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23 Similar Movies To Gangs of New York

The Protestant Confederation of American Natives, led by William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting, and the Irish Catholic immigrant Dead Rabbits, led by “Priest” Vallon, engage in their final battle in the slum of the Five Points in the year 1846 to determine which faction will hold sway over the territory. The outcome of this conflict will determine which faction will hold sway over the territory. At the conclusion of the conflict, Bill puts an end to Vallon’s life and then announces that the Dead Rabbits are illegal. After seeing what happened, Vallon’s son, who was just a child at the time, hid the knife that had been used to kill his father and was transferred to an orphanage on Blackwell’s Island.

In the year 1862, Amsterdam, Vallon’s son, makes his way back to the Five Points in search of retribution and is able to collect the knife. An old friend named Johnny Sirocco introduces him to the local gang clans, all of which pay tribute to Bill, who continues to maintain control of the territory.,

Similar Movies to Gangs of New York

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1: State of Grace (1990)


Irish-American After a lengthy hiatus, Terry Noonan makes his way back to the New York City neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen. There, his erratic boyhood buddy Jackie Flannery is embroiled in an Irish criminal organization that is managed by Jackie's older brother, Frank. Terry gets back in touch with Jackie's sister Kathleen, rekindling an old romance between the two. Terry reveals his true identity as a police officer working undercover to Kathleen. After hearing from her brother Frank that Terry is…

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2: Scarface (1983)


Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant, and ex-convict came to Miami, Florida in 1980 as part of the Mariel boatlift. Once in Miami, he is placed in a refugee camp together with his closest buddy Manny Ray, and their pals Angel and Chi-Chi. In exchange for their participation in the assassination of a former Cuban commander at the behest of Miami drug lord Frank Lopez, the four are granted freedom and green cards. They get work as dishwashers at a restaurant,…

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3: King of New York (1990)


After being released from Sing Sing jail, the notorious drug boss Frank White is currently in the process of making his way into New York City in a limousine. Emilio El Zapa, a drug dealer from Colombia, is killed, and the assailants leave behind a newspaper headline saying that Frank has been set free. King Tito, who is Zapa's business partner, is there in the hotel room where Jimmy Jump, who is Frank's trigger-happy right-hand man, and his gang are…

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4: Gomorrah (2008)


In Naples, during the summer of 2004, Several criminals are currently unwinding in a tanning salon. An assassination takes place between clans of the Di Lauro Camorra syndicate, which rule Scampia-Secondigliano. This event sets off the so-called Faida di Scampia (Scampia feud), which forms the backstory of the entire movie. In reality, the war began in October 2004 and ended in September 2005 with the arrest of Paolo Di Lauro. Similar Movies to Gomorrah (2008)

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5: Kill the Irishman (2011)


When the year 1960 rolls around, Danny Greene, along with his childhood buddies Billy McComber and Art Sneperger, is working as a longshoreman in Cleveland. Jerry Merke, the crooked boss of the labour union, takes advantage of his members, and the leadership of the ILA union strongly encourages Danny to run against Merkel. Due to Sneperger's gaming, he owes a significant amount of money to the captain of the Cleveland Mafia, John Nardi. In exchange for the cancellation of Sneperger's…

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6: City of Men (2007)


Best friends Both Acerola (also known as "Ace") and Laranjinha (also known as "Wallace") were brought up in the slums of Rio de Janeiro without the presence of their biological dads. They are turning eighteen when a fight between competing drug gangs breaks out all around them in the neighborhood. Wallace, with Ace's assistance, is able to meet his father, Heraldo, in person. Heraldo is a parolee who lives not very far away. Wallace is then present when his father…

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7: Django Unchained (2012)


In the year 1858, in the state of Texas, two brothers named Ace and Dicky Speck walk a group of shackled African slaves. Django is one of them. He was sold off and is now estranged from his wife Broomhilda von Shaft, who is a house slave who speaks both German and English. They are stopped by Dr. King Schultz, a German dentist-turned-bounty hunter who is interested in purchasing Django for his knowledge of the three infamous Brittle brothers. The…

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8: Tombstone (1993)


Michael Sullivan Jr. provides a voiceover throughout the film, and both it and the film's epilogue take place in 1931, at the height of the Great Depression. In the voiceover, Michael talks about his father. Orphaned as a child, Michael Sullivan, Sr. was taken in and nurtured by Irish crime boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois when he was a little boy. The fact that Michael Sullivan, Sr. is now Rooney's most formidable enforcer is a secret kept from…

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9: Public Enemies (2009)


Michael Sullivan Jr. provides a voiceover throughout the film, and both it and the film's epilogue take place in 1931, at the height of the Great Depression. In the voiceover, Michael talks about his father. Orphaned as a child, Michael Sullivan, Sr. was taken in and nurtured by Irish crime boss John Rooney in Rock Island, Illinois when he was a little boy. The fact that Michael Sullivan, Sr. is now Rooney's most formidable enforcer is a secret kept from…

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10: Road to Perdition (2002)


