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Documentaries like F for Fake

Not everyone loves F for Fake for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love F for Fake

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a narrator who calls himself a charlatan and still keeps you guessing.

  2. You enjoy a film that plays with what is real and what is staged.

  3. You like catching how Welles fooled you on a second viewing.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • An Honest Liar2014

    • a narrator who calls himself a charlatan and still keeps you guessing

    Good for you if you like a story about tricks that plays a few on you too.

  • Stories We Tell2012

    • a narrator who calls himself a charlatan and still keeps you guessing

    Good for you if you like a film that keeps changing what you thought was true.

  • The Imposter2012

    • a narrator who calls himself a charlatan and still keeps you guessing

    Good for you if you like a story that gets stranger every ten minutes.

  • Memento2000

    • a film that plays with what is real and what is staged
    • catching how Welles fooled you on a second viewing

    Good for you if you like assembling a story in reverse.

  • Predestination2014

    • a narrator who calls himself a charlatan and still keeps you guessing
    • a film that plays with what is real and what is staged

    Good for you if you like the floor dropping out from under you more than once.

  • Inception2010

    • a film that plays with what is real and what is staged
    • catching how Welles fooled you on a second viewing

    Good for you if you like a plot you have to hold in your head, layer by layer.

Reasons taken from F for Fake's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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