The Truman Show

1998 Peter Weir 1h 43m ★ 8.2
Comedy Drama
The Truman Show

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

Cast

Jim Carrey Jim Carrey Truman Burbank
Laura Linney Laura Linney Meryl Burbank / Hannah Gill
Noah Emmerich Noah Emmerich Marlon / Louis Coltrane
Natascha McElhone Natascha McElhone Lauren Garland / Sylvia
Holland Taylor Holland Taylor Angela Montclair / Alanis Montclair
Ed Harris Ed Harris Christof
Paul Giamatti Paul Giamatti Simeon
Brian Delate Brian Delate Walter Moore / Kirk Burbank

Vibes

Curious Mind Bending Deeply Moving Crowd Pleaser

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Truman Show

Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog 1997
Everything you see is fake. One is a TV show. The other is a war. Both are warnings. The Cable Guy
The Cable Guy 1996
Jim Carrey's dark media satires. Two films about the terrifying power of television over human connection. Barbie
Barbie 2023
Escaping artificial perfection. Two films about people who discover the real world is harder and more beautiful than the fake one. Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction 2006
Your life is not your own. Two men who discover they are someone else's story.