A Most Violent Year poster

A Most Violent Year

20142h 5mCrime · Drama · Thriller
directed by J.C. Chandor

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

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6.6 / 10
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6.9 / 10
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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Oscar Isaac·Abel Morales
Jessica Chastain·Anna Morales
David Oyelowo·D.A. Lawrence
Alessandro Nivola·Peter Forente
Elyes Gabel·Julian
Albert Brooks·Andrew Walsh
Catalina Sandino Moreno·Luisa
Peter Gerety·Bill O'Leary
Christopher Abbott·Louis Servidio
Glenn Fleshler·Arnold Kline