Cunk on Shakespeare

Still Crazy

1998 · ★ 6.9

In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.

Triangles and Tribulations

2001 · ★ 9

In this Christopher Guest-style mockumentary, Gary Zee (Gary Zeidenstein) profiles Ken Jenkins (Ken Jones), a lunchbox-collecting history professor who longs to become a professional triangle player. Unfortunately, Ken's dream has already been achieved by Ashley Burke (Melissa Riezler), the recently elected mayor.

CCC: Conflicted Cuties of Color

CCC: Conflicted Cuties of Color uses the mockumentary genre to follow Diana, a transfer student from Cornell University embarking on her first day at Yale University (or, erm, another Ivy League University). Along her journey, she stumbles into newfound friendships, discovers a secret society for special students, and unearths some details about her long-distance relationship.

The Life of Bristol's Mammals

2024

From the Watering Hole of Donnervans to the perils of the K-Hole Corner, join "David Attenborough" as he explores the plains of the Clifton Triangle in this pioneering mockumentary.

The Art of Authenticity

2022 · ★ 5

Berlin is quite often pretty dirty. But what if there is one person who takes care of that every day? We tell the story of a one-man underground department that (by its own claim) makes Berlin the coolest big city in Germany. The Authority for Urban Authenticity.

The 1971 Kitchen Grand Brie

2023 · ★ 7.3

Your favorite food competes in the greatest auto race the kitchen has ever seen — until there’s a murder. ‘Mario Kart’ meets ‘True Crime’ mockumentary in this animated short dripping with ‘70s Formula 1 nostalgia.

The Patrician's Guide To Kino

2022

Filmmaker Adrian Beqiri was gearing up to make his magnum opus experimental film 'Adventures Of A Posthuman Through Time And Space' but now the pandemic has made him rethink his process. He decides he's tired of making zero budget productions like his first film 'Moon Men' and creates a Pay-Per-View series of videos teaching plebeians how to become true patricians when watching cinema. Adrian is no more, he goes by a new name now; The Kino Kowboy. Kino's schemes don't exactly go to plan and he's forced to come up with new schemes to make money.

Extro

2019 · ★ 7.7

Dives deep into the tragicomic world of the"towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas, through a piercing study of a 63-year-old extra. Utilizing mockumentary stylings, this ambitious film forms a compelling commentary on the aspirations that shape film production and the feelings that a simple, ho-hum life can evoke.

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

2006 · ★ 6.8

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.

How to Find Love

2022 · ★ 10

Charlie is an awkward teenage boy who can't get over his ex-girlfriend. After his attempt to win her back goes horribly wrong, he and his bumbling friends (Ben and Ricky) head to the streets to try and learn how to find love. As their fourth friend films them, the boys hear a variety of perspectives on what love is, and attempt improve their abilities to make women swoon.

Chimes at Midnight

1965 · ★ 7.2

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

A Hard Day's Night

1964 · ★ 7.3

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.