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
Man Bites Dog
The scathing trip of a documentary crew complicity following and eventually assisting a serial killer. Released in 1982 from Belgian filmmakers Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde
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.