Gangs of New York
2002 · 167 min
Directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan, Steven Zaillian. Photographed by Michael Ballhaus. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent.
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
Critics 72% · audiences 81% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy · 9 Oscar nominations