The Truman Show

Movie • 1998 • Comedy  

Report
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And everyone he knows, including his wife and his best friend is really an actor, paid to be part of his life.
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No

Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
575 supporters
Yes
1
No
67
9
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There are three dogs (and maybe more); none of them dies or suffers in any way.
1 comment | Add comment
Needs More Answers
Are there heart attacks?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Are there tsunamis?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
1
Abandonment
Yes
2
No
21
1
LightJest
An actor walking a dog has to quickly drag someone away and they leave their dog behind. It is seen wandering around alone still on its lead. However it is on a TV set so presumably the handler would collect it later
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
35
No
1
5
ponyonemo
(Spoiler) The Truman Show in universe exists as the result of an unwanted pregnancy.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
16
Abuse
Is a child abused?
130 supporters
Yes
64
No
9
15
Jadespade
Truman since childhood has been lied to and gaslighted.
1 comment | Add comment
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
118 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
18
14
takver
Truman and his wife have a physical fight. She lies to him, he gets aggressive, she wards him off with a knife, but he overpowers her and holds the knife to her throat before the fight is interrupted.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
23
No
7
2
cephaloncas
Truman's mom gaslights her son throughout the entire movie, although there is no physical abuse as far as we know.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Yes
108
No
2
30
Corellon
Whenever Truman discovers evidence that there's something strange about his life, a character will swoop in and make him think it's perfectly normal and he's just delusional.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
24
Is someone abused with a belt?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Is someone stalked?
25 supporters
Yes
87
No
0
12
Jadespade
Truman is constantly being watched and/or followed without his knowledge.
1 comment | Add comment
Addiction
Yes
3
No
54
7
doestheferbdie
there is sometimes alcohol consumed but not in a big addictive way
1 comment | Add comment
Is there addiction?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
49
Yes
0
No
55
Animal
Are animals abused?
264 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
51
Does a cat die?
225 supporters
Yes
0
No
58
2
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
I don't think there are any cats.
1 comment | Add comment
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
224 supporters
Yes
0
No
58
5
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No animal dies or suffers.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a pet die?
217 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Were animals harmed in the making?
191 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
22
7
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's an aggressive dog. It doesn't physically harm anybody.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a dead animal?
146 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
41
Does a horse die?
133 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
53
Is an animal sad?
114 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Are rabbits harmed?
101 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Are there spiders?
65 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
51
Are there bugs?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
50
Are there snakes?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
50
Are there sharks?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Are there alligators/crocodiles??
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Does a dragon die?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
52
Assault
Yes
7
No
45
18
RowanOakley
Tricky; it's implied that Truman is still continuously recorded, even when having sex and using the bathroom. The hypothetical conceiving of a child onscreen is discussed.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there pedophilia?
151 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Is rape mentioned?
103 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
1
No
20
Is someone drugged?
36 supporters
Yes
3
No
17
3
moonbasket
Truman "slept the whole drive" to Mt. Rushmore, implying he was potentially drugged.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
40
No
0
4
Undata
Truman restrains his wife with his arm while holding her at knife point briefly
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
8
No
13
2
elliotelephants
Spoilers
Sort of, in the sense that the creator intentionally capsizes Truman’s boat, which Truman is tied to, and it’s implied that this could very likely kill him.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a woman get slapped?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Is someone's mouth covered?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
12
No
3
Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
119 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
Is there eye mutilation?
117 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Is someone tortured?
106 supporters
Yes
18
No
34
27
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
One might argue that Truman is subjected to psychological torture through deceit and gaslighting.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
100 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
34
Is there body horror?
84 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
68 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
Are any teeth damaged?
65 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
47
Does a head get squashed?
62 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
Yes
2
No
45
14
takver
There is a brief scene where someone drives through fire.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there decapitation?
55 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Is there throat mutilation?
50 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is there a hanging?
47 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
41
Yes
5
No
37
4
Meowmeowiemeow
A small cut during a fake surgery
1 comment | Add comment
Is there cannibalism?
44 supporters
Yes
3
No
35
11
The main character mentions it
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone buried alive?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Is someone crushed to death?
43 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Is there amputation?
