A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

2014 · 2 hr 5 min · R

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directors

J.C. Chandor

Actors

  • Oscar Isaac
  • Jessica Chastain
  • David Oyelowo

Credits: 7

Summary

In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.

More about this movie

A crime drama 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.