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An immigrant and his family strive to maintain their burgeoning business while contending with urban violence and corruption during a particularly harsh New York City winter in 1981. Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac star in this urban drama from writer/producer/director J.C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost).
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Disc 1
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A Most Violent Year (2014)
125 min
DramaThrillerCrime
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.
Credits
Director
J.C. Chandor
Writer
J.C. Chandor
Cast
Oscar Isaacas Abel Morales
Jessica Chastainas Anna Morales
David Oyelowoas D.A. Lawrence
Alessandro Nivolaas Peter Forente
Elyes Gabelas Julian
Albert Brooksas Andrew Walsh
Catalina Sandino Morenoas Luisa
Peter Geretyas Bill O'Leary
Christopher Abbottas Louis Servidio
Glenn Fleshleras Arnold Kline
Cinematographer
Bradford Young
Composer
Alex Ebert
Editor
Ron Patane
Producer
J.C. Chandor
Neal Dodson
Anna Gerb
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 8, 2026