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Movies: Best "mockumentary" Movies

A mockumentary (a portmanteau of mock and documentary) is one type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a documentary which in itself is a subset of a faux-documentary style of film-making. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. While mockumentaries are usually comedic, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Nor should either of those be confused with docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documentaries, with B roll and talking heads discussing past events, or as cinéma vérité pieces following people as they go through various events. Examples emerged during the 1950s when archival film footage became available. A very early example was a short piece on the "Swiss Spaghetti Harvest" that appeared as an April Fools' prank on the British television program Panorama in 1957. The term "mockumentary", which originated in the 1960s, was popularized i... ()

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Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor(2023)

1h 38min | Horror, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered on their footage is even more disturbing than anything found on the Hell House tapes.

District 9(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 52min | Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 4,205 votes)

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

Gia(1998)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h | Romance / Love, Drama
3.6/5 (with 313 votes)

Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

The Blair Witch Project(1999)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 21min | Horror, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 2,214 votes)

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

Troll Hunter(2010)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 43min | Fantasy, Horror
3.4/5 (with 685 votes)

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.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On(2022)

3.9/5 (with 160 votes)

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family.

Surf's Up(2007)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 25min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 1,072 votes)

Surf's Up is an animated feature that goes behind the scenes of the high-octane world of competitive penguin surfing. The film profiles Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer as he enters his first pro competition.

Directed by Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm(2020)

1h 36min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 1,055 votes)

14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

The Medium(2021)

2h 9min | Horror, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 282 votes)

A horrifying story of a shaman's inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not to be as benevolent as it first appears.

Resident Evil Damnation: Las Plagas - Organisms of War(2012)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A short film made for the DVD and Blu-ray units of Resident Evil: Damnation. The mockumentary describes the various creatures encountered during the Eastern Slav Civil War, and why they are what they are.

What We Do in the Shadows(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 26min | Comedy, Horror
3.8/5 (with 1,538 votes)

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

To Die For(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
3.3/5 (with 333 votes)

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

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Best in Show(2000)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 246 votes)

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 Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night(2010)

1h 31min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 199 votes)

Koichi takes care of his sister, who has recently returned from a trip abroad in the United States as she is not well. While caring for her, he records evidence of ghosts in their home.

The Last Exorcism(2010)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 27min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 447 votes)

After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will be another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic but instead comes upon the blood-soaked farm of the Sweetzer family and a true evil he would have never thought imaginable.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes(2007)

3.4/5 (with 231 votes)

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

This Is Spinal Tap(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 22min | Music, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 596 votes)

"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 dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

Chernobyl(2019)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The main character was forgotten during an excursion to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. He will meet with the inhabitants of the zone and pass many obstacles in order to survive.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2006)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 24min | Comedy
3.4/5 (with 2,348 votes)

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 exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

Apollo 18(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 26min | Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 430 votes)

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 which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

Frankenstein's Army(2013)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 24min | Action, Horror
3.1/5 (with 107 votes)

Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping(2016)

1h 26min | Comedy, Music
3.3/5 (with 546 votes)

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 Boyz.

The Atticus Institute(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 140 votes)

In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.

Brüno(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 23min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 735 votes)

Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.

A Hard Day's Night(1964)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 28min | Music, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 304 votes)

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

Death to 2020(2020)

1h 11min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 304 votes)

2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators ofBlack Mirrorcouldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.

Directed by Alice Mathias, Al Campbell - With Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, ...

Drop Dead Gorgeous(1999)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 151 votes)

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 the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

Lake Mungo(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 24min | Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 207 votes)

After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns in a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centred in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.

Directed by Joel Anderson - With Talia Zucker

Area 51(2015)

2.4/5 (with 255 votes)

Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.

Directed by Oren Peli

Tour de Pharmacy(2017)

41min | Comedy, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 90 votes)

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.

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