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A Most Violent Year
Directed by J.C. Chandor
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. From TMDB
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A Most Violent Year is a 2014 crime drama thriller film, directed by J.C. Chandor, starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain and David Oyelowo.
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42 of 42 · most liked firstGet A24 to put A Most Violent Year on TNT and it will instantly become a dad movie classic.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm pleased: two posts about A Most Violent Year (2014) in a single day. Great movie, directed by J. C. Chandor (Margin Call, All Is Lost), with Oscar Isaac and Her. Watch it if you haven't seen it yet! As usual: I see mommy Jess, I repost.
positive · AI labelView post →Ghost ship, East River NYC. Seen while scouting for "A Most Violent Year". #Photography #LocationScouting #Film #NYC
neutral · AI labelView post →A Most Violent Year [79] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/a-most... #11pmspecial "A vibrant crime story filled to overflowing with crackling situations, taut dialogue & a heightened, even operatic sense of reality, A Most Violent Year captures us and doesn't let go." - Ken Turan, LAT
neutral · AI labelView post →Who is hyped for KRAVEN THE HUNTER?!? Hello? Well, how about A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, a good movie by J.C. Chandor? Take a listen to @darnthatdave.bsky.social and @willbjarnar.bsky.social talk about Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, and Corruption! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →The #movie, A Most Violent Year takes place in New York City during the early 1980s. It's a #historical #fiction movie, depicting a time when #gasoline delivery trucks were hijacked by organized #crime groups to have the stolen gasoline resold at a reduced price. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Most_...
neutral · AI labelView post →So I thought I'd never seen A Most Violent Year, but I definitely have haha. Really good film and good acting. (Just maybe not that memorable lol but hey atleast it meant the rewatch felt new)
positive · AI labelView post →Have you seen “A Most Violent Year “? A recent film that was incredibly good at capturing mid-70s New York.
neutral · AI labelView post →Arthur Kill, Staten Island, 2013 Scouted for "A Most Violent Year" #Photo #Film #LocationScouting @nyc.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I picked up a cheap copy of A Most Violent Year on eBay, not sure what led me to that. Excited to revisit this film, the look of it and acting are top notch, just going through the featurettes.
positive · AI labelView post →Bradford Young is one of the most talented cinematographers I've seen. He was building a great resume ("Pariah", "Arrival", "A Most Violent Year") and after doing a Star Wars movie, he just stopped working for some reason. A decade later he's doing MBJ's "The Thomas Crown Affair".
neutral · AI labelView post →J.C. Chandor's subsequent career has been underwhelming, but his film 'A Most Violent Year' is still one of best crime dramas of the past decade or so. I picked it for this week's 2014 episode of Awesome Movie Year. #filmsky #moviesky
positive · AI labelView post →Cool to see that 'A Most Violent Year' is being covered. An extremely underrated film!
positive · AI labelView post →Check out this film on MUBI: A Most Violent Year mubi.com/films/a-most... Saw this in the cinema on release, gave it another go and I have to say it’s held up nicely…
positive · AI labelView post →That movie is somehow both Peanut Butter Falcon and A Most Violent Year
neutral · AI labelView post →A Most Violent Year = B- I don't have a lot of thoughts on the movie other than I feel like I'm falling in love with Jessica Chastain.
neutral · AI labelView post →What are Oscar Isaac’s best performances so far? Current SASSAward winners: Out of the Gate - Inside Llewyn Davis Drama - A Most Violent Year Comfort Food - Star Wars Overall - Frankenstein Agree? Disagree? You decide at www.sassawards.com
neutral · AI labelView post →A Most Violent Year Oscar Isaac • Jessica Chastain • Directed by J.C. Chandor A searing crime thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981. Play the film, buy on Apple TV store apple.co/3M9gg2O Ad.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you seen her in A Most Violent Year? Underrated film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was in a York Little Theatre production with Neal Dodson who was a producer on "A Most Violent Year" starring Oscar Isaac who was in an X-Men movie with James McAvoy who was in an X-Men movie with Kevin Bacon.
