The Accidental Getaway Driver

{{Short description|2023 film by Sing J. Lee}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox film

| image = The Accidental Getaway Driver poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Sing J. Lee

| screenplay = {{Plainlist|

• Sing J. Lee
• Christopher Chen

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| based_on = {{Based on|"The Accidental Get Away Driver"|Paul Kix}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gq.com/story/the-accidental-get-away-driver|title=The Accidental Get Away Driver|magazine=GQ|access-date=January 1, 2017}}

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Kimberly Steward
• Basil Iwanyk
• Barbara Broccoli
• Jennifer J. Pritzker
• Luisa Law
• Andy Sorgie
• Brendon Boyea
• Joseph Hiếu

}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Hiep Tran Nghia
• Dustin Nguyen
• Phi Vu
• Dali Benssalah
• Gabrielle Chan

}}

| cinematography = Michael Cambio Fernandez

| editing = Yang-Hua Hu

| music = {{Plainlist|

• Jon Ong

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| studio = {{Plainlist|

• K Period Media
• Thunder Road Films

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| distributor = Utopia

| released = {{Film date|2023|1|23|Sundance|2025|2|28|United States}}

| runtime = 102 minutes{{Cite news |last=Rapold |first=Nicolas |date=2025-02-27 |title='The Accidental Getaway Driver' Review: Hostage to the Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/movies/the-accidental-getaway-driver-review.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

| country = United States

| language = English {{br}}Vietnamese

| gross = $63,831{{Cite web|title=The Accidental Getaway Driver – Financial Information|url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Accidental-Getaway-Driver-The-(2025)#tab=summary |website=The Numbers|access-date=March 24, 2025}}{{Cite web|title=The Accidental Getaway Driver |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3929178113/weekend/|website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 24, 2025}}

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The Accidental Getaway Driver is a 2023 American crime drama film directed by Sing J. Lee, his feature directorial debut and co-written by Lee with Christopher Chen. It is inspired by the 2016 abduction of Long Ma, a Vietnamese American taxi driver in Orange County, by three prison escapees. It stars Hiep Tran Nghia, Phi Vu, Dali Benssalah and Dustin Nguyen.

It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2023, and was released on February 28, 2025, by Utopia.