“Taxi Driver” turns 50 and more: The biggest pop culture anniversaries to look forward to in 2026

When it came to pop culture anniversaries, 2025 had plenty to reminisce on. In April, Mary Harron’s 2000 satirical horror film “American Psycho,” starring Christian Bale, turned 25. In June, “Love Island,” the steamy reality dating show, celebrated a decade on air. And in September, Lady Gaga’s raw meat dress — which she famously wore to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards — broke the internet 15 years ago.

There are more anniversaries within film, television, music and entertainment to look out for in 2026. Take, for example, Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film “Taxi Driver,” which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in February. The neo-noir psychological drama stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a lonely, insomniac Vietnam War veteran who takes a job as a night-shift cabbie in New York City. “Taxi Driver” was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture, best actor (De Niro), best supporting actress (Jodie Foster) and best original score. Although the film didn’t win any Oscars, it took home a handful of prestigious awards, including the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.

Other notable anniversaries include the 10th anniversary of Simone Biles’ Olympics debut, in which she won four gold medals and one bronze medal; the 20th anniversary of “The Devil Wears Prada,” which has an upcoming sequel that’s scheduled to be released in May; and the 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birthday.

Here’s a list of all the major pop culture anniversaries to look forward to:

(Michael Putland/Getty Images) David Bowie (1947 – 2016) performs on stage on his Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane tour in London, 1973.

Jan. 1: 90 years after Billboard Magazine released its first music-focused issue

Jan. 9: “3rd Rock from the Sun” turns 30

Jan. 10: 10th anniversary of the death of David Bowie

Jan. 12: “Lizzie McGuire” turns 25

Jan. 14: 10th anniversary of the death of Alan Rickman

Jan. 20: “High School Musical” turns 20

Jan. 20: 40 years after the first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed

Jan. 22: 10 years after the Academy took historic action to make its membership, governing bodies and voting members more diverse following backlash over #OscarsSoWhite

Jan. 23: 40 years after the first group of artists (including Elvis Presley, James Brown, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry and more) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Animated elf in battle leathers crouches in readiness in a high vantage point. Clouds and what appear to be cities are floating in the sky in the background

(Nintendo) “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”

Feb. 2: “American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson” turns 10
Feb. 5: 25 years after Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announced their separation
Feb. 8: “Taxi Driver” turns 50
Feb. 14: Kanye West’s seventh studio album “The Life of Pablo” turns 10
Feb. 21: “The Legend of Zelda” (video game) turns 40
Feb. 25: Charlie Chaplin’s “Modern Times” (film) turns 90

(Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) jork in her iconic swan dress on the Oscars red carpet on March 25, 2001

March 8: “Fargo” (film) turns 30
March 20: 30 years after Lyle and Erik Menendez were found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole
March 21: 20 years after the first ever tweet was sent by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey
March 24: “Hannah Montana” turns 20
March 25: 25 years after Björk wore her swan dress at the 73rd Academy Awards
March 30: “The Fairly OddParents” turns 25

A smling woman with a sparkly red gown holds up two trophies that look like gramophones

(Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Beyoncé holds up two Grammys she won for “Lemonade” and “Formation” in 2017

April 9: “All the President’s Men” (film) turns 50
April 18: 10 years after “Hamilton: An American Musical” won the Pulitzer for Drama, with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda receiving the award
April 21: 10th anniversary of the death of Prince
April 23: Beyoncé’s sixth studio album “Lemonade” turns 10
April 29: 30 years after “Rent” (musical) made its debut on Broadway

(FOX Image Collection via Getty Images) That ’70s Show cast

May 8: 10 years after “The Good Wife” concluded its seven-season run
May 10: “Twister” (movie) turns 30
May 14: 20 years after “Malcolm in the Middle” concluded its seven-season run
May 16: “Top Gun” turns 40
May 18: 20 years after “That ’70s Show” concluded its eight-season run
May 18: “Shrek” turns 25
May 19: “The Da Vinci Code” film turns 20
May 19: NBC turns 100
May 21: Bratz dolls turn 25
May 22: “Mission: Impossible” (film) turns 30
May 23: 10 years after Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp
May 26: Miles Davis’ 100th birthday
May 28: 10th anniversary of the death of Harambe, a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo

(Courtesy of Netflix) Marilyn Monroe in The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

June 1: “Moulin Rouge!” turns 25
June 1: Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday
June 3: 10th anniversary of the death of Muhammad Ali
June 3: “Six Feet Under” turns 25
June 6: The National Basketball Association (NBA) turns 80
June 9: “Cars” (film) turns 20
June 11: “O.J.: Made in America” turns 10
June 11: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” turns 40
June 12: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” turns 45
June 12: 10 years after “Hamilton: An American Musical” won 11 Tonys
June 21: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (film) turns 60
June 22: 20 years after Britney Spears posed nude and six months pregnant for the August cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine
June 22: The “Fast & Furious” film franchise turns 25
June 23: “Logan’s Run” (film) turns 50
June 25: “The Omen” turns 50
June 29: 10 years after the Academy invited 683 artists, entertainers and executives to join the organization as part of its plans to diversify
June 30: “The Devil Wears Prada” (film) turns 20

(20th Century Fox) Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley and Carrie Henn as Rebecca “Newt” Jorden in “Aliens”

July 2006: 20 years after ‘NSYNC’s Lance Bass came out as gay in a cover story for People magazine
July 3: “Independence Day” (film) turns 30
July 6: “Pokémon Go” mobile game turns 10
July 18: “Aliens” (film) turns 40
July 20: Studio Ghibli’s “Spirited Away” turns 25
July 21: “Fleabag” turns 10

(Columbia Pictures/Getty Images) Jerry O’Connell, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton and Corey Feldman in a scene from the film “Stand By Me,” 1986.