40 supporters
Yes
6
No
37
10
supernintendo64
Amputation is mentioned, and there is a scene where a bunch of actors pretending to be surgeons have to pretend to amputate a leg when Truman is watching them, but no actual amputation is carried out.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
59
No
0
8
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Near-drowning.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone asphyxiate?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Does someone break a bone?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
46
Are any hands damaged?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is someone choked?
25 supporters
Yes
9
No
9
2
ponyonemo
Truman chokes after nearly drowning, a result of the director.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone stabbed?
22 supporters
Yes
0
No
15
3
ponyonemo
No, but someone is threatened to be stabbed.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone fall to their death?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Does someone have a seizure?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
44
Does someone fall down stairs?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
26
Are there dislocations?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
0
LightJest
The protagonist briefly becomes unconscious when nearly drowned on a boat during the finale
1 comment | Add comment
Children
Is a minor sexualized?
124 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
22
Does a kid die?
87 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
50
Yes
30
No
6
4
Insertnamehere
Truman is taken as a baby for a TV show.
2 comments | Add comment
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Cringey
1
wendogo
people are shown watching and reacting to Truman's show
1 comment | Add comment
Death
Does a non-human character die?
45 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does a major character die?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
14
Does someone die?
18 supporters
Yes
18
No
7
4
Insertnamehere
In the show, yes. In real life, no.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
22
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
28
0
LightJest
We see a number of wheelchair users in a hospital, guessing that within the film they are not supposed to be genuinely disabled though I don't know for sure
1 comment | Add comment
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
38 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
36
Does a parent die?
30 supporters
Yes
66
No
3
14
Steven S.
There is a flashback scene where Truman's father appears to drown in a storm. Although the father is later revealed to be alive, the scene of his apparent death may still be traumatic for some viewers.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
21
No
2
1
SophieAbia
Spoiler
his dad dies in the show but not in real life
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone kidnapped?
13 supporters
Yes
51
No
2
10
takver
A woman is pulled into a car against her will. She is not physically harmed or imprisoned, but she is taken away when she doesn't want to go.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
1 supporters
Yes
11
No
33
8
MichaelOttinger
Truman looks at some old photos of his wedding and sees that his wife (or, rather, the woman playing his wife) crossed her fingers at their wedding, meaning that she didn't really mean any of her vows.
3 comments | Add comment
Fear
Yes
5
No
43
7
ttoobbyy
truman almost gets hit by a bus and it’s a bit startling
1 comment | Add comment
Is trypophobic content shown?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
17
Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
15
Are there clowns?
19 supporters
Yes
1
No
46
0
LightJest
Flashbacks and photos of a child dressed up as a clown.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone possessed?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
41
Yes
9
No
36
17
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's a man sitting in a full tub; we see him there several times.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
48
Are there mannequins?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
5
DaniBabi
SPOILER: technically no natural bodies of water as he lives on set, so everything is man made
2 comments | Add comment
Gross
Does someone vomit?
130 supporters
Yes
47
No
22
4
buttersoxk
okay honestly i have emetophobia myself and upon going to watch the end scene with the storm on the sailboat… i actively looked for it. i did. was squinting, in fact. i remember checking the time stamp and it apparently had already passed the time stamp too? i saw nothing to be very honest with you so i’m not too sure what’s happening in this comments section, but… 🤷 100% safe! enjoy! it’s a personal fav of mine.
10 comments | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
57 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
34
Is there on-screen pooping?
48 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Is someone eaten?
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
33
Is there farting?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does someone spit?
13 supporters
Yes
11
No
31
3
ponyonemo
Yeah Truman spits out some water.
1 comment | Add comment
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
43 supporters
Yes
2
No
31
-2
I HATE COPAGANDA I FEEL RAGE
1 comment | Add comment
Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
15
Are there transphobic slurs?
63 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
45 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is there bisexual cheating?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
21
Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
45
Is there a mental institution scene?
39 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Yes
0
No
47
4
rubyfire77
There is a brief mention that Truman's mom got sick, but nothing explicit about cancer
2 comments | Add comment
Is there menstruation?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Yes
2
No
40
5
Anonymous
mentions of it, a character is made out to be schizophrenic, and her "father" says they tried everything including shock therapy.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
55
No
0
10
Steven S.
Doctors are seen about to perform surgery on a man, though the surgery is stopped before it can begin.
1 comment | Add comment
Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
108 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
47
Yes
16
No
8
Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
96 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
42
Is there autism specific abuse?
