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Taxi Driver
1976
· Movie
· 114 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #173
- IMDb #123
- Google retired #2047
- Rotten Tomatoes #424
- Metacritic #41
- Letterboxd #378
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1121
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #204
- Metacritic Critics #87
- Metacritic Audience #83
- Criticker #85
- Douban #247
- Kinopoisk #737
- AlloCiné #98
- Trakt #413
Every rating
74–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 74, highest is Metacritic critics on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York City. Isolated and growing increasingly disgusted by the crime and corruption he witnesses, his delusions manifest into an obsessive need to violently clean up the streets and save a young woman he sees as a victim.
Details
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writer
- Paul Schrader
- Released
- 9 February 1976
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.9M
- Box office
- $28.6M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →1 major award won · 22 wins from 35 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 1976 | Palme d'Or | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Original Score | Bernard Herrmann | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Picture | Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1976 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Palme d'Or | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Bernard Herrmann | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Bernard Herrmann | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music | Bernard Herrmann | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Jodie Foster (also for Bugsy Malone ) | Winner |
| Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Jodie Foster (also for Bugsy Malone ) | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Robert De Niro | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
| Best Film | Martin Scorsese | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Marcia Lucas, Tom Rolf, and Melvin Shapiro | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Winner |
| Best Music | Bernard Herrmann | Winner |
| New Generation Award | Jodie Foster and Martin Scorsese | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Winner |
| Best Director | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Special David | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
| Special David | Jodie Foster | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Characters (2021) | Travis Bickle (played by Robert De Niro) | Winner |
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions (1998) | Winner |
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
Fotogramas de Plata
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Movie Performer | Robert De Niro | Winner |
Hochi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jodie Foster | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film Director | Martin Scorsese | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro | Winner |
Sant Jordi Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Performance in a Foreign Film | Robert De Niro | Winner |