neutral · AI labelView post →It reminded me of this movie. I would like to have read the book instead - interesting script. A Most Violent Year g.co/kgs/29RJPLr
neutral · AI labelView post →I really liked it, but I am partial to Chandor. Loved “A Most Violent Year” and “Triple Frontier” is the kinda movie that I enjoyed but I know that I’ll love unequivocally at, like, sixty.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #AMostViolentYear #JessicaChastain Jessica Chastain's 2014 Thriller Is Officially the Perfect Watch Before It Leaves Streaming for Good http://dlvr.it/TW8H2W
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve always thought the film that explains where Trump comes from, who he is, is JC Chandor’s A MOST VIOLENT YEAR. Not that Trump is the Oscar Isaac character or anything— it’s just, atmospherically.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Grid - 09/14/2026: 8/9 Correct Score: 2340 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩 www.moviegrid.io A Most Violent Year just a couple years too late Movie Grid - Deep Cut 233: 8/9 Correct Score: 2267 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 www.moviegrid.io/deep-cut Giving myself one after confusing Jeremy and Mark Strong
neutral · AI labelView post →Somehow, this was my first time seeing A Most Violent Year and I’m not sure how it took me this long. Really enjoyed it. Oscar Isaac is fantastic, Jessica Chastain is great and the whole thing has this slow burning tense atmosphere that feels like a crime film from the 70’s.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) A Most Violent Year 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$7.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 7.1 Cast: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks, Alessandro Nivola, Elyes Gabel
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the entire function of Jessica Chastain’s brother, who her husband Oscar Isaac is begging her throughout the movie not to call, in A Most Violent Year
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Thriller Movies Released on January 30! What's your fave? 1. Taken 2. A Most Violent Year 3. Cortex 4. The Loft Check out all 44 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Thriller
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #AMostViolentYear #OscarIsaac Oscar Isaac's Most Underrated Thriller Is Here to Thrill and Chill You This New Year's http://dlvr.it/TQ4kNt
neutral · AI labelView post →I really liked him before this so I hope this isn't true! However, I think his lead role in Pu-239 is worth considering – it's an only okay movie but adapts a story I really like. And A Most Violent Year only came out a year after Llewyn, but I think it's anything but typecasting. A terrific role.
neutral · AI labelView post →“When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise, you end up staying in the same place your whole life.” - Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac), A Most Violent Year (2014 movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →Has anyone seen A Most Violent Year? It's among my favorites of Chastain's films; Oscar Isaac is excellent as well. I feel like the film is overlooked. I loved it--a tense crime thriller that feels plucked straight out of the 70s (though it's 1981). Some deeply emotional and human moments, too.
positive · AI labelView post →Movie recommendation: “A Most Violent Year” (2014) 👌🏼😎🍿
positive · AI labelView post →Why is there a "Kraven the Hunter" movie from the director of Margin Call and A Most Violent Year
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatched A Most Violent Year- such a stylish film. Stripped of any excess- still somehow rich in detail mubi.com/films/a-most...
positive · AI labelView post →366 Days of Film: Day 252 - A Most Violent Year. Early 80’s NYC and Oscar Isaac’s Abel is struggling to keep a lid on a crime family war. A slow boiler where you’re just waiting for the lid to fly. And waiting… Like a pared back The Godfather or a deadly serious The Sopranos. Great script but slow.
neutral · AI labelView post →A Most Violent Year (2014): This is so close to being an incredible movie, let down by the unimaginative script and the analogy(?) with capitalism being just a bit too on the nose. I'll watch a basically unlimited number of low stakes crime thrillers like this though 3.5/5
neutral · AI labelView post →'A Most Violent Year 2': Jessica Chastain Still Waiting for the Script!! #AMostViolentYear, #JessicaChastain, #DavidOyelowo, #OscarIsaac, #AMostViolentYear2 http://movizark.com/2023/08/16/a-most-violent-year-2-jessica-chastain-still-waiting-for-the-script/
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched A Most Violent Year last night. Not actually very violent but really good. I'd forgotten how gripping small budget ($20m) movies can be. I'm not really a movie person, but these A24 people seem to be bringing it.
positive · AI labelView post →What’s the most misleading movie title? I felt very ripped off by A MOST VIOLENT YEAR. Wasn’t very violent and it didn’t span a year.
neutral · AI labelView post →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 to take over as his desperation increased. Jessica Chastain was really good as…
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