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Movies that feel likeLimitless (2011)

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.

If you loved Limitless, the closest films we have are The Call (2020), Cube (1998) and The End of Oak Street (2026). All three share Limitless' tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kahaani (2012).

🍅 68% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Neil Burgertensetwistycerebral
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · AMC+

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The Call
2020 · dir. Lee Chung-hyun
🍅 46%★ 7.1thriller · mystery · science fictionNetflix

One advantage over reality that curdles into a nightmare

The difference: A serial-killer duel — cruelty where Limitless stays slick

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

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Cube
1998 · dir. Vincenzo Natali
🍅 61%★ 7.1thriller · science fiction · mystery

Brains as the only way out of a lethal predicament

The difference: Grimy low-budget claustrophobia — no wish fulfillment at all

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

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The End of Oak Street
2026 · dir. David Robert Mitchell
🍅 86%★ 6.5science fiction · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

Tense where it counts, twisty underneath

After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

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Source Code
2011 · dir. Duncan Jones
🍅 92%★ 7.5thriller · science fiction · mystery

A high-concept hook executed with ruthless momentum

The difference: A ticking-loop rescue mission, not a rise to the top

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

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Mulholland Drive
2001 · dir. David Lynch
🍅 83%★ 7.9thriller · drama · mystery

Both lean on ideas more than on thriller

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Limitless does

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

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The Bourne Identity
2002 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 84%★ 7.8action · mystery · thrillerNetflix

Mystery with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to action than Limitless does

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

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Transcendence
2014 · dir. Wally Pfister
🍅 19%★ 6.2thriller · science fiction · drama

A mind expanded past human limits, and the fear it draws

The difference: Ponderous and solemn — ambition without the fizz

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

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Exam
2009 · dir. Stuart Hazeldine
🍅 61%★ 6.7thriller · mystery

Ambitious candidates, one test, and minds turned on each other

The difference: A single room and a single question — talk, not transformation

Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.

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The Hidden Face
2011 · dir. Andrés Baiz
★ 7.3thriller · mystery

A sleek mystery that springs its trap halfway through

The difference: Intimate jealousy story — no powers, no rise, no rush

A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

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Sound of My Voice
2011 · dir. Zal Batmanglij
🍅 76%★ 6.6science fiction · drama · mystery

A rational skeptic slowly losing grip on what's possible

The difference: Lo-fi and unresolved — it withholds the answers you crave

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

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The Ghost Writer
2010 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 84%★ 7.2thriller · mysteryPrime VideoStarz

A writer in over his head as the truth gets dangerous

The difference: Patient and muted — dread accumulates, nothing accelerates

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

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Kahaani
2012 · dir. Sujoy Ghosh
🍅 100%★ 8.1mystery · thriller

A protagonist always one calculated step ahead of everyone

The difference: A grounded missing-person hunt — emotion drives it, not IQ

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

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