The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

Gangs of New York

Martin Scorsese painted a beautiful portrait of what gang life in 1863 New York City would have looked like. Though the specifics of this film aren't 100% true, the general plot of the film does follow a real gang who lived in the Big Apple in the 1800s. Some of the characters are based on real people, or several real people combined.

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