Taxi Driver

On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.

1976 • 114 min • Crime · Drama

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Synopsis

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

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Top billed cast

Director: Martin Scorsese • Crew: Paul Schrader

Trailers & clips

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Peak Cinema

Amy Heckerling on Taxi Driver | Episode 6 | DIRECTOR’S TAKE: A SONY PICTURES PODCAST

Modern Trailer

EP 36:You Talkin’ to Me? Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver

You Talkin' to Me?

Paul Schrader on the origins of TAXI DRIVER

Paul Schrader on his film TAXI DRIVER

Critic reviews

fresh
**_Hellish urban decay and one man’s step-by-step fall into Big City madness_** In the mid-70s, an ex-marine insomniac in New York works the graveyard shift as a cab driver (De Niro) while trying to develop a relationship with a beautiful campaign volunteer for a presidential candidate (Cybill Shepherd and Leonard Harris).…
Wuchak, TMDB Community

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Robert De Niro is outstanding in this dark and gritty depiction of former marine "Travis Bickle". He spends his time, alone, driving his cab at night then watching seedy movies during the day. This relentless cycle is broken when he takes a shine to "Betsy" (Cybill Shepherd), a campaign worker for a would be US Presidential candidate.…
CinemaSerf, TMDB Community

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Taxi Driver has had many things said about it, and I don't wish to add to all that but it is the yardstick I measure all other films by, it is by far my favourite of all the films I have ever watched. It's brutal honesty and use of themes such as paranoia, mental health issues, and society degradation make it a film that has been imitated, and referenced since its opening in cinemas back in 1976.…
David, TMDB Community

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**Social outcast with a mohawk goes nutzoid** Porn obsessed loner, Travis Bickle, is a cabbie in New York. The story tells of his gradual descent into madness brought on by his inability to relate to those around him and a feeling of a lack of worth. Travis is essentially invisible - of no importance. Walton's self imposed isolation preferable to getting along with the scum around him.…
Ian Beale, TMDB Community