As the ultimate mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap gets a new sequel, here’s a list that should really go up to 11. Although it takes the credit for catapulting the mockumentary genre into the pop culture domain, the Spinal Tap franchise owes its format to a long legacy of devious mock and pseudo-docs. A genre that plays fast and loose with the split between fiction and reality (fourth-wall-breaking is a given), the film mockumentary emerged in the 1960s to counteract the nascent cinéma vérité movement. As Spinal Tap II arrives on UK screens from 12 September, we’ve chosen 10 subversive mockumentaries that expertly trick and entertain. Fear of a Black Hat (1993)Director: Rusty CundieffFear of a Black Hat (1993)After the example set by This Is Spinal Tap, the mockumentary genre began to embrace its propensity for silliness.