Editing Taxi Driver (section)

== Reception ==

=== Box office ===
The film opened at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Coronet Theater]] in New York City and grossed a house record of $68,000 in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Taxi Driver Is Sensational|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 18, 1976| page=24}}</ref> It went on to gross $28.3 million in the United States,<ref>[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=taxidriver.htm Taxi Driver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203195541/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=taxidriver.htm |date=February 3, 2007 }}, [[Box Office Mojo]] [[Internet Movie Database]]. Retrieved March 31, 2007</ref> making it the [[1976 in film|17th-highest-grossing film of 1976]].

=== Critical response ===
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''Taxi Driver'' received universal critical acclaim. [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' instantly praised it as one of the greatest films he had ever seen, claiming:
<blockquote>''Taxi Driver'' is a hell, from the opening shot of a cab emerging from stygian clouds of steam to the climactic killing scene in which the camera finally looks straight down. Scorsese wanted to look away from Travis's rejection; we almost want to look away from his life. But he's there, all right, and he's suffering.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/taxi-driver-1976 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |title=Taxi Driver | access-date=October 18, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925233419/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/taxi-driver-1976 | archive-date=September 25, 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

On the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 162 reviews and an average rating of 9.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=taxi_driver|type=m|title=Taxi Driver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001002501/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taxi_driver/|archive-date=October 1, 2008|url-status=live|access-date=March 22, 2025}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gives the film a score of 94 out of 100, based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "universal" acclaim".<ref>{{cite Metacritic|id=taxi-driver-re-release|type=movie|title=Taxi Driver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311011258/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/taxi-driver-re-release|archive-date=March 11, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

''Taxi Driver'' was ranked by the [[American Film Institute]] as the 52nd-greatest [[Cinema of the United States|American film]] on its [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] list, and Bickle was [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains|voted the 30th-greatest villain]] in a poll by the same organization. ''[[The Village Voice]]'' ranked ''Taxi Driver'' at number 33 in its Top 250 "Best Films of the Century" list in 1999, based on a poll of critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 |title=Take One: The First Annual Village Voice Film Critics' Poll |access-date=27 July 2006 |year=1999 |work=The Village Voice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826201343/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/take/one/full_list.php3?category=10 |archive-date=26 August 2007}}</ref> ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' also ranked him 18th in its "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll,<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=18 |access-date=December 2, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107045525/http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=18 | archive-date=November 7, 2011 | url-status=live}}</ref> and the film ranks at 17 on the magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies/ |date=October 3, 2008 |title=The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time|access-date=April 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822120854/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/500-greatest-movies/|archive-date=August 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine conducted a poll of the 100 greatest movies set in New York City. ''Taxi Driver'' topped the list.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 101 best New York movies of all time |date=June 17, 2016 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/new-york-movies-100-best#tab_panel_10|access-date=May 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527122000/http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/new-york-movies-100-best#tab_panel_10|archive-date=May 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Schrader's screenplay was ranked the 43rd-greatest ever written by the [[Writers Guild of America]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|title=101 Greatest Screenplays|publisher=Writers Guild of America|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206081937/http://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list|archive-date=February 6, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> ''Taxi Driver'' was also ranked as the 44th best-directed film of all time by the [[Directors Guild of America]].<ref>[https://www.dga.org/craft/dgaq/all-articles/1602-spring-2016/80th-film-poll.aspx The 80 Best-Directed Films] [[Directors Guild of America]]. Retrieved April 12, 2024.</ref> In contrast, [[Leonard Maltin]] gave a rating of 2 stars (out of 4) and called it a "gory, cold-blooded story of a sick man's lurid descent into violence" that was "ugly and unredeeming".<ref name="Leonard Maltin Movie Guide">{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |title=Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide The Modern Era |year=2013 |location=New York |publisher=[[Penguin Group]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780451418104/page/1385 1385] |isbn=978-0-451-41810-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780451418104/page/1385 }}</ref>

In 2012, in a ''[[Sight and Sound|Sight & Sound]]'' poll, Iranian filmmaker [[Asghar Farhadi]] selected ''Taxi Driver'' as one of his 10 best films of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1204|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517140210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/1204|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 17, 2016|title= Asghar Farhadi's Top 10 Director's Poll|website= [[British Film Institute]]|access-date= 27 May 2020}}</ref> [[Quentin Tarantino]] has also listed the movie among his 10 greatest films of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-handwritten-list-11-greatest-films-of-all-time/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's handwritten list of the 11 greatest films of all time |publisher=Far Out Magazine |access-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231223223/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-handwritten-list-11-greatest-films-of-all-time/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine lists ''Taxi Driver'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars".<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

