Taxi Driver (1976)
A disturbed cabbie navigates a bleak city, his measured descent into violence feeling intensely intimate.
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.
How intense is Taxi Driver?
Taxi Driver is mildly scary, with graphic gore and brutal violence. Emotionally it is devastating. The pace is measured, and it is a full-attention watch. Rated R.
What Taxi Driver feels like
- Tone
- grittybleakatmosphericintimate
- Pace
- Measured
- Best for
- Full attention
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Is Taxi Driver for you?
Is Taxi Driver scary?
Only a little. Taxi Driver has a few tense moments (scare level 1 of 3), nothing that follows you to bed.
Is Taxi Driver gory or violent?
Graphic gore (2 of 3) and brutal violence (3 of 3). If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
Is Taxi Driver sad or heavy?
Yes. Emotional weight 3 of 3. It hits hard; do not plan anything light after.
Is Taxi Driver OK for kids?
It is rated R, so it is made for adults. Intensity: scare 1, gore 2, violence 3, each out of 3.
How long is Taxi Driver?
Taxi Driver runs 1h 54m.
Where can I stream Taxi Driver?
Taxi Driver is streaming on Tubi.
Does Taxi Driver have a happy ending? spoiler-safe answer
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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