What is the best Oscar Isaac movie role?

By YPB Team

From Coen Brothers folk singer to Marvel shape-shifter to Paul Schrader slow-burn, Oscar Isaac has built one of the most diverse and impressive filmographies of his generation. Which role defines him?

  1. Llewyn Davis (Inside Llewyn Davis) — ranked #11
    Llewyn Davis (Inside Llewyn Davis)
    Isaac's career-defining 2013 Coen Brothers performance as a down-on-his-luck folk singer navigating a bleak week in early 1960s Greenwich Village.
  2. Nathan (Ex Machina) — ranked #22
    Nathan (Ex Machina)
    Isaac's unnerving 2014 turn as an eccentric tech billionaire who invites a programmer to evaluate his humanoid AI creation at a remote mountain compound.
  3. Abel Morales (A Most Violent Year) — ranked #33
    Abel Morales (A Most Violent Year)
    Isaac's 2014 magnetic performance as an immigrant businessman trying to build a legitimate heating-oil empire in 1981 New York without resorting to violence.
  4. Poe Dameron (Star Wars) — ranked #44
    Poe Dameron (Star Wars)
    Isaac's charismatic hotshot Resistance pilot whose courage, humor, and unshakeable optimism across three sequel films made him a fan favorite.
  5. Duke Leto Atreides (Dune) — ranked #55
    Duke Leto Atreides (Dune)
    Isaac's dignified 2021 Denis Villeneuve performance as the noble but ill-fated Duke whose acceptance of a poisoned planet sets his family's destiny in motion.
  6. Marc Spector / Moon Knight — ranked #66
    Marc Spector / Moon Knight
    Isaac's astonishing 2022 Marvel Disney+ performance playing multiple personalities — Chicago accent, British accent, and Egyptian god — within a single character.
  7. William Tell (The Card Counter) — ranked #77
    William Tell (The Card Counter)
    Isaac's 2021 Paul Schrader slow-burn performance as a former military interrogator turned professional poker player haunted by his role in detainee torture.
  8. Rodrigo Solís (Show Me a Hero) — ranked #88
    Rodrigo Solís (Show Me a Hero)
    Isaac's Emmy-winning 2015 HBO performance as the real-life Yonkers mayor destroyed by a court-ordered housing desegregation battle he couldn't win.

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