List of mockumentaries
This is a list of mockumentaries. Mockumentary or mock documentary is a genre of film and television, a parody presented as a documentary recording real life.
Film
Television specials
| Name | Year | Description |
| Alternative 3 | 1977 | TV movie of a political conspiracy to establish a settlement on Mars. |
| Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary, The Journey Continues | 1999 | A promotional mockumentary presenting the Galaxy Quest television series as a real cult series. |
| The Great Martian War 1913–1917 | 2013 | TV production depicting an alternate history in which World War I was fought against Martian invaders. |
| How to Irritate People | 1968 | A TV broadcast predating Monty Python, written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman. |
| 1982 | A fake report about Massimo Troisi's death, directed by Troisi himself. | |
| Pat Paulsen for President | 1968 | TV special about the fictional presidential campaign of comedian Pat Paulsen. |
| Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets | 2004 | About a fictional crewed voyage through the Solar System, presented in documentary style. |
| Tout ça (ne nous rendra pas la Belgique) | 2006 | A hoax news bulletin on a Belgian television network that claimed the Flemish parliament had declared independence. |
Individual episodes
Sometimes an episode of an otherwise non-mockumentary series is presented as a mockumentary.| Series | Episode Title and Year | Description |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | "The Loud Solomon Family: a Dickumentary" | An episode presented in an entirely documentary style, taking a look into the lives of the Solomon family. |
| Babylon 5 | "And Now for a Word", "The Illusion of Truth", and "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" | Episodes framed as documentaries by the fictional news network ISN. |
| Blue Mountain State | "One Week" | A documentary crew follows the team on and off the field. |
| Bones | "The Movie in the Making" | Made to look like an episode of a fictional documentary TV show focusing on the work of the FBI and Jeffersonian Institute. |
| The Comic Strip Presents | "Bad News Tour" and "More Bad News" | Follows an incompetent rock group on tour. |
| Community | "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" | Pierce tells the study group he's dying and asks Abed to film his last wishes. |
| Entourage | "Welcome to the Jungle" | An episode presented as a mock "making of" film about Medellín, the film the characters produce. |
| ER | "Ambush" | A live episode portrayed as a documentary. |
| Escape the Night | "Monsters of Everlock" | Delves into the different monsters that were featured in the show, presented as found footage. |
| Even Stevens | "Band on the Roof" | A "rockumentary"-style episode following the band the Twitty-Steven Connection. |
| Family Guy | "Inside Family Guy" | A "behind-the-scenes"-style episode on the making of the show. |
| Farscape | "A Constellation of Doubt" | Most of the episode consists of a fictional documentary detailing humanity's reaction to Moya's recent visit to Earth. |
| Grey's Anatomy | "These Arms of Mine" | A documentary crew visits the hospital six months after a shooting to document the road to recovery. |
| House | "Ugly" | A camera follows a patient around the hospital as Dr. House treats him. |
| Just Shoot Me! | "A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn" | A faux A&E Biography of the character played by Wendie Malick. |
| Monk | "Mr. Monk's 100th Case" | A fictional TV special about Monk's 100th case. |
| Night Court | "A Closer Look" | Shows the affairs of the show from a news TV perspective. |
| Raising Hope | "Modern Wedding" | Sabrina's mother hires the film crew of Modern Family to document her wedding. |
| The Simpsons | "Behind the Laughter" | A Behind the Music-style exposé. |
| Stargate SG-1 | "Wormhole X-Treme!" and "200" | Episodes mocking itself and the sci-fi genre, with a show-within-a-show parody and imagined storylines. |
| WandaVision | "Breaking the Fourth Wall" | An homage to early mockumentary sitcoms like Modern Family and The Office (American TV series). |
| The West Wing | "Access" | A fake behind-the-scenes documentary about a day in the White House. |
| The X-Files | "X-Cops" | An episode made to look like an episode of the actual show COPS. |