A Most Violent Year

Dec 31, 2014

2h 4m

★ 6.6

The result is never in question. Just the path you take to get there.

Overview

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Participant

Image Nation Abu Dhabi

FilmNation Entertainment

Before the Door Pictures

Washington Square Films

Old Bull Pictures

CounterNarrative Films

A Most Violent Year Trailers

Cast

Abel Morales

Oscar Isaac

Anna Morales

Jessica Chastain

D.A. Lawrence

David Oyelowo

Peter Forente

Alessandro Nivola

Julian

Elyes Gabel

Andrew Walsh

Albert Brooks

Luisa

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Bill O'Leary

Peter Gerety

Louis Servidio

Christopher Abbott

Arnold Kline

Glenn Fleshler

Saul Lefkowitz

David Margulies

Joseph Mendelsohn

Jerry Adler

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