Movies Like The Truman Show

If you liked The Truman Show (1998), a comedy and drama movie directed by Peter Weir, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to…
2
SubUrbia (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
3
The Conversation (1974)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
4
Corner Office (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
5
Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…
6
Reality (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
Augusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.
7
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Monk steps out of retirement as his stepdaughter's wedding turns tragic when her fiancé dies in a bungee jumping accident.
8
Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Tess gets invited to be a part of a popular game show, but when the host is unexpectedly murdered, she and Detective Logan O'Connor seek to uncover who was behind it all.
9
TalhotBlond (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
10
Inseparable (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.
11
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
12
Phantom of the Megaplex (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture…
13
THX 1138 (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As…
14
The Cable Guy (1996)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the…
15
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
16
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing…
17
EDtv (1999)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
18
Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
19
Get Smart (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field…
20
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the…