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1984    82mComedy, Music
7.998%92%7.4
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"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Directed by Rob Reiner
  • Christopher GuestNigel Tufnel / Writer / Original Music Composer
  • Michael McKeanDavid St. Hubbins / Writer / Original Music Composer
  • Harry ShearerDerek Smalls / Writer / Original Music Composer
  • Rob ReinerMarty DiBergi / Director / Writer / Original Music Composer
  • June ChadwickJeanine Pettibone
  • Tony HendraIan Faith
  • Bruno KirbyTommy Pischedda
  • Ed Begley Jr.John 'Stumpy' Pepys
  • Paul BenedictTucker 'Smitty' Brown
  • Zane BuzbyRolling Stone Reporter
  • Billy CrystalMorty the Mime
  • Howard HessemanTerry Ladd
  • Patrick MacneeSir Denis Eton-Hogg
  • Paul ShafferArtie Fufkin
  • Fred WillardLt. Hookstratten
  • R.J. ParnellMick Shrimpton
  • David KaffViv Savage
  • Fran DrescherBobbi Flekman
  • Joyce HyserBelinda
  • Victory Tischler-BlueCindy
  • CamFlixxxAugust 16, 2025
    Why don’t the stars go to 11?!?
  • Anthony CzarnikApril 8, 2025
    C'mon. You already know it's the best. 😎
  • LuffySeptember 28, 2025
    Wife did not enjoy
  • adhd.rocksFebruary 24, 2026
    watching this on the criterion edition with the directors commentary makes it even funnier because then you realize how much of this movie was improvised.
  • DANNYZUKO78January 29, 2026
    WELL, IF YOU'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK, I HAVE SOME REALLY BAD NEWS FOR YOU OUR VERY BELOVED ROB REINER HAS PASSED. I WATCHED THIS IN MEMORY OF ROB. IT'S A VERY GOOD MOVIE, BUT I WISH I WAS WATCHING FOR SOMETHING BETTER BUT I DID LOVE ROB AND HIS WIFE. I DON'T LIKE ONE THING ABOUT HIM HE CAN'T MAKE LIKE BOY WHY IS ALL OF HIS MOVIES GOOD.😞 BUT AS THE NEWS HAVEING I WAS WATCHING SOMETHING WITH HIS DAD CARL REINER. I FEEL BAD FOR THE REINER FAMILY I HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING OK. I HAVEN'T LOST MY MOM OR DAD SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN. BUT RIP 🙏 ROB AND MICHELE REINER.
  • SandyOlson78January 8, 2026
    RIP Rob Reiner. I didn't know that Fran Drescher was in it, love her. I love Michael McKean, too. I don't know much about metal or rock'n'roll or whatever the music is, so I don't know if this would be funny to fans of that kind of music, but I did think that it had its funny moments.
  • Rob MacKinnonSeptember 22, 2025
    “Listen, we’d love to stand around and chat, but we gotta sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo.”
  • Nookie La LaOctober 2, 2025
    Classic & ground breaking for that time. This Rockumentary goes to 11
  • Don the Darth Knight CORLEONEJuly 20, 2025
    It's hilarious and one of if not the best mockumentaries of all time!
  • Charles ScottDecember 19, 2025
    It simply did not speak to me.
  • Todd DaleSeptember 2, 2025
    To use the great movie critic Roger Ebert. It simply, slyly, destroys one level of rock pomposity after another.
  • bogometerJune 1, 2025
    Watched it again after many years. It still rocks!
  • pdesorcyNovember 26, 2024
    But, this one goes to Eleven!

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