# The best mockumentary movies

Fake documentaries, real laughs: the mockumentaries that top critics' and fans' lists (Stacker, Listverse, Letterboxd).

- 1687 votes · 13 items
- Mar 30, 2024 · Marcus Lane
- https://even.best/en/l/2077/the-best-mockumentary-movies

## Top 12

1. **This Is Spinal Tap (1984)** (176 · ▲191 ▼15) — The amps that go to eleven; the film that launched the genre.
2. **What We Do in the Shadows (2014)** (142 · ▲160 ▼18) — Vampire flatmates in Wellington.
3. **Best in Show (2000)** (133 · ▲144 ▼11) — Christopher Guest goes to a dog show.
4. **District 9 (2009)** (123 · ▲137 ▼14) — Aliens stranded in a Johannesburg slum.
5. **Borat (2006)** (105 · ▲121 ▼16) — Sacha Baron Cohen's fake Kazakh reporter tours America.
6. **Zelig (1983)** (78 · ▲102 ▼24) — Woody Allen as a human chameleon.
7. **Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)** (72 · ▲92 ▼20) — The Lonely Island skewer pop-star documentaries.
8. **Waiting for Guffman (1996)** (71 · ▲89 ▼18) — A small-town theatre troupe dreams of Broadway.
9. **Man Bites Dog (1992)** (70 · ▲91 ▼21) — A Belgian crew follows a serial killer, darkly funny.
10. **A Mighty Wind (2003)** (62 · ▲85 ▼23) — A reunion of 1960s folk singers.
11. **Take the Money and Run (1969)** (54 · ▲77 ▼23) — Woody Allen's inept bank robber.
12. **Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)** (46 · ▲75 ▼29) — A tiny talking shell looks for his family.
13. **Punishment Park (1971)** (39 · ▲65 ▼26) — Peter Watkins's chilling fake news report.

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