

The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.
Direction
Those nauseating fish-eye transitions that actually work.
Cinematography
Saturated gold vs. grimy gray—no subtlety, all impact.
Editing
Time-lapse bragging montages that feel genuinely earned.

Director
Neil Burger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Limitless' pill color (clear) was chosen specifically because orange or blue felt too 'Matrix.'
The film accidentally predicted the 2010s nootropics boom and Silicon Valley's microdosing obsession—Eddie Morra is basically every tech founder's origin story.