The film begins and concludes in 1931, during the height of the Great Depression, with Michael Sullivan Jr. providing a voiceover in which he discusses his father. Michael Sullivan, Sr. was an orphan when he was raised in Rock Island, Illinois by Irish mob leader John Rooney. Michael Sullivan, Sr. is now Rooney's most formidable enforcer, which is a fact that is unknown to Michael Sullivan's own children. Connor, Rooney's own biological son, is impulsive and unreliable, but Rooney has…

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11: Once Upon a Time in America


1933: Three thugs are looking for a man who goes by the moniker "Noodles," and they resort to torturing victims to get information out of them. They go into a wayang theatre, where the proprietors warn Noodles about a hidden opium den within the building itself. He appears uninterested in anything, clearly under the influence of something, and he is holding a newspaper in his hands. The story is about the deaths of bootleggers Patrick Goldberg, Philip Stein, and Maximilian…

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12: Heat (1986)


The brutal beating of Nick's prostitute buddy Holly by Vegas high roller Danny DeMarco, who has links to organized crime, angers Nick. Nick offers to assist her in her quest for retribution. He utilizes his connection with a local mafia lord, Baby, to acquire access to DeMarco's hotel suite. The first thing DeMarco tells him when he inquires about Holly's plight is that the game was just "awesome." When Nick seeks financial reparations for Holly's injuries, DeMarco gives $20,000 but…

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13: The Age of Innocence


In New York City during the 1870s, the well-mannered attorney Newland Archer is making preparations to wedding the upstanding young lady May Welland. After a disastrous marriage to a dissolute Polish Count, May's cousin, the American heiress Countess Ellen Olenska, has returned to New York. May is May's best friend. She is initially shunned by society, and nasty rumors are spread about her, but as May's family bravely stands by the countess, she is eventually embraced by the very finest…

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14: Belly (1998)


Young street criminals Tommy "Buns" Brown (DMX) and Sincere ("Sin") (Nas), along with associates Mark and Black, are responsible for the murder of five individuals in the course of a violent nightclub robbery in the year 1999 in Queens, New York City. After enjoying the festivities with his friends, Sincere goes back to his house to be with his girlfriend Tionne (Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins) and their newborn daughter Kenya. Similar Movies to Belly (1998)

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15: The Godfather Part II (1974)


The riveting sequel to "The Godfather," compares and contrasts the lives of Don Vito Corleone and his son Michael. Examines the challenges faced by Michael Corleone, played by Al Pacino, in 1958, and those faced by Vito Corleone, played by Robert De Niro as a young immigrant in Hell's Kitchen in 1917. Michael is spared a number of catastrophes, whereas Vito is initiated into a life of criminal activity. Similar Movies to The Godfather Part II (1974)

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16: The Untouchables (1987)


Al Capone, an infamous gangland kingpin, is a supplier of illegal whiskey in the year 1930, while Prohibition was in effect. He also has practically complete control over the city of Chicago. Eliot Ness, an agent for the Bureau of Prohibition, has been tasked with putting a stop to Capone's activities; however, his first effort at a booze raid fails due to dishonest policemen tipping off Capone about the operation. After that, he meets veteran Irish-American officer Jimmy Malone, who…

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17: Lawless


In 1931, the Bondurant brothers, Forrest, Howard, and Jack, are operating a prosperous moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia. Forrest is the middle brother, and Howard and Jack are the eldest and youngest brothers, respectively. The brothers maintain their stills and have Cricket, a friend of Jack's who is skilled in mechanical work, construct and maintain their skills. The brothers utilize their gas station and restaurant as a front for their business. Jack watches as the rum runner Floyd Banner…

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18: There Will Be Blood


In the early 20th century in California, the lives of Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday are presented along with the ways in which their paths crossed. Daniel Plainview, a former miner turned oilman, is a goal-oriented individual who is willing to sacrifice anything in order to achieve his objectives. He puts in a lot of effort, but he also takes advantage of the people around him and, if necessary, does so at their expense. His son, H.W., is his business…

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19: The Godfather 1972


Don Vito Corleone, head of the Corleone crime family, attends his daughter Connie's wedding to Carlo in New York City in 1945 and listens to the guests' requests. During the reception, Michael, the youngest son of Vito and a former Marine, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to the rest of his family. Johnny Fontane, a famous musician who also happens to be Vito's godson, approaches Vito for assistance in landing a role in a movie. Vito sends his consigliere, Tom…

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20: The Departed


The year is 1986, and Colin Sullivan is in South Boston when he first meets Irish Mob boss Frank Costello. Twenty years later, Sullivan is recruited by the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) and placed in the Special Investigations Unit, which is commanded by Captain Ellerby. Sullivan is being trained to be a spy within the MSP. Another potential agent, State Trooper Billy Costigan Jr., is approached by Captain Queenan and Staff Sergeant Dignam about the possibility of participating in an…

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21: Goodfellas


Henry Hill, a young boy living in a working class Italian-American neighbourhood in Brooklyn in 1955, starts to take an interest in the criminal life and Mafia presence in his neighbourhood. He starts working for the local caporegime Paulie Cicero and his accomplices, including Jimmy "the Gent" Conway, an Irish-American truck hijacking and mobster, and Tommy DeVito, a fellow juvenile delinquent. Henry starts out as a fence for Jimmy, but he eventually moves up to more serious crimes as his…

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