
Movies that feel likeGangs of New York (2002)
If you loved Gangs of New York, the closest films we have are Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Irishman (2019) and Casino (1995). All three share Gangs of New York's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Serpico (1973).
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If Gangs of New York hit the spot, these will too

Martin Scorsese directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

The same hand behind both of them: Martin Scorsese

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit
The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Gangs of New York does

Common ground in both: gangster and irish-american


Drama built on scale, twice over

Contemplative history, and it commits to that
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both lean on scale more than on crime

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Contemplative history in both cases


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