Taxi Driver
- IMDb link: 0075314
- IMDb rating: 8.2 (977,458 votes)
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Cast: Jodie Foster, Robert De Niro, Diahnne Abbott, Cybill Shepherd, Victor Argo and others
- Release date: 9 Feb 1976
- Release year: 1976
- Runtime: 114 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: child prostitution, taxi driver, mentally unstable, street life, urban decay
Plot:
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. After an incident, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place.