20 movies like A Taxi Driver, ordered by similarity : Pork Pie(2017), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), Taxi(1998), Dragon Blade(2015), Argo(2012), Full Metal Jacket(1987), Centurion(2010), Salyut 7(2017), The Last Witness(2018), The Eastern Front(2020), Only You(2018), Spartacus(1960) ...
Action, Drama, History
South Korea
2017
137 Minutes
Song Kang-ho Thomas Kretschmann Jun-yeol Ryu Hae-jin Yoo Hyuk-Kwon Park
soldier journalist taxi driver protester thrilling sad gritty taxi big city unlikely allies rebellion darkness bravery historical events road trip 1980s
A widowed father and taxi driver who drives a German reporter from Seoul to Gwangju to cover the 1980 uprising, soon finds himself regretting his decision after being caught in the violence around him.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
2017
105 Minutes
Dean O'Gorman James Rolleston Ashleigh Cummings Antonia Prebble Matt Whelan Ben Mitchell Milo Cawthorne Siobhan Marshall
outlaw cop friend boyfriend girlfriend driver amusing engaging endearing thrilling heartwarming new zealand vehicle barn road on the run big city on the run road trip protest
Accidental outlaws travel New Zealand in a yellow mini, protesting conformity and chasing lost love, with the cops and the media hot on their tail.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
France
1998
86 Minutes
Samy Naceri Frédéric Diefenthal Marion Cotillard Emma Sjöberg Manuela Gourary Bernard Farcy Georges Neri Guy Quang
taxi driver police captain frenchman airy amusing hilarious creative charming suspenseful marseilles, france street taxi taxicab business speed car racing adventure discovery rivalry rise 1990s
To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.
Action, Drama, History
China|Hong Kong
2015
103 Minutes
Jackie Chan John Cusack Adrien Brody Joey Jozef Lin Peng Mika Wang Choi Si-Won Xiao Yang Wang Taili Sammy Hung Steve Yoo
soldier leader defector cavalry captain roman soldier general thrilling gripping intense suspenseful brutal buddhist temple mountain village china fortress street unlikely allies fight for justice epic journey
When corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An teams up his army with an elite Legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius to protect his country and his new friends.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|UK
2012
120 Minutes
Ben Affleck Bryan Cranston Alan Arkin John Goodman Victor Garber Tate Donovan Clea DuVall Scoot McNairy Rory Cochrane Christopher Denham Kerry Bishé
cia agent specialist hostage revolutionary ambassador wife brutal tense suspenseful thrilling tehran, iran cia office canada united states airplane protest iran hostage crisis on the run political intrigue schemes
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1987
116 Minutes
Matthew Modine Adam Baldwin Vincent D'Onofrio R. Lee Ermey Dorian Harewood Arliss Howard Kevyn Major Howard Ed O'Ross
marine journalist drill instructor sergeant photographer prostitute dark disturbing raw gripping frightening sad barracks parris island, s.c. vietnam city boot camp war zone war violence
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|USA
2010
97 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Dominic West Olga Kurylenko JJ Feild Lee Ross David Morrissey Ulrich Thomsen Ryan Atkinson Paul Freeman Liam Cunningham Noel Clarke
roman survivor general leader governor british soldier fiery spirited suspenseful thrilling dark frightening scotland fort village forest army camp revenge roman empire war
A splinter group of Roman soldiers fight for their lives behind enemy lines after their legion is devastated in a guerrilla attack.
Action, Drama, History
Russia
2017
118 Minutes
Vladimir Vdovichenkov Lyubov Aksyonova Pavel Derevyanko Mariya Mironova Oksana Fandera Nikita Panfilov Vitaliy Khaev Aleksandr Samoylenko Igor Ugolnikov Polina Rudenko Natal'ya Kudryashova
politician astronaut friend teamwork gripping intense suspenseful outer space control room space station city soviet union saving the day partnership motivation dangerous mission determination survival rescue adventure
USSR, June 1985. Based on actual events. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty, frozen craft, and bring her back to life.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
UK|Poland
2018
93 Minutes
Alex Pettyfer Michael Gambon Talulah Riley Robert Wieckiewicz
journalist soldier refugee colonel polish man chilling dark powerful suspenseful thrilling poland england forest city war war aftermath massacre cover-up world war ii discovery
An ambitious young journalist uncovers the horrific slaughter of twenty-two thousand Polish officers during World War II. A secret that has been kept hidden for far too many years.
