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You can watch Taxi (1978) for free on Apple TV+.

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

A sense of weary, blue-collar camaraderie permeates this portrait of New York City streets and the unlikely family found within a fleet of yellow cabs. While the dispatcher barks insults from his metal cage, the drivers navigate life's absurdities with a soulful, comedic charm.