

A Most Violent Year
The result is never in question. Just the path you take to get there.
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $12M
- Language
- Spanish
- new york city
- immigrant
- husband wife relationship
- corruption
- capitalism
- winter
- american dream
- business ethics
- truck
- oil
- lawyer
- loan shark
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United Arab Emirates, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereAFI Fest6 Nov 2014
- Theatrical (limited)R31 Dec 2014
- TheatricalR30 Jan 2015
- PhysicalRDVD7 Apr 2015
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1522 Jan 2015
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PremiereDubai International Film Festival13 Dec 2014
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical26 Feb 2015
CanadaCA
- PremiereRWhistler Film Festival6 Dec 2014
- TheatricalR30 Jan 2015
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical19 Feb 2015
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival23 Oct 2015
BrazilBR
- Theatrical162 Apr 2015
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival19 Apr 2015
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical11 Jun 2015
FinlandFI
- Theatrical1 May 2015
FranceFR
- Theatrical1231 Dec 2014
- TVPolar+5 Mar 2026
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A Most Violent Year was released on 31 December 2014.
Audience reviews
1- N8/10
Nathan
11/25/2022
_A Most Violent Year_ took a long time to get me hooked, but once I was able to come around to it I was fully invested. Oscar Isaac is fantastic in this movie. He was able to balance the intimidating front of a mobster while being able to present a sense of honesty as he was trying to avoid the more barbaric business practice of his contemporaries. It was a fine line, but it was a joy to see the mobster slowly start …
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