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Name: Gangs of New York
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: crime, drama, history
Released: 2002
Duration: 2 h 48 min
Rating: 7.5

Gangs of New York has an iRankMovies score of 73.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Gangs of New York (2002)

America was born in the streets.

Release:2002

Runtime:2h 48m

Country:United States

Director:Martin Scorsese

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDramaHistory

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Keywords

RescueImmigrantShipFireArmyPickpocketPigGangster

iRank73

Gangs of New York rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 502K votes

Rotten Tomatoes72%

Metacritic72%

TMDb7.317/10· 7K votes

With 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Gangs of New York

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.

Cast of Gangs of New York

Leonardo DiCaprio
as Amsterdam Vallon
Daniel Day-Lewis
as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
Cameron Diaz
as Jenny Everdeane
Jim Broadbent
as Boss Tweed
John C. Reilly
as Happy Jack
Henry Thomas
as Johnny Sirocco
Liam Neeson
as 'Priest' Vallon
Brendan Gleeson
as Walter 'Monk' McGinn
Gary Lewis
as McGloin
Stephen Graham
as Shang
Eddie Marsan
as Killoran
Alec McCowen
as Reverend Raleigh

Gangs of New York facts

Budget: $100M
Box office: $193.8M

Our take on Gangs of New York

Martin Scorsese's sprawling 2002 historical drama plants us in New York's Five Points in the early 1860s, where Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon returns from prison hunting the anti-immigrant gang leader who killed his father. To take his revenge he must infiltrate the very inner circle he despises, and survival becomes as urgent as vengeance amid a city seething with ethnic warfare. Expect brawling street-level violence, a vivid recreation of a bygone underworld and a portrait of America being forged in blood. It rewards patient viewers who like meaty historical crime dramas with grand ambition, strong performances and a firm sense of place over quick pacing.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Epic historical drama captures turbulent 1860s New York with immersive period detail
•Powerful performances convey raw passion and complex moral ambiguity authentically
•Scorsese's directorial command elevates material with technical mastery and thematic depth

What the audience disliked

•Long runtime and deliberate pacing challenge viewers with lower tolerance for duration
•Violence and brutality permeate narrative without necessarily serving narrative purpose