Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The American Film Institute ranked Taxi Driver as... More
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Initial release date:

  • Feb 8, 1976

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 53 min

Produced by:

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Also known as:

  • taxi driver,
  • Chauffeur de taxi,
  • Taxi Driver - Motorista de Táxi,
  • Soferul de taxi,
  • Taxisofőr,
  • Taksist,
  • Taksikuski,
  • Taksówkarz,
  • Taksista,
  • Taxikár,
  • Таксист,
  • Taksi soförü,
  • O taxitzis,
  • Taxisjåføren

Film

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese ( /skɔrˈsɛsɛ/; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is...

Tagline:

  • On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.

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  • 1976
  • Jun 15, 1999
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 53 min
  • 1 h 54 min
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  • 1,300,000

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Year Award Award Nominee Nominated work
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1976
  • 1977
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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 47
  • 1998
  • 52
  • 2007
  • 22
  • 2001
  • 169
  • 7.0
  • 1994
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills of 2001

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Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Winning work
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
  • 1976
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  • 47
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