Taxi

Taxi (1998) is a French action comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Gérard Pirès from a screenplay by Luc Besson, the film drops you straight into the sun-baked streets of Marseille behind the wheel of a heavily modified Peugeot driven by the most reckless cabbie in southern France.

Daniel (Sami Naceri) has just earned his taxi license — his lifelong dream. Then clumsy cop Emilien (Frédéric Diefenthal) pulls him over for blowing through half the city at race-car speed. The deal: help track down a slick gang of German bank robbers in a fleet of supercharged Mercedes, and the license stays. One catch — Emilien cannot drive. Marion Cotillard plays Daniel's girlfriend, adding a romantic subplot that keeps getting overtaken by the next chase sequence.

Released in 1998, Taxi sold over six million tickets in France alone and launched a long-running franchise. Besson's script keeps the laughs tight and the pedal down. Stream Taxi (1998) in full online on iFILM.