Heaven's Gate (1980)

Directed by Michael Cimino
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Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.

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  1. Gangs of New York (2002)
    "Cimino's catastrophic-budget American epic of class war is structurally adjacent — Gangs is sometimes called Scorsese's Heaven's Gate, both in ambition and in production trouble." source

Heaven's Gate (1980), directed by Michael Cimino, has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as Gangs of New York. Check out the citations below.