Gangs of New York
America was born in the streets.
2002 | 168m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Martin Scorsese |
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| Writer: | Steven Zaillian, Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 14, 2002 |
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| Director: | Martin Scorsese |
| Writer: | Steven Zaillian, Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, History |
| Keywords | ship, gangster, gang, new york city history, rescue, pickpocket, gang of thieves, 1860s, army, gang war, grim, immigrant, pig, butcher, american history, fire, irish-american, 19th century |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group, Alberto Grimaldi Productions, Touchstone Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $193,772,504
Budget: $100,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Amsterdam Vallon |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | Bill "The Butcher" Cutting |
| Cameron Diaz | Jenny Everdeane |
| Jim Broadbent | Boss Tweed |
| John C. Reilly | Happy Jack |
| Henry Thomas | Johnny Sirocco |
| Liam Neeson | "Priest" Vallon |
| Brendan Gleeson | Walter "Monk" McGinn |
| Gary Lewis | McGloin |
| Stephen Graham | Shang |
| Eddie Marsan | Killoran |
| Alec McCowen | Reverend Raleigh |
| David Hemmings | Mr. Schermerhorn |
| Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | Jimmy Spoils |
| Cara Seymour | Hell-Cat Maggie |
| Roger Ashton-Griffiths | P.T. Barnum |
| Peter-Hugo Daly | One-Armed Priest |
| Cian McCormack | Young Amsterdam |
| Andrew Gallagher | Young Johnny |
| Philip Kirk | O'Connell Guard Leader |
| Rab Affleck | Plug Uglies Leader |
| Bill Barclay | Shirt Tails Leader |
| Nick Bartlett | Chichesters Leader |
| Robert Goodman | Forty Thieves Leader |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Calvinist Minister |
| Liam Carney | Bill The Butcher's Gang #1 |
| Gary McCormack | Bill The Butcher's Gang #2 |
| David McBlain | Bill The Butcher's Gang #3 |
| Dick Holland | True Blue American Speaker |
| Katherine Wallach | Jenny's Girl |
| Carmen Hanlon | Jenny's Girl |
| Ilaria D'Elia | Jenny's Girl |
| Laurie Ventry | Resident Woman |
| Ford Kiernan | Black Joke Chief |
| Alec McMahon | Resident Man |
| Nevan Finegan | Dead Rabbit Gang Member |
| Dominique Vandenberg | Dead Rabbit Gang Member |
| Stuart Yung Sai-Kit | Chinese at Sparrow's Pagoda |
| Basil Chung | Elderly Chinese at Pagoda |
| Finbar Furey | Satan's Circus Singer |
| Sean Gilder | Rat Pit Game Master |
| Richard Graham | Card Player (Harvey) |
| Richard Strange | Undertaker |
| Douglas Plasse | Medical Student |
| R. Bruce Steinheimer | Army Recruiter |
| David Bamber | Passenger on Omnibus |
| Barbara Bouchet | Mrs. Schermerhorn |
| Michael Byrne | Horace Greeley |
| Lucy Davenport | Miss Schermerhorn |
| Maura O'Connell | Street Singer |
| Alex Howden | Assistant Hangman |
| James Ramsay | Condemned Man (Arthur) |
| Iain McColl | Condemned Man (Seamus) |
| Louie Brownsell | Legless Soldier |
| Gennaro Condemi | She-He |
| Kieran Hurley | Recruiter |
| John Sessions | Harry Watkins / Lincoln |
| Michael Billingsley | Uncle Tom |
| Steven Blake | Mr. Shelby |
| Giovanni Lombardo Radice | Mr. Legree |
| Alexia Murray | Topsy |
| Flaminia Fegarotti | Miss Eliza |
| Bronco McLoughlin | Assassin |
| Channing C. Holmes | Tap Dancer |
| Eliane Chappuis | Chinese Whore |
| Roberta Quaresima | Whore #1 |
| Marta Pilato | Whore #2 |
| Jian Su | Chinese Acrobat |
| Man Cao | Chinese General |
| Kathy Shao-Lin Lee | Chinese Dancer |
| Alexander Deng | Chinese Boy Singer |
| Peter Berling | Knife Act Caller |
| Patrick Gordon | Surgeon |
| Brendan White | Archbishop |
| Brendan Dempsey | Provost Marshal Registrar |
| Taddeo Harbutt | Unruly Man |
| Nazzareno Natale | Don Whiskerandos |
| Colin Hill | Nativist Candidate |
| Robert Linge | One-Armed Veteran |
| Richard Syms | Drunken Repeater |
| Christian Burgess | The Mayor |
| Gerry Robert Byrne | Draft Official |
| David J. Nicholls | O'Connell Guard Leader |
| Tim Faraday | Plug Uglies Leader |
| Sean McGinley | Forty Thieves Leader |
| John Anthony Murphy | Kerryonians Leader |
| Terry O'Neill | Chichesters Leader |
| Vincent Pickering | American Guard Leader |
| Nick Miles | Atlantic Guard Leader |
| Ian Pirie | Slaughter Housers Leader |
| John McGlynn | Bowery Boys Leader |
| Larry Kaplan | Bloodied Bureaucrat |
| Leo Burmester | Telegraph Operator #1 (voice) |
| Justin Brennan | Telegraph Operator #2 (voice) |
| Brian Mallon | Telegraph Operator #3 (voice) |
| Joseph P. Reidy | Police Chief |
| Joel Strachan | Telegraph Operator |
| Bill Murdoch | Robber on Dock |
| Angela Pleasence | Woman Accomplice |
| Iain Agnew | General Wool |
| Michael Hausman | Gunboat Captain |
| Bob Colletti | Soldier in Mist |
| Martin Scorsese | Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited) |
| Trevor Cooper | Man in Tweed's Office (uncredited) |
| Massimo Vanni | Bar Bouncer (uncredited) |
| Salvatore Billa | Native (uncredited) |
| Marcello Fonte | Citizen (uncredited) |
| Vincenzo Tanassi | Fireman (uncredited) |
| Paolo Lorimer | Tammany Man (uncredited) |
| Michele Bevilacqua | Middle Class Man (uncredited) |
| Franco Venditti | Coach (uncredited) |
| Katy Monique Cuomo | Tweed's Whore (uncredited) |
| Pietro Torrisi | Priest's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Corrado Scalia | Rapist (uncredited) |
| Loretta Rossi Stuart | Dead Rabbit Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Mauro Cremonini | Internee (uncredited) |
