Taste-matched follow-ups

Shows like The Listeners

Start with the closest matches, then branch into broader nearby picks tuned to quiet psychological drama, unverifiable reality, and isolated everyday life.

  • psychological edge
  • family life
  • unreliable reality
  • slow burn
The Listeners poster

6 shows to try next

Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.

  1. The Price of Confession poster

    Closest match

    Netflix · Dec 5, 2025

    The Price of Confession

    IMDb 7.6

    Why this fits: The Price of Confession keeps tension grounded in doubt, with a woman’s credibility and survival hanging on what people refuse to say. The Listeners shares that quiet, accumulative pressure, but this one turns the unease outward into courtroom-adjacent suspense and a more structured unraveling.

    • courtroom intrigue
    • single accusation
  2. Little Disasters poster

    Direct match

    Paramount Plus · Dec 11, 2025

    Little Disasters

    IMDb 7.1

    Why this fits: Little Disasters builds dread from fractured trust, where a child-harm accusation poisons every close relationship and makes ordinary scenes feel unsafe. The Listeners and Little Disasters both keep the tension intimate and slow, but Little Disasters is colder and more openly confrontational in its domestic unraveling.

    • psychological tension
    • child harm accusation
  3. Shetland poster

    Direct match

    BBC Scotland · Nov 5, 2025

    Shetland

    IMDb 8.2

    Why this fits: Shetland offers patient, character-led mystery where small-town secrets weigh on every interaction and the danger creeps in through community silence. The Listeners and Shetland both reward careful watching and private stakes, but Shetland is more outwardly investigative and steadier in pace, with a detective’s personal investment driving the case.

    • small town
    • community secrets
  4. Kohrra poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Feb 11, 2026

    Kohrra

    IMDb 7.5

    Why this fits: The Listeners leans into ordinary workplace dread and family doubt that feels hard to verify. Kohrra keeps that slow-burn pressure going through a marriage mystery and a detective’s personal unraveling, but it’s more casefile-driven and rivalry-heavy than purely psychological.

    • slow burn
  5. Gone poster

    Deeper cut

    ITVX · Mar 8, 2026

    Gone

    IMDb 7.6

    Why this fits: The Listeners builds quiet psychological drama from isolated everyday life and the fear that nothing can be proven. Gone turns that missing-person dread into a cat-and-mouse interrogation thriller, with suspect vs detective tension that’s more procedural and outwardly confrontational.

    • cat and mouse
    • interrogation thriller
    • missing person dread
  6. L/over – ikuisesti minun poster

    Deeper cut

    MTV3 · Jan 25, 2026

    L/over – ikuisesti minun

    Why this fits: The Listeners’ slow accumulative pacing makes family doubt and unverifiable reality feel suffocating. L/over – ikuisesti minun goes character-driven with a mind-game thriller and desperate choices, trading the workplace dread focus for deeper psychological suspense and secrets.

    • mind-game thriller
    • slow-burn dread
    • character-driven suspense

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