Taxi Driver
“On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.”
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.
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Cast
53 people
Robert De Niro
Travis Bickle
Known for
Joker
GoodFellas
Jodie Foster
Iris
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Panic Room
Cybill Shepherd
Betsy
Known for
Moonlighting
The Last Picture Show
Harvey Keitel
Sport
Known for
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Peter Boyle
Wizard
Known for
Young Frankenstein
Everybody Loves Raymond
Leonard Harris
Charles Palantine
Also in
Hero at Large
Albert Brooks
Tom
Known for
Finding Nemo
Drive
Diahnne Abbott
Concession Girl
Known for
The King of Comedy
Love Streams
Frank Adu
Angry Black Man
Known for
Love and Death
C.H.U.D.
Victor Argo
Melio
Known for
Mean Streets
Bad Lieutenant
Gino Ardito
Policeman at Rally
Known for
California Suite
Garth Avery
Iris' Friend
No other roles listed
Martin Scorsese Director · Paul Schrader Writer Bernard Herrmann Composer
Worldwide gross $29M · Budget $1.9M · United States release February 9, 1976
Box office
Budget
$1,900,000
Worldwide gross
$28,579,636
Gross vs. budget
15.0×
Production
Bill/Phillips Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
Bill/Phillips
Production
Italo/Judeo Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · February 8, 1976
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · February 9, 1976
Theatrical
Australia
August 5, 1976 · Theatrical
Austria
October 7, 1976 · Theatrical
Belgium
February 9, 1976 · Limited theatrical
Brazil
March 22, 1976 · Theatrical
China
June 20, 2014 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival（4K）
Denmark
August 16, 1976 · Theatrical
France
May 20, 1976 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
June 2, 1976 · Theatrical
October 1, 1997 · Physical · DVD
May 4, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
December 10, 2016 · Digital · VOD
Germany
October 7, 1976 · Theatrical
November 2, 1999 · Physical · DVD
May 5, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
Greece
March 12, 1977 · Theatrical
July 30, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Hong Kong SAR China
August 28, 2026 · Theatrical · 4k restoration
Hungary
September 2, 1976 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 10, 1976 · Theatrical
Italy
August 27, 1976 · Theatrical
March 31, 2025 · Limited theatrical · 4K Restoration
Japan
September 18, 1976 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 9, 1976 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 1, 1976 · Theatrical
January 25, 2004 · TV · Yorin
May 15, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
July 6, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
Norway
February 9, 1976 · Limited theatrical
Poland
March 3, 1978 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 15, 1977 · Theatrical
Russia
May 11, 1990 · Premiere · U. S. Playwright Film Festival
Russia
June 24, 2021 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 17, 1989 · Theatrical
Spain
March 10, 1977 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 12, 1977 · Theatrical
January 1, 1996 · Physical · VHS
December 8, 1999 · Physical · DVD
January 30, 2004 · Theatrical · Re-release
April 6, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
September 19, 2016 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored version)
United Kingdom
April 2, 1976 · Theatrical
February 10, 2017 · Limited theatrical
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