🕯️ If You Loved Severance, Watch These 5 Mind-Bending TV Shows Next
Severance (AppleTV)
You finished Severance. You stared at the wall. You questioned your job, your reality, and possibly your hallway lighting. And now you’re left with a Lumon-sized hole in your watchlist.
Don't worry. There are other shows out there that scratch the same itch — that eerie, stylish, slightly off-kilter vibe where corporate dread meets philosophical sci-fi, and nothing is quite what it seems.
Here are 5 shows to watch next if Severance scrambled your brain in the best possible way.
Devs (Hulu / FX)
1. Devs (Hulu / FX)
A tech company. A mysterious machine. And a question nobody wants to answer: What if free will doesn’t exist?
Created by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), Devs is a haunting, slow-burn exploration of tech determinism wrapped in gold tones, whisper-acting, and a killer soundtrack. It’s a vibe — and like Severance, it’s less about plot twists and more about existential chills.
Watch if you like:
Philosophical sci-fi
Unnervingly quiet tech bros
That creeping sense that you're in a simulation
Homecoming (Prime Video)
2. Homecoming (Prime Video)
A facility that helps soldiers “adjust” after returning from war. Or at least… that’s what it claims to do.
Julia Roberts (yes, that Julia Roberts) leads this paranoid thriller that feels like Severance’s sibling — stylish, mysterious, and soaked in 70s paranoia. It uses aspect ratios like emotional weapons and has one of the most unique sound designs on TV.
Watch if you like:
Conspiracy thrillers
Retro aesthetics
Being gaslit by your own employer
The OA (Netflix)
3. The OA (Netflix)
A woman reappears after seven years. She used to be blind. Now she’s not. Also, she’s… kind of an interdimensional prophet?
This cult favorite is divisive, bizarre, and occasionally beautiful. It’s not about work culture, but it’s definitely about identity, isolation, and choosing your own reality — all themes that Severance fans will appreciate.
Watch if you like:
Ambitious storytelling
Sci-fi that’s more spiritual than techy
Ending every episode with “...wait, what?”
Mr. Robot (Prime / Peacock)
4. Mr. Robot (Prime / Peacock)
A cybersecurity engineer by day, hacker revolutionary by night — and potentially losing his grip on reality.
Mr. Robot is what happens when you mix corporate satire, psychological breakdowns, and anarchist philosophy into one sleek, glitchy package. Like Severance, it’s about the lies we live, the masks we wear, and what happens when you start pulling the thread.
Watch if you like:
Unreliable narrators
Breaking the fourth wall
Slow descent into digital madness
Dark (Netflix)
5. Dark (Netflix)
Small town. Missing child. Time travel. Everyone is probably related. Also, don’t trust the caves.
Dark isn’t about work-life balance — it’s about the lack of balance in a multigenerational, multilingual puzzle box that’s equal parts beautiful and brain-breaking. But at its core, it’s about control, memory, and systems that define your life — just like Lumon.
Watch if you like:
Puzzles and paradoxes
Gorgeous cinematography
Conspiracy boards with red string
🧠 Final Thought
Shows like Severance remind us that TV doesn’t have to spoon-feed you answers. Sometimes it’s better when the questions linger, and the resolution makes you more uncomfortable than relieved.
So if you're still thinking about Lumon, innies, and outers — good. That means it's working.
Now go watch something equally unsettling.
