their own good, for their better future and for their joy. So it really is not just for the character, but for all of us.

Albert Brooks is just mesmerizing in every scene and its heart breaking when the music kicks in at 1.41, I still can't understand how some of the people I know don't think this movie is a masterpiece. Thank God that there are still some directors out there who know how too shoot or tell a story through the medium of film making.

I love how the Driver just left the money there. He's still alive and no one has a reason to chase him.

When I first saw the ending and he was still for ages I was like....NO DONT DIE! It triggered me so much :') ...until he blinked of course.

You couldn't have made a better ending. It dosent matter driver says barley anything. No amount of words can replicate the emotion in this scene

"DRIVE" yo ass to a hospital instead of goin for a Miami Vice type cruise!

I love the smirk Driver gives when Bernie says “Come on” and nods towards the parking lot, because he knows he’s gonna do something and he’s just resigned to it at this point. Great film. One of the few adaptations I can confidently say is better than the book.

Wow Nemo's dad is messed up :/

I don’t think I’ve ever seen many films that manage to juxtapose violence and melancholy beauty simultaneously and so masterfully

Albert Brooks was just impeccable in this film. I was shocked at his ability to move from comedy to this.

Doesn't matter if he lives or dies. He's a real hero now. A real human being.

When you are waiting to die but it takes so damn long so you just go for a drive

That's a knife fight ! Not this Hollywood swing jump dodge backflip shit

We're all Benicio -- just like the Driver stepped in, for a moment, into the role of Benicio's dad, over the course of the movie he provides a model of heroism for the audience. The ideal dad, the ideal hero, some one we can aspire to. Proof? At the end of the movie, he challenges us to a staring contest. Just like the Benicio.

albert brooks easily the best part of this movie. when he kills cranston, "it's done," so routine, and strangely compassionate. like a doctor.

this genuinely might be my favorite scene out of any and all media. the music, shots, color, and the fact that the movie ends. i love me a sad ending.

This scene is so beautiful it makes me want to cry even though it’s two dudes stabbing each other

This is the closest we can get for a GTA game turned into a movie

The smile at 2:22 almost tells me that the Driver knew what's going to happen - but it had to be done.

This film was amazing. Such great performances and a fairly simple plot as well as beautiful music. This is incredible.

Love Driver's little smile there (@ around 2:22)-- he knows what's about to happen, Bernie. Also, that sound the knife makes as he yanks it out of himself.... *shudders*. Anyway, just an all around great scene. I love the music (other composers would have some kind of tense, action-y bullshit, but this is actually the same song playing when Driver and Irene kissed and I think the best soundtracks do things you don't expect) and that's some great editing and acting, too. I love the focus on Driver's shadow too for reasons I can't really articulate. Great movie in general and one of my favorites for sure. One problem though--it bothers me that there's no "blood" on his skin when he's lying back against the car.... weird detail to miss and kinda messes with the suspension of disbelief for me.

I believe Drive evokes strong emotion because people instinctively sense that it represents the last breaths of a way of life that can no longer exist. Throughout all of history, you could ride off into the sunset like Shane on his horse, or the Driver, in his car, and escape the life you had. In the age of internet connected smartphones filming and tracking every one at all times, there is nowhere to run to where your past won't follow you. Being able to disappear into the cityscape like the Driver is a liberty that is gone forever. I think this is what causes a sense of nostalgia to come over me when I watch, or reflect on, the film.

At 2:49-2:50, it appears Brooks's character gestures to The Driver to finish him off.

This scene is so damn good. Bernie and driver look at each other almost in admiration because they both know they are going to try and kill one another. Driver leaves wounded and will have to watch his back for life as he leaves behind the money and Bernies corpse for the his cronies to find.

Ryan Gosling can beat a picture in a blinking contest lol

Before watching Driver "What's the deal with this song?" After watching Driver: 🎵Real human being, and a real hero...🎵

I have been trying to find this part for sooo dang long!!!

2:21 a scorpionic smile

One of my favorite movie scenes ever!!!

the fact that she's still down after that elevator stomping. everything.

I cant believe this came out 10 years ago. Holy fuck I'm getting old.

Man what a movie Drive was and it's one of my top 5 favorites of all time. Of course the ending was very sad when Driver couldn't stay in L.A. anymore after the ''paying debt'' screw up he had to deal with because of Bernie and other bad guys who planned the assassination on him and the close to him like Irene. Still everything in it was great especially the song A Real Hero and the acting of Ryan Gosling even Carey Mulligan, Bryan Canston, Ron Pearlman and Albert Brooks (as really scary he was as Bernie.)

The symbolism and tone of this film is unmatched in Hollywood.

I really love how the main character was smart enough to let the guy stab him first so he can let the dude who just stabbed him get distracted by stabbing him in a fatal area

what's sad is the amount of people thinking this was about driving and cars and hated the movie. hopefully they returned later to see the actual plot and get it.

Ryan did not blink for a whole minute. How many years did he spend practicing?

Scorpion silhouette when he kills Bernie. Beautiful...

He probably survived. Not a bad wound and didn't bleed too much.

The only thing I disagree with in this scene is, how ON EARTH do you turn your back to a certified killer like that guy. He would’ve never left my sight. And he most DEFINITELY would not have been walking behind me. But, this is one of my absolute favorite movies. Leave Fast & Furious for the mouth breathers.

Out of all the places the guy could stab him he goes for the gut, if he went for the throat he would probably have survived due to bloodloss and shock incapacitating the Driver.

