Mockumentary movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mockumentary movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out mockumentary, humorous, absurd, funny, fake documentary and clever films and TV shows about / with satire, storytelling, dialogue, mentor, runaway, adaptation, pornography, catastrophe, brutality and found footage plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mockumentary: Best in Show (2000), Parks and Recreation (2009), What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Fear of a Black Hat (1993), The Office (2001), Trollhunter (2010), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), A Mighty Wind (2003), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), I'm Still Here (2010).
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New films
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, absurd, black comedy, hilarious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
dog, satire, gay couple, obsession, homosexual, lesbian, eccentricity, ambition, poodle, lgbtq, rivals, training ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, illinois, florida, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him ...
Style:
controversial, humorous, absurd, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satire, dark humor, racism, stupidity, travel, culture clash, toilet humor, stereotypes, road trip, dumb, fish out of water, masturbation ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, kazakhstan, usa, los angeles, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Hilarious ensemble comedy that follows Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun.
Style:
sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
political satire, politics, satire, absurd humor, social commentary, small town life, strong female lead, friendship, female protagonist, workplace situations, workplace humor, workaholic ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, north america, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Style:
mockumentary, parody, spoof, humorous, absurd ...
Plot:
rock and roll, the beatles, music, satire, rock, monty python, music business, stupidity, music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, media ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1978, 70s
Place:
england, europe, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Style:
absurd, gothic, humorous, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, dark humor, werewolf, friendship, supernatural, goth, immortality, blood, social misfits, roommate, urban, found footage ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1912, year 1997, year 1978, 2010s ...
Place:
new zealand, indiana, oceania
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a ...
Style:
mockumentary, spoof, parody, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
hip hop, satire, music, black, musician, hip hop culture, urban, rapper, african american, black friday, blaxploitation, stoned ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, california, africa ...
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132K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office ...
Style:
humorous, mockumentary, sitcom, dark comedy, feel good ...
Plot:
workplace, everyday life, office, coworker, boss and employee, job, employer employee relationship, workplace problem, boss, storytelling, humour, sketch ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Style:
dark fantasy, spooky, mockumentary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
troll, giant monster, folk horror, legends and myths, monster, cryptozoology, giant, fantasy world, wilderness, supernatural, found footage, forest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, parody, light, talky ...
Plot:
music, satire, musician, lovers reunited, folk singer, singer, music band, love and romance, showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are ...
Style:
mockumentary, clever, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
murder, satire, dark humor, small town, beauty pageant, farce, cheerleader, trailer park, twists and turns, obsession, teenage girl, pedophile ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1999
Place:
minnesota, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to ...
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, melancholic, stylized, disturbing ...
Plot:
profanity, musician's life, career change, celebrity culture, showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, starting over, actor's life, mental disorder, hip hop, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style:
mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
rock music, punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, vancouver, winnipeg, los angeles, british columbia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The German film director Werner Herzog sets out to the Scottish Highlands to make a documentary, "Enigma of Loch Ness", exploding the myth of the Loch Ness Monster. Meanwhile, another documentary film crew is making a film about Werner ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, intense, parody, absurd ...
Plot:
legends and myths, nothing goes right, beautiful scenery, obsessive quest, disorder, loch ness monster, danger, filmmaking, killer animal, cryptozoology, giant monster, kaiju ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style:
mockumentary, political, witty, cynical, satirical ...
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, politics, satire, journalism, political campaign, manipulation, republican, conspiracy, senator, ambition, campaign ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, nicaragua, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA, China
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, satirical, spoof, stylized ...
Plot:
musician, male nudity, music, satire, concert, dumb, fame, celebrity, music business, storytelling, pop star, stereotypes ...
Time:
year 2016, 80s
Place:
california
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, ...
Style:
mockumentary, surreal, black and white, parody, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, celebrity, disappearance, missing person, character study, justice, artists and showbiz, therapy, celebrity culture, found footage, loneliness, philosophy ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
new york, germany, bronx new york city, paris france, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking PBS series "An American Family".
Style:
mockumentary, satirical, funny, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, society, fictional reality show, family relations, dark humor, lifestyle, family life, nothing goes right, disorder, satire, husband wife relationship, showbiz ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona, usa, hawaii, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, mockumentary, humorous, brutal ...
Plot:
serial killer, brutality, macabre, rape, violent, found footage, gory, satire, sadistic psychopath, visceral, art, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Style:
mockumentary, disturbing, satirical, political, independent film ...
Plot:
racism, american civil war, politics, alternate reality, slavery, civil war, african american, alternate history, runaway, satire, interracial relations, journalism ...
Time:
year 1912, 1930s
Place:
canada, south america, kansas city, montreal, new york ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
Story:
A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
cycling, bicycle, cyclist, male pubic hair, doping, male objectification, stoner, athlete's life, dishonesty, obsession, ambition, rivalry ...
Is relevant?
172K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
danger, elderly, murder, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, grandmother granddaughter relationship, plot twist, basement, farm, parents and children, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
Is relevant?
819K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Style:
sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
workplace, job, office, satire, employer employee relationship, salesman, office romance, love and romance, popularity, workplace problem, secret relationship, workplace situations ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, seattle
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.
Style:
mockumentary, parody, spoof, anthology, humorous ...
Plot:
humour, satire, media satire, mockery, social satire, silly humor, imitation, television, tribute, deadpan, interview, narration ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought ...
Style:
mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, hilarious ...
Plot:
satire, small town, backstage, repressed homosexual, wagon train, coming of age, theater, city council, improv, chinese restaurant, alien contact, travel agent ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
missouri, usa, north america, florida, california ...
Is relevant?
60K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage ...
Style:
suspense, mockumentary, scary, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
astronaut, alien encounter, found footage, outer space, moon landing, infection, space travel, moon, nasa, heroic mission, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2010s, year 2011, future ...
Place:
antarctica
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.
Style:
mockumentary, ironic, humorous, sitcom, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
high school, vandalism, swearing, cliche, absurd humor, found footage, graffiti, high school student, true crime, apocalypse, young adult, hunting ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, sitcom, funny, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, blood, nudity, orgy, supernatural being, friends, halloween, supernatural power, fantasy world, city life, social satire ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run scams from their Nova Scotia trailer park.
Style:
mockumentary, sitcom, humorous, witty, semi serious ...
Plot:
trailer park, white trash, buddies, nothing goes right, social misfits, stupidity, group of friends, trailer home, lifestyle, disorder, couples, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada, nova scotia, north america
Is relevant?
38K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
Style:
mockumentary, sitcom, humorous, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, elderly, retirement home, socially awkward, workplace, social problems, workplace situations, social issues, coworker, male female relationship, social satire, coworker relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
europe, england
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