# Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite “Character Study Ever” Is Officially Streaming

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/quentin-tarantinos-favorite-character-study-ever-is-officially-streaming/
- Published: 2026-11-07T19:00:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T19:21:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/martin-scorsese-taxi-driver-streaming-free-pluto-tv-november-2026/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Research, Science, TV

## Key points

- *Taxi Driver* is now streaming free on Pluto TV.
- The 1976 film stars Robert De Niro and was directed by Martin Scorsese.
- Quentin Tarantino called it the greatest first-person character study.

## Summary

Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film *Taxi Driver*, starring Robert De Niro, has been added to free streaming service Pluto TV. Its arrival gives new viewers access to a landmark of American cinema that helped establish Scorsese and made De Niro a star.

Written by Paul Schrader, the film follows a lonely New York taxi driver who becomes a vigilante after seeing a young girl being exploited. Made for a reported budget of under $2 million, it earned about $30 million at the box office and drew controversy over its violence. Quentin Tarantino praised it as “the greatest first-person character study ever committed to film”.

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