Netflix is removing a popular movie starring Bradley Cooper from its catalog next month. Limitless, a sci-fi thriller directed by Neil Burger, is scheduled to leave the streaming giant in January. Released in 2011, the film’s critical reception ranged from mixed to positive, and the movie became a box office success. The narrative follows a writer who gains extraordinary mental abilities after taking a mysterious brain-enhancing drug.
Bradley Cooper’s Limitless is leaving Netflix next month
Limitless is leaving Netflix on January 1, 2026. At the time of its release, the film became a considerable box office success, raking in an estimated worldwide total of $161.8 million against a humble production budget of $27 million.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 68% on the Tomatometer and a score of 74% on the Popcornmeter. Meanwhile, Metacritic shows a metascore of 59, based on 37 critic reviews and a much higher user score of 7.3, based on 537 user ratings. The former indicates “mixed or average” reception, while the latter denotes “generally favorable” reception.
Limitless is loosely based on Alan Glynn’s 2001 novel, The Dark Fields. The story follows Edward Morra, a struggling author whose girlfriend breaks up with him due to his lack of ambition. His life rapidly improves following a meeting with Vernon, his ex-wife’s husband, who gives him a drug called NZT-48. After ingesting the drug, Morra experiences higher brain functionality and improved cognition, resulting in career and lifestyle improvements. However, Morra soon finds himself facing mysterious forces, uncovering a dark secret behind the drug in the process.
Neil Burger directed the film from Leslie Dixon’s screenplay. Dixon also co-produced the film with Scott Kroopf and Ryan Kavanaugh.
Alongside Bradley Cooper, Limitless also stars Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Tomas Arana, Robert John Burke, and Darren Goldstein.
Following its release, Limitless spawned a short-lived television series of the same name. The series aired for one season on CBS between September 2015 and April 2016 and followed a different protagonist, Jake McDorman’s Brian Finch. Notably, Cooper reprised his role in the series in a recurring capacity. In the show, he served as a U.S. Senator, a story development that was teased in the film’s ending.
Originally reported by Abdul Azim Naushad on ComingSoon.
