In order to boost intelligence, many people read books, exercise, eat "brain boosting" foods or surround themselves with educated people.
Studies show that some forms of entertainment can be a big boost to one's IQ. This, however, depends on the content involved.
Kenyans.co.ke compiled a list of five movies and series that are not only interesting but nourish your intelligence by providing some valuable life and business lessons.
Limitless
Limitless is a 2015 American comedy-drama television series that stars Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter and Hill Harper.
This thriller involves a struggling writer, who is introduced to a smart drug called NZT-48. This mysterious pill grants him the ability to fully utilize his brain, which in turn, drastically improves his life.
We believe watching Limitless primes one to think smarter. According to Psychology Today, priming is a nonconscious form of human memory concerned with the perceptual identification of words and objects.
An example is if you see the word "yellow," it might be slightly faster for you to recognize the word "banana." This is “because yellow and banana are closely associated in memory.”
Watch the trailer.
[Video:]
A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics.
The film focuses on the discovery of the Nash Equilibrium, which is a solution concept of a non-cooperative game involving two or more players.
Here, each player is assumed to know the strategies of the other players, and no player has anything to gain by changing his own strategy.
This movie helps economists understand how competing companies set their prices, how governments should design auctions to squeeze the most from bidders and how to explain the sometimes self-defeating decisions that groups make.
Schindlers List
Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic, historical drama film based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally.
The film involves a period in the life of an ethnic German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II.
This movie equips history lovers with a great understanding of the devastation of world war II, with true stories of Nazi activities and Nazi treatment of the Jewish families.
Transcendence
The 2014 American science fiction film that stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Cole Hauser and Morgan Freeman.
The film involves a scientist who researches the nature of sentience, including artificial intelligence. He and his team work to create a sentient computer; he predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity, or in his words "Transcendence".
The movie teaches those who love science fiction how to merge humans with technology. It generally gives tips on capitalizing on criticism to improve in life.
Elementary
Elementary is an American procedural drama series that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes.
The show involves a recovering drug addict and former consultant to Britain's Scotland Yard who assists the New York City Police Department in solving crimes.
Watching Elementary teaches one investigative strategies used by Holmes, who is one of the best detectives of all times.
Instead of having to hustle looking for movie guys, you can get access to these and more than 20,000 local and international shows on Showmax.
Better still, you can catch all the action for free by claiming your Showmax 14-day trial voucher.
Just sign up for the offer then log on to Showmax.com to stream these shows or download up to 25 movies to watch at your own convenience.
Looking for more to watch? Check out what’s coming up in September on Showmax.
[Video:]
