Taxi Driver
Movie • 1976 • Crime
ReportA 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.
This movie contains 44 potentially triggering events.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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dubdee
Travis’s reality is extremely unstable/unhinged.
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Sid
Iris believes that her parents don’t care about her, but we later learn that this isn’t true
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
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heyjackie
Travis stalks Betsy and there is a scene where a man is stalking his wife.
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Sid
A man says he’s going to shoot his wife
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Is someone gaslighted?
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georgiaaaaaaaaa
jodie foster's character is gaslighted by her pimp
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MariaClocktower
A 12 year old is used as a sex worker by a pimp
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Addiction
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Sid
Iris talks about being stoned. Travis refers to “junkies”. Easy Andy tries to sell Travis drugs
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Is there addiction?
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Sid
Matthew thinks that Travis is a cop and says “come on, I’m clean”, whilst pointing to the insides of his elbows, implying that he used to inject drugs
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Bismuth
People are shown drinking and bottles are shown, but from what I recall no one drinks in excess.
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Animal
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bardianofyore
They describe how the mob might kill canaries from pet stores, but it’s not shown on screen
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Does a pet die?
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petezaparti
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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Assault
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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Is there pedophilia?
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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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takver
A pimp discusses "sex" with a twelve-year-old child prostitute in very crude terms.
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Is someone restrained?
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Sid
When Travis starts getting aggressive at Betsy’s office, Tom gently holds onto him and pushes him backwards
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Sid
Iris is a victim of sex trafficking and child sexual abuse
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Sid
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 body horror?
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Melvin
Technically no, but there are some grotesque bodily disfigurements that occur from gunshot wounds.
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Is there amputation?
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Bismuth
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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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Sid
The unnamed passenger says something along the lines of “you should see what a 44 magnum does to a woman’s pussy”
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Sid
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 there finger/toe mutilation?
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Sid
A guy has half his hand shot off
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Sid
Not exactly but people stumble and fall over on the stairs in the shootout scene
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Is someone stabbed?
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dubdee
“Hall monitor” stabbed in hand in climax.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Melvin
The finale is pretty famous for its excessive amount of gore.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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RyanS
One of the characters is a teenaged prostitute
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Several people are shot to death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Sid
Iris has been trafficked
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Does someone cheat?
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Sid
The unnamed passengers wife is cheating on him
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Sid
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
Is there copaganda?
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Sid
No, but there are police at the end. Travis also says “the cops don’t do nothing, you know that”
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Sid
No, but Matthew touches the insides of his elbows to indicate injecting heroin and says “officer, I’m clean”
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Bismuth
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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Does someone have cancer?
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Sid
Travis says “I think I got stomach cancer” but doesn’t mention it again
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Mental Health
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Sid
Travis holds his hand over a cooker
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Sid
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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Sid
Travis attempts to shoot himself in the head but his gun is empty
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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MariaClocktower
The entire film focuses on the main characters paranoia
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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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 there body dysmorphia?
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Sid
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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Sid
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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Anonymous
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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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Sid
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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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Sid
Swearing, hate speech, sexual conversations, pornography
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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petezaparti
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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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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heyjackie
A slur for little people is used.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Sid
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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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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petezaparti
A black man tries to rob a cashier and is fatally shot
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Does the black guy die first?
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socratesgonemad
The first onscreen death is a black man who is robbing a bodega.
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Is there hate speech?
32 supporters
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LiamMcGreevy
Travis Bickle, the main character, refers to African Americans as "spooks".
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
1 supporters
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Sid
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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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Sid
Iris and to a certain extent Betsy
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Anonymous
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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Sid
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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Sid
Homeless people in the background in some scenes
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Sid
Travis almost hits Iris with his taxi
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Sid
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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Sid
Lots of shooting. Travis also spends a long time practising drawing his guns and making holsters and stuff
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