Robert De Niro stars as a mentally unstable veteran who works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City and becomes obsessed with cleaning up the streets. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film.

It is a widely known item of cinematic lore that Paul Schrader's screenplay for "Taxi Driver" was inspired by "The Searchers," John Ford's 1956 film. In both films, the heroes grow obsessed with "rescuing" women who may not, in fact, want to be rescued.

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams...

Watch the trailer of the classic film by Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro as a psychotic New York cabbie. TAXI DRIVER is one of six iconic films in the Columbia Classics Vol. 2 4K Ultra HD Collection.

An alienated, battle-scarred loner embarks on a mission of misguided revenge in the seedy underbelly of nighttime Manhattan. 6,354. IMDb 8.2 1 h 48 min 1976 X-Ray UHD R. Drama • Anxious • Eerie • Malicious.

A taxi driver, Travis Bickle, becomes a vigilante in New York, obsessed with violence and sex. Roger Ebert praises the film's style, performances, and themes, and compares it to a nightmare.

Martin Scorsese’s classic thriller stars Robert De Niro as New York cab driver Travis Bickle, whose rage, paranoia and obsession simmer into violence. Watch trailers & learn more.

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. The web page provides a detailed summary of the film's story, characters, themes, and settings, as well as links to cast and crew, user reviews, trivia, and FAQ.