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Taxi Driver
1976 114 min United States of America R 18+
★8.6
Crime, Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Description
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.
Budget:
$1.9M
US Gross:
$28.26M
Worldwide:
$28.58M
Starring
Robert De Niro
Actor
Jodie Foster
Actor
Cybill Shepherd
Actor
Awards
Cannes Film Festival 1976
— Palme d'Or
BAFTA 1977
— Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Academy Awards 1977
— Best Supporting Actress
Academy Awards 1977
— Best Picture
Academy Awards 1977
— Best Actor
Academy Awards 1977
— Best Original Score
BAFTA 1977
— Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Golden Globe 1977
— Best Screenplay
BAFTA 1977
— Best Picture
BAFTA 1977
— Best Actor
BAFTA 1977
— Best Director
BAFTA 1977
— Best Film Editing
Key opinion
Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is widely regarded as a cinematic masterpiece that captures the existential dread and urban decay of 1970s New York. Through the lens of Travis Bickle’s isolation, the film serves as a compelling, albeit controversial, character study on the intersection of personal alienation and societal collapse.
| Acting | Robert De Niro delivers a transformative, flawless performance that masterfully captures the protagonist's profound loneliness and psychological unraveling. | |
| Direction | Scorsese’s direction effectively utilizes visual contrasts between the grime of the nocturnal underworld and the superficial order of daylight to heighten the sense of urban isolation. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative succeeds as a complex, unflinching character study that dissects the roots of extremism and moral decay without relying on traditional hero tropes. | |
| Theme | The film’s thematic core divides opinion: some interpret it as a powerful, realistic critique of societal apathy, while others find the protagonist's moral inconsistency and self-corrupting nature troubling to engage with. |