What does the last scene in Taxi Driver mean?

The last shot of Bickle looking at his car mirror is a direct mirror of the film's opening. Thus, the film eventually becomes one whole loop that never truly ends. This can be interpreted as Bickle eventually returning to the paranoia and restlessness we have watched him experience throughout the first viewing.



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The ending of Taxi Driver is left open to interpretation, with Travis's survival and reunion with Betsy likely being figments of his imagination, and his ultimate fate being ambiguous.

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When Travis pulls away, he feels content. He is driving in the city, a place that maybe has become less frightening to him. As he continues driving, he glances in the rearview mirror and sees a portion of himself. His forehead, eyebrows, and eyes come into view and the scoring goes ominous.

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Based on a real-life story, the film centers on a taxi driver from Seoul who unintentionally becomes involved in the events of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980.

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He hates the thugs and filth he sees on the streets while he drives yet he frequents porno theaters and his apartment is constantly a mess. He has a moral compass but again he suffers from insomnia, social awkwardness, and PTSD to a certain extent which leads him to the infamous shootout sequence.

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