A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year

124 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 31, 2014

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.

A Most Violent Year

124 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Dec. 31, 2014

A Most Violent Year
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, FilmNation Entertainment, Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Old Bull Pictures, CounterNarrative Films
Original title A Most Violent Year
Directors Mirashyam Blakeslee, H.H. Cooper, Martha Pinson, Jessica Lichtner, J.C. Chandor
Writers J.C. Chandor

Cast

Oscar Isaac

as Abel Morales

Jessica Chastain

as Anna Morales

David Oyelowo

as D.A. Lawrence

Alessandro Nivola

as Peter Forente

Elyes Gabel

as Julian

Albert Brooks

as Andrew Walsh

Peter Gerety

as Bill O'Leary

Christopher Abbott

as Louis Servidio

Glenn Fleshler

as Arnold Kline

David Margulies

as Saul Lefkowitz

Jerry Adler

as Joseph Mendelsohn

Ben Rosenfield

as Sales Student Alex

John Procaccino

as Arthur Lewis

Ashley Williams

as Deputy Lange

Pico Alexander

as Elias Morales

Matthew Maher

as John Dominczyk

Elizabeth Marvel

as Mrs. Rose

Jason Ralph

as Ian Thompson

Daisy Tahan

as Annie Morales

Giselle Eisenberg

as Catherine Morales

Taylor Richardson

as Elizabeth Morales

Lorna Guity Pruce

as Toll Booth Attendant

Quinn Meyers

as Moishe Mendelsohn

Chester Jones III

as Beat Cop

Jimmy Palumbo

as Barber Jimmy O.

Tanner

as Muffin

Phillip Chi

as Burglar

Patrick Breen

as Instructor

Nick Bailey

as Sales Recruit #2

Jenilyn Rodriguez

as Sales Recruit #3

Linda Marie Larson

as Abel's Secretary Debbie

Stephen Reich

as Waiter

Myrna Cabello

as Nanny Maria

Nat DeWolf

as Officer

Robert Clohessy

as Mr. Rose

Russell G. Jones

as Cop #1

Annie Funke

as Lorraine Lefkowitz

Kathleen Doyle

as Lefkowitz Receptionist

William Hill

as Eddy Driver

Suzanne Cerreta

as Dispatcher Kathy

Chris Cardona

as Driver 1

John Dinello

as Driver 2

Teddy Coluca

as Driver 3

Susan Blackwell

as Female Radio Reporter

John Douglas Thompson

as Male Radio Reporter

Bill Walters

as Subway Rider (uncredited)