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Mockumentary

Though the term was coined in reference to the groundbreaking 'This is Spinal Tap', Rob Reiner cannot claim ownership of the fake documentary genre. Woody Allen's debut as director 'Take the Money and Run' is an early example, but undoubtedly the number of these satirical slices of life has risen of late, reflecting the popularity (and banality) of reality television. Christopher Guest took the format and ran with it ('Best in Show', 'A MIghty Wind', 'Waiting for Guffman'), and classics include serial killer profile 'Man Bites Dog', Lars von Trier oddity 'The Idiots' and of course the cringingly accurate 'The Office'. Check out Alice's collection below.

The Zombie Diaries (2006)

4.1/10
Director: Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates
Starring: Jonnie Hurn, Russell Jones, Craig Stovin, James Fisher, Anna Blades, Imogen Chur...

A budget indie flick following three groups of people caught up in a zombifying viral outbreak in the UK, each with their trusty handicams rolling the... Read more

This is Spinal Tap (1983)

8/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Tony Hendra, June...

This hilarious, pseudo-rockumentary follows the U.S. comeback tour of Spinal Tap, a raucous British heavy metal band that has seen better days. The fi... Read more

This is Spinal Tap (Blu-ray) (1983)

7.9/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Tony Hendra, June...

This hilarious, pseudo-rockumentary follows the U.S. comeback tour of Spinal Tap, a raucous British heavy metal band that has seen better days. The fi... Read more

Trailer Park Boys: Season 1 and 2 (2001)

8.4/10
Director: Mike Clattenburg
Starring: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, John Dunsworth, Sarah Dunsworth, Patrick Roach,...

Ricky and Julian are a couple of ex-cons with a plan: 'Freedom 35' aka early retirement. From their Nova Scotia trailer park home, great plans are ha... Read more

Trailer Park Boys: Season 5 (2005)

8.4/10
Director: Mike Clattenburg
Starring: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Patrick Roach, John Dunsworth, Lucy Decoutere

Over the course of season five, the Boys will have to deal with a couple of shady creeps selling dope out of their grandmother's house; Mr. Lahey's (J... Read more

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

6.8/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, James Fleet, Stephen Fry, Naomie Har...

As with their previous collaboration ('24 Hour Party People'), Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan subvert the medium; making a film about a 'docume... Read more

Unreal (2004)

6.5/10
Director: Sloan Copeland
Starring: Michael Giese, Amber Ryan, David M Zuber, Kathryn Forsatz, Jessica Morales, Brad...

Filmed in the style of American reality show 'The Real World', this film takes six camera crews and follows three couples after they have split. Watc... Read more

Waiting For Guffman (1996)

7.6/10
Director: Christopher Guest
Starring: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Catherine O'Hara, Par...

This deadpan mockumentary spoofs amateur theatre productions, Middle American values and celebrates tackiness; all centered around the mounting of a m... Read more

Wim Wenders on Film: Lightning Over Water / The State of Things / A Trick of the Light (1995)

Director: Wim Wenders

Three overlooked gems from the iconic German filmmaker. 'Lightning Over Water (Nick's Movie)' is a heart-wrenching document of the last days of Wende... Read more

Zelig (1983)

7.8/10
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Garrett Brown, Mia Farrow, Will Holt, Woody Allen

Woody Allen's side-splitting comic documentary and a scathing attack on the shallowness of American culture. Allen plays Leonard Zelig, a man famous f... Read more