Movie

Carpool

“A dad in a hurry. A man on the run. And five kids with an attitude.”

★ 5.3(92)19961h 29m

Family Comedy

IMDb

Carpool is streaming on Disney Plus in Germany. Availability checked 10 June 2026.

Where to watch Carpool

🇩🇪 Germany

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Good to know

Director: Arthur Hiller
Release date: 1996-08-23
Runtime: 1h 29m
Language: English
Budget: $17,000,000
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Regency Enterprises

About Carpool

Carpool is a 1996 movie in the Family and Comedy genres, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Tom Arnold, David Paymer and Rhea Perlman. It has a runtime of 1 hour 29 minutes. It holds an average rating of 5.3/10 from 92 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Carpool in Germany — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery. However, the situation only gets worse as a desperate man who had been contemplating a bank robbery robs the robbers and takes the man and the kids hostage in their van as his truck is blocked by an armored car. The thing then proceeds into a comedic chase movie. The father finds his kids don't really respect him and they react better to the robber. The end result is everyone gets a lifestyle change, including the original store owner.