Taxi Driver

Movie · 1976

A Vietnam veteran's psychological unraveling plays out across the sleazy streets of 1970s New York, culminating in a blood-soaked vigilante shootout. Nearly every major content category is present at moderate to strong intensity, making this firmly adult viewing.

Sexual violenceExplicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseRacial & cultural stereotypes

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Explicit sexual contentearly in the filmMild

Travis enters a pornographic movie house; the on-screen image is blurred but sexual sounds are audible.

Explicit sexual content0:35:34Moderate

Travis takes a date to a pornographic theater; sexual sounds are heard until she walks out in disgust.

Abuse & manipulationearly in the filmStrong

A passenger (a cameo) describes in crude terms his intention to shoot his wife; the scene establishes the film's environment of casual misogynistic menace.

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