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MEANRANK
62/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3679
- IMDb #4242
- Google retired #3871
- Metacritic #1610
- Letterboxd #2874
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1216
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- Metacritic Critics #785
- Metacritic Audience #3408
- Criticker #1774
- Kinopoisk #5102
- AlloCiné #2420
- Trakt #4663
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 42, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 88. Critics average 83, everyone else 58.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A gambler who has learned to count cards lives a solitary, disciplined life moving from casino to casino. His carefully controlled existence is disrupted when he is approached by a young man seeking help to exact revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. He is drawn into a plot that forces him to confront the ghosts of his former life as a military interrogator.
Details
- Director
- Paul Schrader
- Writer
- Paul Schrader
- Released
- 3 September 2021
- Country
- Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 win from 8 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| London Film Critics' Circle 2022 | Actor of the Year | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 2021 | Best Original Screenplay | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
| Detroit Film Critics Society 2021 | Best Actor | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2021 | Best Actor | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Gotham Awards 2021 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Gotham Awards 2021 | Best Screenplay | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2021 | Best Original Score in an Independent Film | Robert Levon Been & Giancarlo Vulcano | Nominee |
| National Board of Review 2021 | Top 10 Independent Films | The Card Counter | Winner |
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8 awards — The Card Counter
×| Top 10 Independent Films | The Card Counter | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Performance | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Paul Schrader | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |
| Best Original Score in an Independent Film | Robert Levon Been & Giancarlo Vulcano | Nominee |
| Actor of the Year | Oscar Isaac | Nominee |