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Taxi Driver

1976 · directed by Martin Scorsese · 114 min
27,703 feet · Prominence
29th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw59

Lifetime worldwide gross $29m, re-releases included; about $166m in 2026 money.

Rank2,000 of 11,051In 197615 of 48

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise95

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics92 baseAwards79 signal → +3 lift

Oscars4 nominated Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Score
Golden Globes2 nominated Lead acting, Screenplay
BAFTAs2 won Supporting acting, Craft and other4 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Lead acting, Craft and other
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy93

Judged directly: One of the most quoted performances ever made.

Verdict93 of 100IMDb8.2 from 1.0mWikipedia98k views a monthAge50 years

On the listsNational Film RegistryAFI 100Sight & Soundevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 10 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 59 praise 95 legacy 93averages 82, placing it at27,703 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Robert De Niro▲ Cybill Shepherd

In these careers — elevation for this film

Robert De Niro20,593 ftJodie Foster19,809 ftHarvey Keitel18,661 ftCybill Shepherd18,612 ftAlbert Brooks18,313 ftPeter Boyle18,156 ftDiahnne Abbott17,721 ft