Taxi Driver currently dominates Raging Bull 73–27
Bickle's silence overwhelms LaMotta's fury. The introvert dominates the bruiser.
The Verdict Director's Cut
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Travis Bickle is De Niro at his most internal, a performance built on what the audience can't see happening behind his eyes. The mohawk, the mirror, the cab crawling through streets that look like they're sweating. Scorsese shoots New York like a fever dream, and De Niro inhabits it like a man whose interior life is more dangerous than anything outside the windshield. Raging Bull gives De Niro the opposite assignment: LaMotta is all surface, all explosion, the weight gain and the violence and the domestic wreckage laid out in black and white. Both performances are extraordinary. At this margin, the one you can't read is overwhelming the one you can't miss.
The Numbers
| Taxi Driver | Raging Bull | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 73% | 27% |
| Overall Win Rate | 48% | 46% |
| Championships | 16 | 13 |
| Budget | $2M | $18M |
| Box Office | $29M | $23M |
Where This Matchup Sits
Within Martin Scorsese's filmography on the platform, Taxi Driver at #3 and Raging Bull at #4 out of 4.
Looking at shared opponents, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial draws a line between them: Raging Bull dominates that matchup, but Taxi Driver comes out on the wrong side.
Despite the lopsided head-to-head, the tournament records are competitive: Taxi Driver with 16 titles, Raging Bull with 13. The broader record is tighter than this specific matchup.
Raging Bull was made for $18M. Taxi Driver cost $2M. Despite the budget gap, Taxi Driver wins the head-to-head on BingeBracket.
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