The best mockumentary movies
The top 3 according to 1,687 votes from people: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) · What We Do in the Shadows (2014) · Best in Show (2000). (Updated Mar 30, 2024.)
Fake documentaries, real laughs: the mockumentaries that top critics' and fans' lists (Stacker, Listverse, Letterboxd).
Top 12
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1
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The amps that go to eleven; the film that launched the genre.
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2
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Vampire flatmates in Wellington.
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3
Best in Show (2000)
Christopher Guest goes to a dog show.
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4
District 9 (2009)
Aliens stranded in a Johannesburg slum.
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5
Borat (2006)
Sacha Baron Cohen's fake Kazakh reporter tours America.
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6
Zelig (1983)
Woody Allen as a human chameleon.
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7
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
The Lonely Island skewer pop-star documentaries.
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8
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
A small-town theatre troupe dreams of Broadway.
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9
Man Bites Dog (1992)
A Belgian crew follows a serial killer, darkly funny.
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10
A Mighty Wind (2003)
A reunion of 1960s folk singers.
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11
Take the Money and Run (1969)
Woody Allen's inept bank robber.
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12
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
A tiny talking shell looks for his family.
Candidates
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13
Punishment Park (1971)
Peter Watkins's chilling fake news report.
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Comments (1)
Spinal Tap first, obviously. These go to eleven.