Aug. 5 – 21: 10 years after Simone Biles made her Olympics debut at the Rio Games, taking home four gold medals and one bronze medal
Aug. 6: “Don Juan,” the first feature-length film to use Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system, turns 100
Aug. 15: David Cronenberg’s “The Fly” turns 40
Aug. 16: 30 years after Binti Jua, a female western lowland gorilla, saved a three-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago
Aug. 22: “Stand by Me” (film) turns 40
Aug. 25: 25th anniversary of the death of Aaliyah
Aug. 25: 20 years after the world’s tallest living tree, now named “Hyperion,” was discovered in Redwood National Park

Three stern looking men in form-fitting space uniforms (one in gold, the other in blue) pose in a spaceship filled with computer screens

(TPLP/Getty Images) William Shatner, DeForest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy on the set of “Star Trek: The Original Series”

Sept. 1: “Idiocracy” turns 20
Sept. 4: 20th anniversary of the death of Steve Irwin
Sept. 5: “Citizen Kane” turns 85
Sept. 6: 25 years after Britney Spears performed “I’m a Slave 4 U” alongside a live, albino Burmese python at the MTV Video Music Awards
Sept. 8: “Blue’s Clues” turns 30
Sept. 8: “The Oprah Winfrey Show” turns 40
Sept. 8: “Star Trek: The Original Series” turns 60
Sept. 11: “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (novel) turns 25
Sept. 12: “Family Affair” turns 60
Sept. 13: “Everybody Loves Raymond” turns 30
Sept. 13: 30th anniversary of the death of Tupac Shakur
Sept. 15: “The Proud Family” turns 25
Sept. 16: Play-Doh turns 70
Sept. 18: The CW network turns 20
Sept. 20: “This Is Us” turns 10
Sept. 20: 10 years after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt
Sept. 24: 10 years after the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its permanent location in Washington, D.C.
Sept. 26: 20 years after Facebook became available to the general public
Sept. 26: “Crocodile Dundee” turns 40
Sept. 27: “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” (show) turns 30
Sept. 28: “Ugly Betty” turns 20
Sept. 28: Stevie Wonder’s 18th studio album “Songs in the Key of Life” turns 50

A Wonder Woman comic book featuring a woman in red bustier and blue shorts with her arms crossed above her. In the background is a Greek city atop a hill and the image of six Greek women in robes

(Paul Morigi/WireImage) Wonder Woman comic at The Library of Congress on June 16, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Oct. 2: “Westworld” TV series turns 10
Oct. 2: “Scrubs” turns 25
Oct. 2: 10 years after Elena Ferrante’s identity was potentially exposed by The New York Review of Books, stirring up controversy
Oct. 6: “The Departed” turns 20
Oct. 7: Ava DuVernay’s documentary film “13th” turns 10
Oct. 7: “Arthur” (show) turns 30
Oct. 7: “Hey Arnold!” turns 30
Oct. 7: Fox News turns 30
Oct. 10: “30 Rock” turns 20
Oct. 12: “Mulholland Drive” (film) turns 25
Oct. 14: “Winnie-the-Pooh” (book/character) turns 100
Oct. 16: “Smallville” turns 25
Oct. 17: “Around the World in 80 Days” (film) turns 70
Oct. 21: Wonder Woman (comic character) turns 85
Oct. 23: 25 years after Apple debuted its now-discontinued iPod
Oct. 25: “Tomb Raider” (video game) turns 30
Oct. 27: 10 years after Twitter announced that it would discontinue the Vine mobile app
Oct. 31: 100th anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini

(Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) Sissy Spacek on the set of “Carrie”

Nov. 1941: Aquaman (comic character) turns 85
Nov. 1: 20 years after Oklahoma lifted its 1963 ban on tattoos and became the last state in the nation to legalize the body art form
Nov. 2: “Monsters, Inc.” turns 25
Nov. 3: “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” turns 20
Nov. 3: “Carrie” turns 50
Nov. 7: 20 years after Britney Spears filed for divorce from Kevin Federline
Nov. 7: 10th anniversary of the death of Leonard Cohen
Nov. 8: “The Ten Commandments” (film) turns 70
Nov. 10: 20 years after “Reading Rainbow” aired its final episode on PBS
Nov. 13: 20 years after Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion
Nov. 14: “The Bernie Mac Show” turns 25
Nov. 15: The original Xbox console turns 25
Nov. 15: “Space Jam” turns 30
Nov. 16: The “Harry Potter” film series turns 25
Nov. 18: Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” turns 10
Nov. 19: The Nintendo Wii turns 20 in the United States
Nov. 23: “Moana” turns 10
Nov. 24: “Giant” turns 70
Nov. 25: “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” turns 10

(Photo illustration by Salon/Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images) Carrie Fisher on Stinson Beach in Northern California with an Ewok from Star Wars.

Dec. 3: “Rocky” turns 50
Dec. 7: “Ocean’s Eleven” (film) turns 25
Dec. 13: “Jerry Maguire” turns 30
Dec. 16: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” turns 10
Dec. 16: “La La Land” turns 10
Dec. 19: “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” turns 25
Dec. 19: “Platoon” turns 40
Dec. 20: “Scream” turns 30
Dec. 20: “It’s a Wonderful Life” turns 80
Dec. 25: 20th anniversary of the death of singer-songwriter and dancer James Brown
Dec. 25: 30th anniversary of the death of JonBenét Ramsey
Dec. 25: 10th anniversary of the death of George Michael
Dec. 27: 10th anniversary of the death of Carrie Fisher