A Most Violent Year (2014)

12/31/2014 (AE) • 2h 4m

Crime, Drama, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

Oscar Isaac

Abel Morales

Jessica Chastain

Anna Morales

David Oyelowo

D.A. Lawrence

Alessandro Nivola

Peter Forente

Albert Brooks

Andrew Walsh

Peter Gerety

Bill O'Leary

Christopher Abbott

Louis Servidio


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$20,000,000.00

Revenue

$12,007,070.00

Keywords

new york city

immigrant

husband wife relationship

corruption

capitalism

winter

american dream

business ethics

truck

oil

lawyer

loan shark

coat

tunnel

1980s

truck hijacking

bank loan

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