01 A filmmaker banned from making movies poses as a Tehran taxi driver to secretly document his passengers.
6 Best Taxi Driver and Cab Movies
By Vlad Zakh · March 20, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
The taxi cab offers a unique cinematic vantage point on the city at night, and these films use that seat to tell stories of isolation, danger, and chance encounters. In Taxi Driver (1976): A disturbed, insomniac New York cab driver descends into vigilante violence against the city’s corruption. Worth seeking out is Night on Earth (1991): Five taxi rides unfold simultaneously across different cities, each revealing an unexpected connection between driver and passenger.
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02 An Indian-American man navigates the tension between his immigrant parents' traditions and his own identity.
03 A cab driver is taken hostage by a contract killer for one long, deadly night across Los Angeles.
04 A daredevil pizza delivery driver is recruited by police to help catch a gang of bank robbers.
05 Five taxi rides unfold simultaneously across different cities, each revealing an unexpected connection between driver and passenger.
06 A disturbed, insomniac New York cab driver descends into vigilante violence against the city's corruption.
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