| Ottaviano Dell'Acqua | Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Arnaldo Dell'Acqua | Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Alberto Dell'Acqua | Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Franco Daddi | Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Virgilio Ponti | Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Clemente Ukmar | Priest's Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Patrizio Pelizzi | Italian Emigrant (uncredited) |
| Raffaella Ponzo | Johnny's Girlfriend |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Steven Zaillian | Screenplay |
| Howard Shore | Original Music Composer |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Sandy Powell | Costume Design |
| Michael Jackman | Line Producer |
| Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Dante Ferretti | Production Design |
| Francesca Lo Schiavo | Set Decoration |
| Robbie Robertson | Executive Music Producer |
| Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Gianluca Petrazzi | Stunts |
| Paolo Antonini | Stunts |
| Massimo Vanni | Stunts |
| Emiliano Novelli | Stunts |
| Mark Mottram | Stunt Double |
| Pietro Torrisi | Stunts |
| Arnaldo Dell'Acqua | Stunts |
| Vic Armstrong | Stunt Coordinator |
| Joseph P. Reidy | First Assistant Director |
| Clemente Ukmar | Stunts |
| Randi Feinberg | Line Producer |
| Ellen Lewis | Casting |
| Kathy Durning | Music Editor |
| Patricia Carlin | Music Editor |
| Jennifer Dunnington | Music Editor |
| Brigitte Lacombe | Still Photographer |
| Daniele Massaccesi | Steadicam Operator |
| Rachel Griffiths | Script Supervisor |
| Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Tass Filipos | Music Editor |
| Andrew Rowlands | "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator |
| Philip Stockton | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ivan Sharrock | Production Sound Mixer |
| Eugene Gearty | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Valentina Rossi Stuart | Stunts |
| Maria Teresa Barbasso | Art Direction |
| Luca Tranchino | Art Direction |
| Stefano Maria Ortolani | Supervising Art Director |
| Alessandro Alberti | Art Direction |
| Dimitri Capuani | Art Direction |
| Katia Crispino | Stunts |
| Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Jay Cocks | Screenplay, Story |
| Kenneth Lonergan | Screenplay |
| G.A. Aguilar | Stunt Coordinator |
| Nazzareno Piana | Art Direction |
| Riccardo Petrazzi | Stunts |
| Virgilio Ponti | Stunts |
| Franco Daddi | Stunts |
| Giampiero Comanducci | Stunts |
| Benito Pacifico | Stunts |
| Tito Tomassini | Stunts |
| Flavio Altissimi | Stunts |
| Stefano Domenighini | Stunts |
| Dana Hee | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Alberto Grimaldi | Producer |
| Gerry Robert Byrne | Associate Producer |
| Graham King | Co-Executive Producer |
| Joseph P. Reidy | Co-Producer |
| Michael Hausman | Executive Producer |
| Maurizio Grimaldi | Executive Producer |
| Barbara Phillips Marco | Executive Producer |
| Michael Ovitz | Executive Producer |
| Rick Schwartz | Co-Executive Producer |
| Laura Fattori | Co-Producer |
| Colin Vaines | Co-Executive Producer |
| Rick Yorn | Executive Producer |
| Harvey Weinstein | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Martin Scorsese | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | John C. Reilly | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Gerry Becker | Nominated |
| Spirit Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Director | N/A | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Jim Broadbent | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 44 | 60 | 34 |
| 2024 | 5 | 76 | 104 | 57 |
| 2024 | 6 | 51 | 80 | 23 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 28 | 41 | 19 |
| 2024 | 10 | 29 | 57 | 20 |
| 2024 | 11 | 32 | 71 | 21 |
| 2024 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 19 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 23 | 40 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 2 |
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Geronimo1967
7.0
I recall meeting Daniel Day-Lewis some years ago, he had just stepped from his motor bike and proved to be a charming, engaging man extremely far removed from the racist and odious "Bill the Butcher" character he so expertly creates in this hard, gritty and brutal depiction of the almost tribal exis ... tences lived by many in 1860s New York. Leonardo di Caprio ("Vallon") arrives in that city's Five Points area determined to avenge the death of his father many years earlier at the hands of this ruthless overlord. Initially ingratiating himself, he soon realises that it's going to take every ounce of his courage and resilience to challenge the status quo, and that some hefty sacrifices are going to have to be made. He is not just struggling against his nemesis, but against prejudice, corruption and a prevailing, endemic, sense of fear. The supporting cast are what really makes this special - Cameron Diaz, again so far removed from her more famous roles, alongside Jim Broadbent as the shrewd, but rather cowardly "Boss Tweed"; Brendan Gleeson and John C. Reilly all contribute to this tautly directed story of lawlessness and loyalty - with a bit of Civil War conscription thrown in to add to the toxicity of it all. The last 20 minutes are really captivating, and Scorsese with some masterful scoring from Howard Shore manages to leave us feeling exhilarated and uncomfortable at the same time!
Sep 02, 2023