50 years ago Martin Scorsese transformed the cinematic landscape with this incendiary New York thriller that gave voice to the lonely nocturnal souls that populate the city's underbelly.

Robert DeNiro gives a towering performance as the isolated ex-marine turned late night cabbie Travis Bickle, alongside Cybill Shepherd the unfortunate object of his desire, Jodie Foster the 12 year old streetwalker he's fixated on rescuing and Harvey Keitel as the filth he believes is his duty to cleanse. Growing more desperate and detached Travis' sense of place and purpose steadily warps into a final shocking confrontation.