History TearJerker / TheTrumanShow

* The scene with Truman and Hannah (the woman playing Meryl) after Truman's first failed escape. There's something very sad and empty when Truman quietly utters to Meryl "Why do you want to have a baby with me? You can't stand me." as he realizes his "marriage" to a woman (who ''hates him'') is but a complete sham, [[AwfulTruth it leaves him with nothing]], for there was never a real relationship. And then, when Truman is attempting to have a serious conversation with Hannah, she just hocks products at him. Truman loses it when he realizes Hannah is in on it, scaring her into pulling a kitchen knife on him and telling him ''he's'' the one going crazy. It's terrifying for Truman to realize he can't even trust his own wife, and you watch his mind unravel.

* Sylvia gets forcibly removed from the studio after giving Truman the only genuinely romantic moment he's ever had. The actor taking her tries to smooth it over (in vain) by telling Truman she's schizophrenic, and "brings all her boyfriends here." Truman's face says it all - geez, rip the guy's heart out, why don't you?

* The ending. While the entire world was cheering on Truman's journey out of Seahaven, it ultimately ends with those same people being ''bored'' now that the show is over and wondering what else was on TV. It gives the impression that their support of Truman was as fleeting as any other standard network programming, and that outside of a handful of people Truman truly doesn't have any real allies.

** The fact that he pined for a woman, to where he sniffs her left-behind sweater every now and again, years after her disappearance who he, at that point, didn't know if she was still "in Fiji", or even alive, or she'd even remember him if they were to ever reunite.

* When the full [[TheReveal Reveal]] of what Truman's world actually is arrives in the form of an in-universe "making of" feature on Christof, the total horror and '''evil''' of it all comes with it. Being an ''unwanted'' infant, Truman effectively entered the world unloved by anyone, an asset to some corporation, a tool for Christof to use, and almost all of the love he has ever known in his life (aside from what he had with Sylvia) is a lie. This means his entire continued existence is in part dependent on ''his never knowing real love''.

** The fact that he pined for a woman, to where he sniffs her left-behind sweater every now and again, years after her disappearance who he didn't know if she was still "in Fiji", or even alive, or she'd even remember him if they were to ever reunite.

-->'''Sylvia:''' Get out of here! Come find me!

* Sylvia's last words before being whisked away. The pleading and desperation in her voice is pretty powerful.

** The fact that he pined for a woman years after her disappearance who he didn't know if she was still "in Fiji", or even alive, or she'd even remember him if they were to reunite.

* Truman being reunited with his (actor) dad as part of a ploy of Christof's to keep Truman on the island. While Christof is manipulating the scene with rising music and dramatic shots, the real, genuine emotion of Truman at once makes the scene work InUniverse but also for the actual audience in terms of dramatic irony, how Truman is just a part of the emotional pandering itself, without his knowledge. Or rather, ''with'' his knowledge; he is 100% aware that this is all fake. ''That's'' why he's crying.

* Truman pulling out the makeshift picture he constructed of Sylvia, who's been watching Truman's final escape attempt on TV and [[TearsOfJoy immediately bursts into tears.]]

** It's established in [[AllThereInTheManual Louis' background]] that he had a drug addiction that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot got incorporated into the character of Marlon to explain his real life stints in rehab]] . It's easy to imagine that Louis was DrowningMySorrows out of grief for having to lie to Truman for so long.

* The ending. While the entire world was cheering on Truman's journey out of Seahaven, it ultimately ends with those same people being ''bored'' and wondering what else was on TV. It gives the impression that their support of Truman was as fleeting as any other standard network programming, and that outside of a handful of people Truman truly doesn't have any real allies.

* When Truman abruptly crashes into the wall of the studio. Feeling that he is trapped forever and understanding how his whole life was a lie, he begins to [[DespairEventHorizon break down in tears]] as he tries to punch through the wall in a futile manner. The lack of sound in this particular shot makes it just that much more soul-crushing.

** It's quietly hinted at in the movie, especially deleted scenes (and backed up by actor Noah Emmerich), that Louis Coltrane is the only actor in Seahaven who feels significant discomfort for putting Truman through all this trickery. The way Louis, aka Marlon, chokes out the line "the last thing I'd ever do is lie to you" is terribly sad. It's like it's all catching up to Louis how much he's been selling his soul all these years.

** It's established in [[AllThereInTheManual Louis' background]] that he had a drug addiction that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot got incorporated into the character of Marlon to explain his real life stints in rehab]] (you'll notice he and Truman are drinking sodas in this scene instead of beer). It's easy to imagine that Louis was DrowningMySorrows out of grief for having to lie to Truman for so long.

** It's established in [[AllThereInTheManual Louis' background]] that he had a drug addiction that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot got incorporated into the character of Marlon to explain his real life stints in rehab]] (you'll notice he and Truman are [[OnTheWagon drinking sodas]] in this scene instead of beer). It's easy to imagine that Louis was DrowningMySorrows out of grief for having to lie to Truman for so long.

** It's subtly hinted in the movie that "Marlon" had a drinking problem in the past (you'll notice he and Truman are drinking sodas in this scene). It's easy to imagine that Louis was DrowningMySorrows out of grief for having to lie to Truman for so long.

* When Truman attempts to catch a bus, the driver and passengers have to awkwardly play along and improvise a breakdown. When everyone but a silently devastated Truman leaves the vehicle, the driver turns and, in a sincere and guilty sounding tone, tells him sorry before leaving.