• Director(s)

    Martin Scorsese

  • Production Year

    1976

  • Release date

    04/05/2006

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Steven Prince, Martin Scorsese, Diahnne Abbott, Norman Matlock, Harry Northup

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Film

Taxi Driver

Contains very strong sex references and child prostitution theme

A Vietnam veteran is disgusted by aspects of New York City, where he takes up a job as a taxi driver, and decides to take matters into his own hands. This disturbing thriller deals with difficult issues and themes.…

A Vietnam veteran is disgusted by aspects of New York City, where he takes up a job as a taxi driver, and decides to take matters into his own hands. This disturbing thriller deals with difficult issues and themes.

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violence

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

alcohol and tobacco

  • Director(s)

    Martin Scorsese

  • Production Year

    1976

  • Release date

    04/05/2006

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Steven Prince, Martin Scorsese, Diahnne Abbott, Norman Matlock, Harry Northup

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Contains very strong sex references and child prostitution theme
Classified Date:
05/05/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
violence
There are scenes of violence, including a man being beaten up and a prolonged gunfight in which several people are shot, with large blood spurts from the impacts. A knife is stabbed through a man's hand and a gunshot to a man's head results in sight of brain matter on the wall behind.
language
There is a single use of very strong language ('c**t') and multiple uses of strong language ('f**k').
sex
A man visits an 'adult' cinema, showing pornographic movies. While nothing graphic is shown, a couple are seen having sex on the screen.There are also some crude verbal references to sexual activity.
discrimination
There are uses of discriminatory terms, including the 'n' word.
drugs
Characters are seen smoking and taking pills and there are references to being 'high'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
One of the film's characters is a child prostitute and there are graphic references to the sexual acts she will perform for clients, as well as a scene in which she unzips a potential customer's trousers. In another scene, a disturbed man makes a reference to shooting his wife who he believes has cheated on her, in her genitals.
injury detail
There are gory images and injury detail in the aftermath of violent acts, including blood and brain matter on walls.
alcohol and tobacco
Characters are seen smoking and drinking.
There are scenes of strong violence which include: sight of a man being beaten; a prolonged gun fight in which people are shot, and large blood spurts are visible upon impact; a man has a knife stabbed through his hand; and a man's brains are seen sprayed across a wall after he has been shot. There is a single use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as frequent uses of strong language ('f**k'). There are uses of racist language such as the terms 'n****r' and 'jungle bunny'.
Classified Date:
02/04/1976
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia-Warner Dists
Contains very strong sex references and child prostitution theme
Classified Date:
02/06/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video
Sex
A man makes a verbal reference to shooting his adulterous wife in the vagina, and there are also references to having sex with a child. A character visits an adult cinema and a couple are seen having sex on the screen, but this is relatively discreet, with only a brief sight of buttock nudity and no strong detail.
Theme
The main character attempts to form a friendship with a child prostitute. There are detailed verbal and visual references to prostitution, as well as a scene in which she attempts to seduce an adult.
There are scenes of strong violence which include: sight of a man being beaten; a prolonged gun fight in which people are shot, and large blood spurts are visible upon impact; a man has a knife stabbed through his hand; and a man's brains are seen sprayed across a wall after he has been shot. There is a single use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as frequent uses of strong language ('f**k'). There are uses of racist language such as the terms 'n****r' and 'jungle bunny'.
Classified Date:
31/12/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Video Collection International
Paperwork Remarks:
UKCV as cut
Sex
A man makes a verbal reference to shooting his adulterous wife in the vagina, and there are also references to having sex with a child. A character visits an adult cinema and a couple are seen having sex on the screen, but this is relatively discreet, with only a brief sight of buttock nudity and no strong detail.
Theme
The main character attempts to form a friendship with a child prostitute. There are detailed verbal and visual references to prostitution, as well as a scene in which she attempts to seduce an adult.
There are scenes of strong violence which include: sight of a man being beaten; a prolonged gun fight in which people are shot, and large blood spurts are visible upon impact; a man has a knife stabbed through his hand; and a man's brains are seen sprayed across a wall after he has been shot. There is a single use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as frequent uses of strong language ('f**k'). There are uses of racist language such as the terms 'n****r' and 'jungle bunny'.
Classified Date:
06/02/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd
Sex
A man makes a verbal reference to shooting his adulterous wife in the vagina, and there are also references to having sex with a child. A character visits an adult cinema and a couple are seen having sex on the screen, but this is relatively discreet, with only a brief sight of buttock nudity and no strong detail.
Theme
The main character attempts to form a friendship with a child prostitute. There are detailed verbal and visual references to prostitution, as well as a scene in which she attempts to seduce an adult.
There are scenes of strong violence which include: sight of a man being beaten; a prolonged gun fight in which people are shot, and large blood spurts are visible upon impact; a man has a knife stabbed through his hand; and a man's brains are seen sprayed across a wall after he has been shot. There is a single use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as frequent uses of strong language ('f**k'). There are uses of racist language such as the terms 'n****r' and 'jungle bunny'.
Classified Date:
08/09/2016
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC UK Limited
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer Clean Theatrical
Classified Date:
25/02/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC UK Limited
Paperwork Remarks:
BLU-RAY TRAILER (CLEAN VERSION)
Classified Date:
13/09/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Classified Date:
28/03/2011
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC UK Limited
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Original director's audio commentary
Classified Date:
08/05/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material DVD audio commentary featuring screenwriter Paul Schrade...
Classified Date:
03/05/2007
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD additional material DVD audio commentary

  • Classified date

    05/05/2006

  • BBFC reference

    BFF029962

  • Language

    English