Taxi Driver currently beats GoodFellas 57–43
Bickle's isolation edges out Hill's exhilaration — the loner leads the wiseguy.
The Verdict Director's Cut
This matchup has 14 votes — still early. The picture may shift as more people weigh in.
De Niro driving through nighttime Manhattan — the neon smearing across the windshield, Bernard Herrmann's score turning the taxi into a confessional — is Scorsese finding horror in urban isolation before he found exhilaration in criminal community. GoodFellas celebrates the mob life before destroying it. Taxi Driver was never celebrating anything. Both are Scorsese directing De Niro. Both are masterworks. The lead says the director at his most disturbed outperforms the director at his most entertaining. The cab that moves through darkness wins over the restaurant that opens its doors.
The Numbers
| Taxi Driver | GoodFellas | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 57% | 43% |
| Overall Win Rate | 50% | 41% |
| Championships | 5 | 5 |
| Budget | $2M | $25M |
| Box Office | $29M | $47M |
Where This Matchup Sits
On the platform, GoodFellas is in the bottom quarter of Drama out of 88.
Looking at Martin Scorsese's 4 films on BingeBracket, Taxi Driver ranks #2 and GoodFellas ranks #4.
Against other opponents on BingeBracket, the picture shifts. GoodFellas beats The Departed, but Taxi Driver loses to it — the same opponent produces opposite results.
GoodFellas took in $47M at the box office; Taxi Driver earned $29M. But the bracket doesn't count dollars — it counts preference. And the preference goes to Taxi Driver.
The decision time splits by film: 0.5s to vote for Taxi Driver, 1.1s to vote for GoodFellas. People don't reach for both films the same way.
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