=== Accolades ===
{{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[49th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Michael Phillips (producer)|Michael Phillips]] and [[Julia Phillips]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref name="Oscars1977">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |access-date=February 1, 2017 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |date=October 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402004041/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Robert De Niro]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Jodie Foster]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Bernard Herrmann]]{{efn|[[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|Posthumous nomination]].}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards]]
| [[Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Martin Scorsese]]
| {{won}}
 | align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[30th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref name="BAFTA">{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1977/film/film |title=Film in 1977 |access-date=February 1, 2017 |publisher=[[British Academy Film Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407075031/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1977/film/film |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Robert De Niro
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| rowspan="2"| Jodie Foster{{efn|Also for ''[[Bugsy Malone]].''}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles|Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Marcia Lucas]], [[Tom Rolf]], and Melvin Shapiro
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music]]
| Bernard Herrmann{{efn|name=Posthumous|[[Posthumous award]].}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1976 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]
| {{lang|fr|[[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no}}
| Martin Scorsese
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref name="Cannes">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3E0FBC86-DB8F-4AA2-8FF7-B39C1F31DB3F/year/1976.html |title=Taxi Driver |access-date=February 1, 2017 |work=Festival de Cannes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016010056/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3E0FBC86-DB8F-4AA2-8FF7-B39C1F31DB3F/year/1976.html |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| rowspan="2"| Special David
| Jodie Foster
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Martin Scorsese
| {{won}}
|-
| [[29th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1976.aspx?value=1976 |title=29th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Fotogramas de Plata]]
| Best Foreign Movie Performer
| rowspan="2"| Robert De Niro
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[34th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref name="GG">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/taxi-driver |title=Taxi Driver |access-date=February 1, 2017 |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731112514/http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/taxi-driver |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| [[Paul Schrader]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[19th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special]]
| Bernard Herrmann{{efn|Posthumous nomination}}
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/19th-annual-grammy-awards |title=19th Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hochi Film Award]]s
| Best Foreign Film
| Martin Scorsese
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actress
| Jodie Foster
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1970-79/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1970-79 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Foreign Language Film Director
| Martin Scorsese
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1976 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Robert De Niro
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref name="LAFCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/years/1976.html |title=2nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |access-date=February 1, 2017 |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904181959/http://www.lafca.net/years/1976.html |archive-date=September 4, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| Bernard Herrmann{{efn|name=Posthumous}}
| {{won}}
|-
| New Generation Award
| Jodie Foster and Martin Scorsese
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>[https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html Films Selected to The National Film Registry, Library of Congress, 1989–2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133410/http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html |date=April 7, 2014}}. Retrieved March 10, 2007.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1976 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Martin Scorsese
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Robert De Niro
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Harvey Keitel]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Jodie Foster
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Michael Chapman (cinematographer)|Michael Chapman]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1976 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Martin Scorsese
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| 
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Robert De Niro
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Harvey Keitel
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Jodie Foster
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions {{small|(1998)}}
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Film Hall of Fame: Characters {{small|(2021)}}
| [[Travis Bickle]] {{small|(played by Robert De Niro)}}
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-characters/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Characters |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sant Jordi Awards]]
| Best Performance in a Foreign Film
| Robert De Niro
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[29th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| [[Paul Schrader]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== American Film Institute ===
*[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] (1998) – #47
*[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills]] (2001) – #22
*[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]] (2003)
** Travis Bickle – #30 Villain
*[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]] (2005)
** "You talkin' to me?" – #10
*[[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]] (2005) – Nominated<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313150632/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores250.pdf AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores: Honoring America’s Greatest Film Music, Official Ballot] [[American Film Institute]] via [[Internet Archive]]. Retrieved June 10, 2024.</ref>
*[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] (2007) – #52

=== Other honors ===
*[[National Film Registry]] – Inducted in 1994<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-02-27|archive-date=October 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031213743/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The film was chosen by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' as one of the [[Time's All-Time 100 Movies|100 best films of all time]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Schickel |first=Richard |url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html |title=The Complete List – ALL-TIME 100 Movies |magazine=Time |date=January 23, 2012 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314020006/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In 2015, ''Taxi Driver'' ranked 19th on [[BBC]]'s "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 20, 2015|title=100 Greatest American Films|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916105535/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films|archive-date=September 16, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2015|work=BBC}}</ref>