Please recommend excellent mockumentaries.
July 4, 2015 3:16 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for some really top notch mockumentaries after having watched 'What We Do In The Shadows' tonight.
I've seen all of the Christopher Guest and Ricky Gervais mockumentaries, lots of Woody Allen, The Larry Sanders Show, The Rutles, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Kenny and probably heaps more that I can't think of now.
What would you recommend? TV and movie shows welcome.
I've seen all of the Christopher Guest and Ricky Gervais mockumentaries, lots of Woody Allen, The Larry Sanders Show, The Rutles, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Kenny and probably heaps more that I can't think of now.
What would you recommend? TV and movie shows welcome.
Best answer: Fear of a Black Hat. I don't know if it holds up, but 1993 me liked it (except for an awful minor gay character). Here's a contemporary essay that talks about it.
posted by O9scar at 3:51 AM on July 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by O9scar at 3:51 AM on July 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
In the off chance you haven't seen it, This is Spinal Tap
posted by Homer42 at 4:24 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Homer42 at 4:24 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The Centrifuge Brain Project is only seven minutes long, but every second is perfect.
posted by mochapickle at 4:26 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by mochapickle at 4:26 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I assume This Is Spinal Tap included in the Christopher Guest movies?
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I love Reno 911,.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:26 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I love Reno 911,.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:26 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Bob Roberts. A satirical look at American political corruption.
posted by Homer42 at 4:29 AM on July 4, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Homer42 at 4:29 AM on July 4, 2015 [6 favorites]
Best answer: Stephen Fry playing an investigative journalist in TV series "This Is David Lander". It's on YouTube, but blocked here (in the UK); you may have more luck.
Also Chris Langham in "People Like Us", which I remember finding very funny, and having just checked on YouTube, I still do. Confusingly, there is apparently now a genuine reality show called "People Like Us", which is probably less funny. The episode "The Actor" stars a young David Tennant, for those who like that kind of thing.
posted by Beverley Westwood at 4:40 AM on July 4, 2015
Also Chris Langham in "People Like Us", which I remember finding very funny, and having just checked on YouTube, I still do. Confusingly, there is apparently now a genuine reality show called "People Like Us", which is probably less funny. The episode "The Actor" stars a young David Tennant, for those who like that kind of thing.
posted by Beverley Westwood at 4:40 AM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: Time Trumpet is amazing, and based on the examples you've given, I think you'll really dig it.
posted by ElectricGoat at 6:14 AM on July 4, 2015
posted by ElectricGoat at 6:14 AM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: Culloden
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culloden_(film)
posted by Ideefixe at 6:47 AM on July 4, 2015
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culloden_(film)
posted by Ideefixe at 6:47 AM on July 4, 2015
Borat & Brüno worked for me!
posted by fairmettle at 6:52 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by fairmettle at 6:52 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Seconding "Culloden."
Also Incident at Loch Ness, because funny Werner Herzog is basically the best thing in movies. (The DVD commentary is hilarious, too.)
posted by holborne at 6:58 AM on July 4, 2015
Also Incident at Loch Ness, because funny Werner Herzog is basically the best thing in movies. (The DVD commentary is hilarious, too.)
posted by holborne at 6:58 AM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a clever little meta trick of a movie, a mockumentary about the emergence of a serial killer that is both a loving parody of slasher films and then, somehow, also a pretty good example of the genre.
Best in Show is one of the many hilarious examples of the genre by Christopher Guest and friends, this one about a dog show.
Bob Roberts, as mentioned above, is pretty great with Tim Robbins as the "Republican Bob Dylan."
Man Bites Dog, in which a film c rew follows a serial killer around and he dryly explains his "line of work," is ultraviolent, but savage and funny.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:02 AM on July 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best in Show is one of the many hilarious examples of the genre by Christopher Guest and friends, this one about a dog show.
Bob Roberts, as mentioned above, is pretty great with Tim Robbins as the "Republican Bob Dylan."
Man Bites Dog, in which a film c rew follows a serial killer around and he dryly explains his "line of work," is ultraviolent, but savage and funny.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:02 AM on July 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: bith Look Around You series are not exactly mockumentaries, but mock educational/tele-school (season 1) and pop-science early 80s shows (season 2).
Mike Bassett : England Manager is pretty good if you know the people and thing they're mocking.
posted by lmfsilva at 7:05 AM on July 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Mike Bassett : England Manager is pretty good if you know the people and thing they're mocking.
posted by lmfsilva at 7:05 AM on July 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: The Australian film The Magician is hard to find but worth the effort.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 7:16 AM on July 4, 2015
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 7:16 AM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: Oh, god, MAN BITES DOG is so great. So, so dark but so hilarious.
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:25 AM on July 4, 2015
posted by BlahLaLa at 7:25 AM on July 4, 2015
Waiting for Guffman, and really, anything else by Christopher Guest.
posted by onecircleaday at 8:25 AM on July 4, 2015
posted by onecircleaday at 8:25 AM on July 4, 2015
The BBC series People Like Us is hilarious.
posted by brianogilvie at 8:26 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by brianogilvie at 8:26 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Whoops, you've seen all those. How about Curb Your Enthusiasm? Larry David is pretty dry, but really funny IMO.
posted by onecircleaday at 8:30 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by onecircleaday at 8:30 AM on July 4, 2015 [1 favorite]
Alan Partridge
posted by rhizome at 8:45 AM on July 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 8:45 AM on July 4, 2015 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Rhys Darby, who is in "What We Do In The Shadows" and "Flight of the Conchords," has a really funny mockumentary series called Short Poppies, where he plays a different character in each episode. It's on Netflix streaming.
posted by Clustercuss at 9:39 AM on July 4, 2015
posted by Clustercuss at 9:39 AM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: Corked is about winemakers in Northern California, and although it's comically exaggerated many of the characters feel very authentic.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 10:18 AM on July 4, 2015
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 10:18 AM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: Review is basically the best thing that happened on TV in the past few years. And you're in time to catch up before season 2!
posted by General Malaise at 11:06 AM on July 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by General Malaise at 11:06 AM on July 4, 2015 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Review with Myles Barlow is fantastic (Review is an American remake)
posted by coleboptera at 4:07 PM on July 4, 2015
posted by coleboptera at 4:07 PM on July 4, 2015
Response by poster: Awesome! I've marked as best answer the ones I haven't seen yet and favourited the ones I've seen already. I really like this style so I'll be following up on these. Thanks!
posted by h00py at 5:17 PM on July 4, 2015
posted by h00py at 5:17 PM on July 4, 2015
Best answer: BUTTER
About the Iowa butter carving competition. Need I say more?
Oh, with Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, and Hugh Jackman.
posted by funfunfun at 4:46 AM on July 11, 2015
About the Iowa butter carving competition. Need I say more?
Oh, with Jennifer Garner, Olivia Wilde, and Hugh Jackman.
posted by funfunfun at 4:46 AM on July 11, 2015
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