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2002 · Movie · your starting pointIf Gangs of New York is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Gangs of New York, ranked
1. GoodFellas (1990)
Scorsese's unflinching exploration of how ambition and violence corrupt moral identity unfolds through the same propulsive narrative structure, following a protagonist's fatal immersion into a criminal hierarchy that promises belonging but demands spiritual ruin.
2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Sergio Leone's operatic direction transforms a returning protagonist's infiltration of organized crime into an epic meditation on loyalty and American transformation, matching Scorsese's unflinching examination of violence's spiritual cost.
3. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Scorsese's operatic treatment of ethnic violence and moral corruption finds its mirror in this prequel's unflinching portrait of a young man seduced by the criminal world through familial bonds and neighborhood loyalty.
4. Gangsters Incorporated (2015)
Scorsese's kinetic editing and immersive period detail return here as a shrewd outsider navigates organized crime hierarchy through calculated infiltration and explosive violence.
5. The Warriors (1979)
The territorial gang warfare and code of honor among New York's underworld factions drive both narratives, with each protagonist navigating brutal hierarchies and blood feuds through cunning infiltration and survival instinct.
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