Cinematic background from A Most Violent Year 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

2014

Action, Crime, Drama

Directors:
J.C. Chandor
Writers:
J.C. Chandor
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Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit and tie standing in front of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman standing next to a man in front of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man sitting at a table wearing a suit; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman looking at a piece of paper on a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman with blonde hair is looking at a table lamp; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman looking at a piece of paper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a yellow coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a brown jacket standing in front of a building; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man sitting at a table wearing a suit and tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit sitting in front of a table; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting in a chair wearing a white shirt; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit and tie standing in a court room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An older man wearing glasses and a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit and tie sitting at a table; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a vest and tie is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing next to a truck in the snow; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A group of people standing on top of a snow covered field; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man looking out over a city skyline; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An older man wearing a suit and a tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man wearing a suit and tie in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An older man wearing glasses and a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit standing next to another man in a suit; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man wearing a suit and tie standing in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit and tie standing in front of a chain link fence; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman sitting at a dinner table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman in a white shirt is looking at a man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit and tie standing next to another man in a suit and tie; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting on a couch in front of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man wearing a suit and tie holding a knife; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man wearing a vest and a neck tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person with a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman sitting at a table; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man wearing a suit and tie smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman are standing in the dark; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person sitting under a bridge in a city; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman standing next to each other in the snow; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing in front of a judge's bench; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An abandoned building with weeds growing on the side of the road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person walking on a train platform next to train tracks; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting in a car at night looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing on the front steps of a house; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing in front of a building next to stairs; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman holding a gun in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a red jacket and a brown neck tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman with blonde hair is looking off to the side; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a shirt and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing on the side of a boat in front of a bridge; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing in the back seat of a car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man running across a street near a bridge; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – Two young men sitting on a bench in front of a building; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit standing in front of a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man walking down the street holding a suitcase; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man getting his hair cut at a barber shop; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting on a couch in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A young man standing in front of an open door; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman sitting on a couch; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A bald man in a suit and tie looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An older man and a younger woman sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a tan sweater sitting in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A group of people standing around a table; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man with his hand covering his face; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man sitting on top of a wooden bench; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A group of people sitting around a table at night; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman standing in a room in the dark looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting at a table reading a book; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a gray suit and red tie standing in front of a urinal; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a yellow jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman in a white jacket holding a cigarette; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit sitting next to another man in a suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man sitting on top of a leather couch next to fruit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – Two older men sitting at a table in front of each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man sitting on top of a brown leather couch; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman standing in front of a desk in an office; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man running down a street with a sign on his chest; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting in front of a wall with her hand on her chin; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit and tie sitting in a parking lot; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting on the stairs in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man holding a helmet while standing on a field; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a vest and tie sitting in a chair; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person sitting in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person wearing a suit and tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man getting his hair cut by a barber; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An older man wearing glasses and a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman in a pink shirt smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman standing next to each other in a warehouse; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A person with his head tilted down; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – An older man wearing a suit and tie in front of a wall; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man standing in front of an open door; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man and a woman face to face in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A man in a suit sitting at a table; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “A Most Violent Year” (2014), directed by J.C. Chandor – A woman sitting in a chair with a book in front of her face; Medium shot, Low angle