61 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
35
Does someone have an eating disorder?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Is autism misrepresented?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Is there misophonia?
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
28
Yes
5
No
26
6
rubyfire77
a character being told he's delusional (though he is not) acts violently out of fear
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
37
No
1
11
Tffr
Truman is purposefully traumatized so that he will have flash backs and fear to stop him from leaving
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
27
Is there body dysmorphia?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Yes
38
No
1
4
Very much so
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
49
No
1
7
Rory_John14
The main character has a phobia and is constantly gaslighted, so experiences a lot of anxiety
1 comment | Add comment
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
36
Is there ABA therapy?
20 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
15
Is there body dysphoria?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
6
No
7
0
yeah bc like when he's yelling at his wife
1 comment | Add comment
5
no one is actually mentally ill, but the main character is gaslighted into believing he’s losing his mind and schizophrenia is mentioned once
1 comment | Add comment
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
57 supporters
Yes
22
No
16
5
leh
Some light POV camera action occasionally when the character is running or on a boat
1 comment | Add comment
5
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There are a few lightning bolts toward the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there sudden loud noises?
45 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
14
Does a baby cry?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
22
Is there screaming?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
16
No
0
Are there underwater scenes?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
19
No
0
Is there obscene language/gestures?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
16
Paranoia
6
Julian_Fawcett
That’s the plot
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
27
No
9
0
SophieAbia
spoiler
at the end "and in case I dont see ya: good afternoon, good evening and good night!"
2 comments | Add comment
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
26
Is there childbirth?
35 supporters
Yes
8
No
32
13
puppydog
it’s not explicitly shown, but there’s a scene of him in the womb where they discuss his birth, at 1:05
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone miscarry?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
45
Does a pregnant person die?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
37
Are there abortions?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
38
0
LightJest
There in in utero footage of a foetus. Also we see some new born babies.
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
59 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
39
Are there homophobic slurs?
56 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
40
7
Boopers
Truman’s (very legitimate) concerns are constantly explained by others as a form of paranoia. He is also manipulated into developing mental illnesses and phobias so he won’t ever leave the island. Finally, someone tries to explain the truth to Truman, but they are constantly interrupted by another character and told that they’re crazy.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
48 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
35
Does an LGBT person die?
41 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
49
Is there hate speech?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
42
Are there usages of the n-word?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
41
Is a minority is misrepresented?
36 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
0
No
38
Is there aphobia?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does the black guy die first?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
43
Race
Is there blackface?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Religious
Yes
2
No
13
2
elliotelephants
God is occasionally peripherally mentioned
1 comment | Add comment
Are there demons or Hell?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Sex
Is there bestiality?
105 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
100 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
37
Yes
1
No
42
11
will0w
Mentions of sex but nothing shown
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
22
0
elliotelephants
No, but there is a guy shown in a tub who is implied to be nude and his entire torso and head are shown
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone sexually objectified?
49 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
21
Is there BDSM?
38 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Does someone lose their virginity?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Sexism
Yes
3
No
20
Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Is someone terminally ill?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Does someone have a stroke?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
22
Does someone have a chronic illness?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Social
Yes
2
No
16
1
moonbasket
Truman is mentioned to be one of five unwanted pregnancies that were carried to full term. Pretty explicit anti-abortion implications
1 comment | Add comment
Are there fat suits?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Is existentialism debated?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
16
No
1
Is someone homeless?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
24
No
2
Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
58 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
40
Yes
3
No
41
0
Unless you wanted Truman to stay in the tv show.
1 comment | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
29 supporters
Yes
1
No
41
9
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but there's reckless driving.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
40
10
MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No, but it comes extremely close.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a car honk or tires screech?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
35
No
0
Does a plane crash?
1 supporters
Yes
1
No
44
6
Undata
A stage light falls from the sky, but Truman is told via radio that it was a plane losing parts mid-flight. No plane crash actually occurs or depicted outside of this.
2 comments | Add comment
Violence
Is there blood/gore?
67 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
44
Is there gun violence?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
39
Does someone drown?
35 supporters
Yes
62
No
3
13
Jadespade
Truman almost drowns in the end in an intense scene.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
35
12
There is scene where a fake nuclear radiation leak occurs
1 comment | Add comment
Visual
Yes
3
No
0
0
wendogo
dense fog
1 comment | Add comment