If you loved The Wolf of Wall Street, try Gangs of New York

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Gangs of New York has roughly 3.6× fewer votes than The Wolf of Wall Street — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Wolf of Wall Street

2013 · dir. Martin Scorsese

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Gangs of New York

2002 · dir. Martin Scorsese

What they share

Both films are directed by Martin Scorsese, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Wolf of Wall Street, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Gangs of New York is

Five Points, 1860s winter, a bowie knife. Amsterdam Vallon infiltrates William Cutting's gang, seeking revenge in a city of Irish slums and anti-immigrant violence. Scorsese revisits his mean streets roots.

If you loved The Wolf of Wall Street, try Gangs of New York

The Wolf of Wall Street

Gangs of New York

What they share

What Gangs of New York is

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