James White (2015)

After the death of his father, Christopher Abbott’s adrift twenty-something titular character falls down a spiral of self destructive behavior, ignoring the co-dependent pleas of his terminally ill mother. There’s not much to the film other than watching Abbott’s character struggle to find stable ground all while continuing to dig himself further down a hole of drug binges, fighting, and sex with the teenaged girlfriend he met in Mexico. But it’s an incredible performance that really showcases how strong of an actor Abbott is, especially when working with Cynthia Nixon as his mother who delivers an equally strong performance in a supporting role.