The Truman Show, the comedy-drama by Peter Weir and starring Jim Carrey, has found much-deserved success on streaming. At the time of writing, the movie is charting in the Hulu Top 5 Without question, one of Carrey’s best films, The Truman Show,is based on Andrew Niccol’s original screenplay about a man who doesn’t realize he’s the subject of a reality show and his entire life takes place on a massive soundstage.