A Most Violent Year (2014)

Plotzle Original · O83 · June 3, 2026 · Crime / Drama

Six plot descriptions for A Most Violent Year (2014). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A narcotics detective in Philadelphia tracks a supplier through the city's shelters and discovers his younger brother is the addict buying from the operation and reselling to teenagers.
2. Two mercenaries accept a contract in Gdansk but the employer abandons them after the assignment and they hide in a warehouse where suspicion about payment grows into paranoia.
3. Someone witnesses their neighbor dispose of evidence in a canal and the observation creates complicity that transforms into active participation when the neighbor requests assistance with subsequent actions.
4. A loan shark in Miami collects debts from Cuban emigres during the Mariel boatlift summer and violence escalates when a debtor's family retaliates after his methods become more brutal.
5. An immigrant businessman and his family attempt to expand their heating oil company in New York City during the winter of 1981 while facing rampant violence, corruption, and threats that endanger their enterprise.
6. A parole officer begins an affair with the wife of an inmate she supervises and the relationship intensifies as his release date approaches and she fabricates violations to delay it.