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A Most Violent Year
2014
· Movie
· 125 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1887
- IMDb #2440
- Google retired #2236
- Rotten Tomatoes #1721
- Metacritic #1166
- Letterboxd #2019
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1108
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2670
- Metacritic Critics #726
- Metacritic Audience #2301
- Criticker #1074
- Kinopoisk #3822
- AlloCiné #1214
- Trakt #3282
Every rating
57–89
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 89. Critics average 84, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During one of the most violent years in New York City's history, an ambitious business owner tries to expand his heating oil company. He strives to conduct his business honestly despite rampant corruption and violence within the industry. As his trucks are hijacked and his family is threatened, his principles are tested, and he is pushed toward the very corruption he wishes to avoid.
Details
- Director
- J.C. Chandor
- Writer
- J.C. Chandor
- Released
- 31 December 2014
- Country
- United Arab Emirates, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $12.0M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 26 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (47) →
Awards & nominations
See all 34 →8 wins from 34 nominations across 19 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Screenplay | J. C. Chandor | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Editing | Ron Patane | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2015 | Actor of the Year | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | J. C. Chandor | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
3 nominations
| Best Editing | Ron Patane | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | J. C. Chandor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Indiana Film Journalists Association
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Winner |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb, J. C. Chandor | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Winner |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
5 nominations, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | Winner | |
| Best Cinematography | Bradford Young | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | J. C. Chandor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
Utah Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Winner |
Whistler Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | A Most Violent Year | Winner |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
3 nominations
| Actor of the Year | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | J. C. Chandor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Picture | A Most Violent Year | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Technical Achievement Award | Kasia Walicka-Maimone (costumes) | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Original Screenplay | J. C. Chandor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |