Taxi Driver
Movie • 1976 • Crime
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A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Iris believes that her parents don’t care about her, but we later learn that this isn’t true
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A man says he’s going to shoot his wife
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Is someone gaslighted?
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jodie foster's character is gaslighted by her pimp
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A 12 year old is used as a sex worker by a pimp
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Travis stalks Betsy and there is a scene where a man is stalking his wife.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Iris hugs and dances with her pimp
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
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Travis frequently takes unspecified pills throughout the movie and drinks constantly
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Iris talks about being stoned. Travis refers to “junkies”. Easy Andy tries to sell Travis drugs
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People are shown drinking and bottles are shown, but from what I recall no one drinks in excess.
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Does a pet die?
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The only animal in the whole movie is a bodega cat, and you don't even see it, just hear it meow.
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They describe how the mob might kill canaries from pet stores, but it’s not shown on screen
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Assault
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A grown man is in a "relationship" with a 12 year old girl and she is a prostitute for him.
There are no actual sex scenes involving her but there's a long scene of her dancing/kissing the man.
There are no actual sex scenes involving her but there's a long scene of her dancing/kissing the man.
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Is rape mentioned?
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A pimp discusses "sex" with a twelve-year-old child prostitute in very crude terms.
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Is someone drugged?
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Iris claims she has been on dope and Travis questions if the pimp makes her take it (I can't remember her answer sorry)
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Iris is a victim of sex trafficking and child sexual abuse
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When Travis starts getting aggressive at Betsy’s office, Tom gently holds onto him and pushes him backwards
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Bodily Harm
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Is there body horror?
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Technically no, but there are some grotesque bodily disfigurements that occur from gunshot wounds.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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You don’t see Travis shave his head but towards the end he suddenly has a different haircut. He also stabs somebody through the hand if that counts
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Is there amputation?
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A character’s fingers are shot off, and in an earlier scene two characters discuss how an amputee might light a match.
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Are any hands damaged?
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One fella's fingers get shot off
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Is someone stabbed?
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“Hall monitor” stabbed in hand in climax.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Not exactly but people stumble and fall over on the stairs in the shootout scene
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Is there throat mutilation?
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No but a character gets shot in the neck towards the end.
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Is there excessive gore?
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The finale is pretty famous for its excessive amount of gore.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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The unnamed passenger says something along the lines of “you should see what a 44 magnum does to a woman’s p***y
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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A guy has half his hand shot off
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Travis passes out at the end after being shot. We later hear that he was in a coma in critical condition
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Is a minor sexualized?
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One of the characters is a teenaged prostitute
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Several people are shot to death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Almost. I believe that was Travis' intention at the end
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Family
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Does someone cheat?
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The unnamed passengers wife is cheating on him
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Iris has been trafficked
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Does someone vomit?
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No, but Travis says “the smell of the flowers only made me sicker, the headaches got worse, I think I got stomach cancer”
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Is there audio gore?
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When the robber at the bodega is beat by the owner there is some really gross gore noises
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Does someone have cancer?
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Travis says “I think I got stomach cancer” but doesn’t mention it again
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Is there a hospital scene?
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A character goes to a hospital offscreen, it is mentioned in a newspaper clipping and a letter which is spoken aloud.
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Mental Health
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Travis attempts to shoot himself in the head but his gun is empty
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Travis holds his hand over a cooker
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Travis doesn't say it but he makes gun motions against his head and clicks an empty gun under his chin
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Travis’s reality is extremely unstable/unhinged.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Travis seems to have some kind of body dysmorphia. He talks about how he’s been “destroying his body” and starts exercising excessively.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The whole film seems to evoke a sense of claustrophobia and paranoia. At one point Travis is trapped in his taxi with a man who is clearly violent. He freezes and is visibly scared. Nothing happens but it is a tense scene
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Travis is mentally ill (although it’s never stated exactly what his condition is) and commits a pretty horrific mass shooting at the end of the film
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Someone tries to commit suicide by putting a gun under his chin and shooting, but the bullets are all used up, so he can't.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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The entire film focuses on the main characters paranoia
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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It’s never specifically stated that Travis has PTSD and he never has any flashbacks or nightmares, but it’s a reasonable assumption. He was honourably discharged from the marines and fought in Vietnam, and he has a charred Vietcong flag in his apartment. During the scenes when he is shirtless you can see a huge scar on his shoulder
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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A shootout happens towards the end of the movie. Some of the gunshots are sudden as the shooter is sometimes off screen.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Swearing, hate speech, sexual conversations, pornography
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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The unnamed passenger wants to kill his wife because she is having an affair with a black man, whom he refers to using the n word
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Does the black guy die first?
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The first onscreen death is a black man who is robbing a bodega.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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A black man tries to rob a cashier and is fatally shot
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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A slur for little people is used.
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Is there hate speech?
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Travis Bickle, the main character, refers to African Americans as "spooks".
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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The words "queen" and "fairy" are used to describe people the main character thinks are scum that needs to be washed away. Another character says the f slur.
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Race
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Relationships
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Matthew, who looks to be in his thirties, is sexually abusing and pimping out Iris, who is twelve
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Iris and to a certain extent Betsy
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Is there sexual content?
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Robert DeNiro's character goes to adult movie theaters, there are several prostitutes (some minors) and lots of sexual acts and sexual violence are described.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Travis complains of headaches and he has a bedside table covered in medication bottles in his flat
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Homeless people in the background in some scenes
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Travis almost hits Iris with his taxi
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Is there blood/gore?
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A hell of a lot. They desaturated the colour of the blood or something but it’s still very gory. It mostly occurs during the climactic scene at the end. One pimp is shot in the stomach, another has his hand shot off and is then shot in the head, and Travis is shot in the arm and grazed in the neck, them mimes shooting himself in the head with a bloody hand
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Is there gun violence?
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Lots of shooting. Travis also spends a long time practising drawing his guns and making holsters and stuff
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