Movies That Make You Think — Part 25

Four pressure-cooker stories: a poker player trying to stay alive, a separated dad trying to find his voice, a commuter trapped in a deadly game, and a detective stuck inside a robbery where nothing is as simple as it looks.

Dead Money (Prime Video)

After a home poker game is robbed, a professional player and his girlfriend get pulled into a dangerous scramble over stolen cash. What starts as a bad night at the table turns into a test of nerve, loyalty, and whether the right hand can save more than money.

Is This Thing On? (Hulu)

As Alex and Tess’s marriage quietly unravels, he stumbles into New York’s stand-up scene while she starts reclaiming pieces of her own life. The comedy comes from the awkwardness, but the hook is watching two people figure out whether a split is an ending or a strange way back to themselves.

Retribution (Prime Video)

A Berlin financier driving his kids to school gets a call from a stranger who says there’s a bomb under his seat. Forced to follow escalating instructions while keeping his children alive, he has to untangle who is controlling the day before the car becomes a coffin.

Inside Man (Prime Video)

A sharp detective, a meticulous bank robber, and a high-powered fixer collide during a Manhattan hostage crisis. The longer the standoff runs, the more the robbery starts to look like cover for something older, uglier, and much harder to negotiate away.