You can always rely on a comic actor to execute a serious performance, because a) comedy is harder, and b) deep down, all the best comedians are ferociously angry

There's a word for this kind of feelings: sublime.

I was rooting so much for him to be alive

Right after I watched the movie, I downloaded the full OST.

I'd like to take a moment to point out the car the Driver uses in this movie. This movie was clearly set in contemporary Los Angeles (noting all the ordinary city cars you'd see present day) whilst Ryan Gosling drives a classic Chevy. His character in of itself is strange and socially awkward and he doesn't seem to fit in very well with everyone else. His car also doesn't fit in with other cars, and unlike some classic cars like a Chevelle or a Mustang which are praised for being different, his car is a Malibu. Malibus as far as I know were pretty overlooked when this movie debuted and I believe still aren't sought after like some other vehicles. I thought his choice of vehicle in this movie was a nice touch.

Driver's primary interest wasn't romantic, so people disappointed that he doesn't "get the girl," are looking at it wrong. Driver is a real-life criminal who also plays criminals onscreen as a stunt driver. His primary wish is to be a hero, not just onscreen but in real life. To be somebody who helps innocent people, and not just people who hurt and steal and kill. The triumph, at the end, is that even though he is unsuccesful in saving Standard, he is able to get Irene and her child out from under his mistakes. He is able to protect them from the things he has done by running away. If he survives, he will probably need to seek a new identity. Even if he dies soon, though, it will be knowing that he did something good. Driver isn't a romantic meet-cute. It's a story of redemtpion.

The greatest speech in modern crime film history

One of the best endings of all time…it’s the smile Gosling gives because HE KMOWS what’s coming and he knows he deserved it but at the same time so did Brookes character

Dude shaved the eyebrows for this role to present stone cold ambiguous intensity. One of my favorite movies.

He dies in this scene. Comes back to life in another reality.

Unusual (and refreshing) that the final boss that the two Gentile lovers must overcome is a Jewish usurer. The writer Amini is a Persian no less! At least one Jewish producer so I guess it's a Kosher film. The ethnic semiotics is fascinating. There's always a subtext to be read for those who have eyes to see it but I'm still surprised to see this one got past the gatekeeper. Great film.

I can feel his sadness

People think driver died. But he didnt. Those who enjoy reading this was based of a book of the same title. And theres actually a sequel called Driven.

I wish that song would play in my head all day

The Scorpion and the Frog

A great film. Truly epic. Even for a crime movie.

Fun fact: In this scene, we can see the driver is not dead because of him blinking his eyes at the last moment. He is alive, but just like the tales of the frog and scorpion, he lost his "frog" to his own nature. In contrast, in Bladerunner 2049, his character replicant (android) officer K, dies at the end of the film with his eyes open. Eyes in that film often symbolize true humanity, so we can say that he died as a real human being and the real hero.

I love the fact that he doesn't mention his name 🔥

Such an Amazing scene, playing back and forth not many scenes like this ever

When I saw him leave all that money behind, it broke my heart.

Shoot I just realized the painting on the wall at 5:22 is water, resembling the river that the frog and scorpion in the story were meant to cross. Irene goes back and forth, but Driver never goes to her room besides in the beginning before Driver knew about Standard. Driver knew he was a scorpion and could never cross without taking out the frog.

Masterpiece!!! TOP 20 MOVIES OF ALL TIME.

This film was so well made got to watch this again

This film is a masterpiece love it so much

One of those movies you never want to see again. Too sad because of the ending. She was waiting for him. Scriptwriter, you had one job.

How come no one attempted to splice Bernie's dialogue into Marlin from Finding Nemo/Dory?

Great ending even though there’s a bit of a debate weather he actually died or not. Which I might add weather he lived or not he’s still a hero

Would be funny if Driver walked into the restaurant with his hands up like he was holding a steering wheel, just going "brum brum brrruuuummm brum brum" then pretended to pull a skid as he sat down for his meeting. Bernie would be dead inpressed.

His personality reminds me of myself people think I’m weird but I’m just being me.

Bernie/Albert Brooks also plays in Taxi Driver he is Bettsies annoying co-worker 👍🏻

This is now a bona fide Classic. Maybe a Cult Classic if you will. Casting of Albert Brooks was brilliant . It was a total sucker punch setup for us Boomers who had seen him play the wimpy kind of guy .

Best role I ever saw Albert Brooks play!

Great film. Stylish with some great performances.

This clip belongs in the pantheon of perfect cinema.

A great film and massively underrated

Notice how the shadows make it look like Bernie is picking the driver up into the air at first. And it's actually the Driver letting his limp body down. That's good cinematography.

I cried like a baby after first watching this movie.

Shout out to all the loners out there, myself included.

Only about 9 Minutes of screen time regarding Albert but quite a memorable 9

Ryan Gosling would make a perfect Gordon Freeman in a Half Life movie

It seemed clear to me that he died sitting in his car and him driving off was metaphor for driving into the afterlife. I don’t think he actually drove anywhere. They both died there in the parking lot.

So sad how she went to knock on his door and no one was there. I thought he died until he blinked and the music started playing, good directing.

Did you not see his shadow? He turns into the scorpion. You can see both the scorpion’s claws and it’s tail. And he re-energizes himself in the sun same as a scorpion. The Driver has a superpower. He doesn’t die, he drives.

"The world needs bad men, we keep the other bad men from the door" - Rust