Taxi Driver (1976)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · 114 min · Crime, Drama

97.4 TOPICAL score · #10 of 6,776 films

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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.

Taxi Driver (1976, directed by Martin Scorsese) has a TOPICAL score of 97.4 - one of the 100 best movies of all time by TOPICAL's score. It scores highest on historical impact and cast. It won 1 award from 5 nominations, including the Palme d'Or. Critics: 89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94. Audiences: TMDB 8.1/10 (13,890 ratings) · IMDb 8.2/10. Wikipedia covers it in 79 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.

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• Critics89% on Rotten Tomatoes · 9.1/10 critics' average · Metacritic 94
• AudienceTMDB 8.1/10 (13,890 ratings) · IMDb 8.2/10
• Awards1 win, 5 nominations - incl. Palme d'Or
• ImpactWikipedia articles in 79 languages · National Film Registry
• Still read187,487 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
• Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time

Starring: Robert De Niro (actor #8), Jodie Foster (actor #79), Cybill Shepherd (actor #431), Harvey Keitel (actor #144)

“Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times instantly praised it as one of the greatest films he had ever seen, claiming:”

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