Gangs of New York

This historical drama directed by Martin Scorsese, wasis inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1927 non-fiction book, The Gangs of New York. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz. The drama centers on the long-running Catholic–Protestant feud in New York, which erupts in 1863 into violence, just as an Irish immigrant group is protesting about low wages caused by an influx of freed slaves, as well as the threat of conscription into the American Civil War. Citywide draft riots break out just as the two rivaling Pprotestant and Ccatholic gangs are preparing to fight. Union Army soldiers are deployed to control the rioters. As the rival gangs face off, cannons from naval ships areis fired directly into Paradise Square, where the fighting takes place, interrupting their battle shortly before it begins. Between the cannons, soldiers, and rioters, many of the gang members are killed.                                                           

Leonardo Dicaprio

Daniel Day Lewis

Cameron Diaz

Jim Broadbent

John C. Reilly

Henry Thomas

Brendan Gleeson

Liam Neeson