(Martin Scorsese, US 1976, 113 min.)

Robert DeNiro, in a tour-de-force, is Travis Bickle—a super-alienated NYC cabbie, Vietnam vet, and dutiful diary writer. Travis’s psychotic fantasies ultimately lead him to violence as he attempts to “save” child prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster). Scorsese’s moody visuals are enhanced by the seductive saxophone in Bernard Herrmann’s final score.