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A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

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

2014•2h 5m•6.6/10
CrimeDramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.6/10(2K)

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.

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Production

Participant, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, FilmNation Entertainment, Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Old Bull Pictures, CounterNarrative Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac

Abel Morales

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain

Anna Morales

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo

D.A. Lawrence

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Peter Forente

Elyes Gabel

Elyes Gabel

Julian

Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

Andrew Walsh

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Catalina Sandino Moreno

Luisa

Peter Gerety

Peter Gerety

Bill O'Leary

Christopher Abbott

Christopher Abbott

Louis Servidio

Glenn Fleshler

Glenn Fleshler

Arnold Kline

David Margulies

David Margulies

Saul Lefkowitz

Jerry Adler

Jerry Adler

Joseph Mendelsohn

Ben Rosenfield

Ben Rosenfield

Sales Student Alex

John Procaccino

John Procaccino

Arthur Lewis

Ashley Williams

Ashley Williams

Deputy Lange

Pico Alexander

Pico Alexander

Elias Morales

Matthew Maher

Matthew Maher

John Dominczyk

Elizabeth Marvel

Elizabeth Marvel

Mrs. Rose

Jason Ralph

Jason Ralph

Ian Thompson

Daisy Tahan

Daisy Tahan

Annie Morales

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