🎬 Movies Like Taxi Driver

Loved Taxi Driver (1976)? 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.. Here are 22 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Taxi Driver itself.

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   The King of Comedy1982

   7.8 IMDb89% RT critics90% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim89·90

   Shared talent: director Martin Scorsese, Diahnne Abbott; Shared themes: cautionary, audacious, new york city

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   Raging Bull1980

   8.1 IMDb92% RT critics93% RT audience79% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim92·93

   Shared talent: director Martin Scorsese, writer Paul Schrader; Shared themes: dreary, audacious, new york city

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   Midnight Cowboy1969

   7.8 IMDb89% RT critics88% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim89·88

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: cynical, provocative, cautionary

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   Once Upon a Time in America1984

   8.3 IMDb86% RT critics93% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim86·93

   Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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   Mean Streets1973

   7.2 IMDb92% RT critics84% RT audience70% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Martin Scorsese, Victor Argo; Shared themes: manhattan, new york city, set in new york city, set in united states

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   8MM1999

   6.6 IMDb23% RT critics52% RT audience65% TMDB⚡ Polarizing23·52

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: pornography, obsession, new york city

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   Hardcore1979

   7.1 IMDb80% RT critics67% RT audience68% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Paul Schrader, Peter Boyle; Both are crime/drama films

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   Payback1999

   7.0 IMDb56% RT critics69% RT audience68% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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   Dog Day Afternoon1975

   8.0 IMDb94% RT critics90% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim94·90

   Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    Menace II Society1993

    7.5 IMDb84% RT critics93% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim84·93

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: callous, antagonistic, cautionary

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    Summer of Sam1999

    6.7 IMDb50% RT critics60% RT audience65% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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    The Silence of the Lambs1991

    8.6 IMDb95% RT critics86% Metacritic95% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim95·95

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, tense tone

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    The Great Train Robbery1978

    6.9 IMDb79% RT critics69% RT audience67% TMDB

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    The Funeral1996

    6.6 IMDb79% RT critics68% RT audience67% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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    Cool Hand Luke1967

    8.0 IMDb100% RT critics95% RT audience78% TMDB

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    The Godfather1972

    9.2 IMDb97% RT critics100% Metacritic98% RT audience87% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim97·98

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    Boyz n the Hood1991

    7.7 IMDb96% RT critics93% RT audience76% TMDB

    Shared themes: callous, antagonistic, cautionary; Both are crime/drama films

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    American Gigolo1980

    6.3 IMDb73% RT critics50% RT audience62% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling73·50

    Shared talent: director Paul Schrader; Both are crime/drama films

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    Dead Presidents1995

    6.9 IMDb47% RT critics78% RT audience67% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser47·78

    Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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    12 Angry Men1957

    9.0 IMDb100% RT critics97% RT audience86% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim100·97

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    Gotti1996

    7.2 IMDb60% RT critics83% RT audience65% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser60·83

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: new york city, set in new york city, set in united states

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    The Corruptor1999

    6.1 IMDb48% RT critics43% RT audience61% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are crime films