War, Drama, History
UK
2020
103 Minutes
Mhairi Calvey Chris Wilson Laura Jean Marsh Justin Hayward Jennifer Martin Megan Tremethick Neal Ward Luke Junior
soldier resistance fighter love interest military officer bleak dark emotional gripping gritty intense raw sad suspenseful thrilling russia world war ii invasion military occupation love stranded
A dwindling group of German soldiers battle to return to their lines on the harsh Eastern Front.
Drama, Romance
UK|Sweden
2018
119 Minutes
Laia Costa Natalie Arle-Toyne Isabelle Barth Tam Dean Burn Daniel Campbell Joe Cassidy Josh O'Connor Orion Lee Stuart Martin Lisa McGrillis Gregor Firth
stranger taxi driver young man young woman love interest emotional gutsy moving passionate sultry tender taxi home london city party chance meeting love relationships reality
Elena and Jake meet by chance on New Years Eve, arguing for the same taxi. However, instead of going their separate ways after sharing a taxi ,they start a passionate relationship.
Action, Drama, History
USA
1960
184 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Tony Curtis Charles Laughton Peter Ustinov John Gavin Nina Foch Herbert Lom John Dall Charles McGraw
gladiator slave rebel sexy woman inspiring engaging rome rebellion freedom showdown murder hand-to-hand combat suicide escape rise revenge 1st century b.c.
The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
War, Drama, History
2019
104 Minutes
Oto Brantevics Gatis Gaga Martins Vilsons Renars Zeltins Vilis Daudzins Great Trusina Ieva Florence
army recruit young man eastern european man teenager soldier local tense gritty inspiring gripping patriotic frightening latvia eastern europe war zone living space russian revolution big city world war i family
Mystery & Thriller, Action
2017
92 Minutes
Violetta Schurawlow Tobias Moretti Robert Palfrader Sammy Sheik Friedrich von Thun Murathan Muslu Nursel Köse Ercan Kesal Verena Altenberger Susanne Gschwendtner Edis König
taxi driver young woman turkish woman killer murder victim investigator engaging thrilling bleak suspenseful intense emotional taxi vienna street murder danger suspicion fear murder case
Drama
1988
84 Minutes
Miros?aw Baka Krzysztof Globisz Jan Tesarz
troubled youth taxi driver defense attorney girl wife judge brutal shocking bleak gripping warsaw, poland apartment building prison taxi capital punishment murder death trial psychopath fall
A young lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz) in Warsaw represents a drifter (Miros?aw Baka) who killed a malicious cabdriver (Jan Tesarz).
Adventure, Drama
USA|Mexico
1983
128 Minutes
Nick Nolte Joanna Cassidy Gene Hackman Ed Harris Alma Martinez Holly Palance Ella Laboriel Samuel Zarzosa Jonathan Zarzosa Raul Picasso Oswaldo Doria
photojournalist journalist love interest rebel soldier president gritty intense suspenseful nicaragua revolution death corruption media love triangle civil war love transformation 1970s
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
Drama
1976
122 Minutes
Pradip Mukherjee Utpal Dutt Lily Chakravarty Robi Ghosh Dipankar Dey Soven Lahiri
sister best friend businessman taxi driver college graduate prostitute emotional dark gritty cheeky calcutta, india big city brothel family home apartment business post-college friendship prostitution social climbing
Directed by Satyajit Ray. An innocent youth takes a job in a profession where one must break the rules to succeed.
Drama
2002
94 Minutes
Mania Akbari Amin Maher Roya Arabshahi Katayoun Taleidzadeh Mandana Sharbaf Amene Moradi
prostitute taxi driver passenger son friend divorcée engaging emotional creative touching taxi tehran, iran big city street transportation women's rights divorce conversation mother/son relationship culture
An Iranian (Mania Akbari) grapples with her anxieties about men and discusses her second marriage with her resentful son (Amin Maher).
Adventure, Drama, History
Italy|France|Spain
1961
129 Minutes
Rory Calhoun Léa Massari Georges Marchal Conrado San Martín Ángel Aranda Mabel Karr Jorge Rigaud Roberto Camardiel Mimmo Palmara Carlo Tamberlani
king soldier maiden daughter rebel artist melodramatic suspenseful rousing rhodes, greece island harbor city arena rhode island greek mythology romance war statue rebellion
While on holiday in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Drama, History
USA
1964
153 Minutes
Sophia Loren Alec Guinness Stephen Boyd James Mason Christopher Plummer Anthony Quayle John Ireland Mel Ferrer Omar Sharif Eric Porter
soldier emperor heir daughter senator barbarian thrilling tense brooding rome battlefield frontier palace roman empire corruption decadence power play rebellion showdown fall
The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire.