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Gangs of New York (2002)

It is yet another masterpiece by Martin Scorsese. He comes up with a revenge saga unlike any other seen. Based in the 19th century New York, it tells the tale of The Five Points. Whose ruler Bill "the butcher" is a feared and honorable man to whom everyone pays protection money. He has reached this position by killing the leader of the Irish immigrants Priest Vallon whose son(Leonardo Di Caprio comes to avenge his father's death. Scorsese finely manages to show a New York very different from the one we see now, where police doesn't have any effect and local lords rule, where crime is an everyday happening and there is no fear of the authority and where there is no place for immigrants. The use of violence is perfect and at times seems poetic. It captures the various sides of its characters and no one is shown as being black or white, everyone is grey which is what makes the movie so real. It has a phenomenal climax which shows how everything burns in the fire of revenge and that there is nothing gained for it.