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 a list of classic & lesser known mockumentaries in celebration of april fools day to get you really questioning reality!

  • Waiting For Guffman
    Christopher Guest's 1996 film about a small town director played by Guest himself preparing his amateur cast to perform a musical for the town's anniversary.

  • Full Tilt Boogie
    Quentin Tarantino & George Clooney star alongside their entire crew in this semi fictitious account of the making of the cult classic From Dusk Till Dawn.

  • This Is Spinal Tap
    A mockumentary staple directed by Rob Reiner that follows the English rock group Spinal Tap on tour with their newest album Smell The Glove.

  • Death Of A President
    A British docudrama depicting the fictitious assassination of then incumbent President George W. Bush. No giggles to be found in this one, just some serious political contemplation.

  • Tanner '88
    A political satire series directed by Robert Altman and released on HBO leading up to the 1988 presidential election that follows the campaign of Democrat Robert Tanner. Starring a young Cynthia Nixon and complete with a very catchy theme song Exercise Your Right To Vote

  • I Clowns
    Sometimes referred to as the first mockumentay, Fellini's 1970 portrait of a circus and its clowns ties in his lifelong fascination with circuses to the act of filmmaking itself.

  • Incident at Lockness
    This faux making-of flick follows legendary documentarian Werner Herzog clashing with his producer who, it is later revealed in the DVD specials, wrote the entire script of this excellent hoax about a hoax

  • Dave Holzman's Diary
    A video diary by a fictional cinephile, this microbudget film plays with the idea of the "regularness" of the people and the approaches of experimental films.