Taxi
2015 1h 22m movie Film

Taxi

تاکسی

Synopsis

تاکسی

A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…

The 2014–2016 Other Asia Window

65 Other Asia films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Taxi sits at position #18.

  1. Nawara
    #1

    Nawara

    ★ 8.1 · 2016

  2. Life and a Day
    #2

    Life and a Day

    ★ 8.0 · 2016

  3. Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
    #3

    Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D

    ★ 7.7 · 2016

  4. Hepta (The Last Lecture)
    #4

    Hepta (The Last Lecture)

    ★ 7.7 · 2016

  5. Clash
    #5

    Clash

    ★ 7.5 · 2016

  6. Grand hotel
    #6

    Grand hotel

    ★ 7.5 · 2016

  7. Rama Rama Re
    #7

    Rama Rama Re

    ★ 7.5 · 2016

  8. Bride Wars
    #8

    Bride Wars

    ★ 7.4 · 2015

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Taxi. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Jafar Panahi Film Productions

The 2010s Other Asia Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Taxi premiered. 226 total titles in this decade from Other Asia.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
380
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #179 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.

Among Other Asia Comedy productions specifically: #48 of 183 (top 26%).

Production Details

Primary Country Other Asia
All Production Countries Iran
Original Language Persian
Production Companies Jafar Panahi Film Productions
Runtime 1h 22m
Release Date April 15, 2015
IMDb tt4359416

Themes & Motifs

  • taxi
  • taxi driver
  • passenger
  • teheran (tehran)
  • iran
  • mockumentary
  • poverty
  • iran
  • fake documentary
  • subjective camera
  • found footage
  • censorship
  • metaphor
  • sharia law
  • pseudo-documentary

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