The Card Counter (2021)

Oscar Isaac is a former soldier, previously jailed for his role in the Abu Ghraib war crimes, whose sole focus now in life is to play cards. When the son of a soldier who served with him, Tye Sheridan, shows up in his life, it upends the sparse existence he has cultivated. The film completely revolves around Isaac’s performance and it’s a very strong one. It almost doesn’t matter what happens around him as it is to just watch him try to hold on to his constraint of self in a world that trained him to do otherwise.