Last Updated on 22 August 2025

The following list is a compilation of the 200 best found-footage movies of all time. A found-footage movie is a where all or a substantial part of the movie is presented as if it were film or video recordings made by characters within the story and later discovered by the audience, often in a horror setting.

The events are typically seen through the camera of one or more characters, often accompanied by their real-time, off-camera commentary. This style aims to create a sense of authenticity and immediacy, blurring the line between fiction and reality. The footage may be presented as raw and complete or as if it had been edited into a narrative by those who found it.

I found 26 different ranked lists online of “best found footage movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 26 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Found Footage Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
  2. [REC] (2007)
  3. Paranormal Activity (2007)
  4. Lake Mungo (2008)
  5. Creep (2014)
  6. Cloverfield (2008)
  7. Host (2020)
  8. Noroi: The Curse (2005)
  9. The Visit (2015)fev8
  10. Hell House LLC (2015)
  11. The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
  12. Trollhunter (2010)
  13. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
  14. Chronicle (2012)
  15. As Above, So Below (2014)
  16. V/H/S (2012)
  17. Unfriended (2014)
  18. The Bay (2012)
  19. Ghostwatch (1992)
  20. V/H/S/2 (2013)
  21. Grave Encounters (2011)
  22. The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
  23. Deadstream (2022)
  24. Late Night with the Devil (2023)
  25. Searching (2018)
  26. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
  27. Creep 2 (2017)
  28. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
  29. Willow Creek (2013)
  30. The Last Exorcism (2010)
  31. Man Bites Dog (1992)
  32. End of Watch (2012)
  33. Afflicted (2013)
  34. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
  35. The Last Broadcast (1998)
  36. [REC] 2 (2009)
  37. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
  38. The Borderlands (2013)
  39. Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
  40. District 9 (2009)
  41. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
  42. V/H/S/94 (2021)
  43. The McPherson Tape (1989)
  44. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
  45. The Conspiracy (2012)
  46. Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
  47. The Tunnel (2011)
  48. The Sacrament (2013)
  49. The Den (2013)
  50. Europa Report (2013)
  51. The Outwaters (2022)
  52. The Houses October Built (2014)
  53. Megan Is Missing (2011)
  54. Quarantine (2008)
  55. The Dirties (2013)
  56. Diary of the Dead (2007)
  57. Incantation (2022)
  58. I Blame Society (2020)
  59. Murder Death Koreatown (2020)
  60. Devil’s Pass (2013)
  61. Apollo 18 (2011)
  62. Horror in the High Desert (2021)
  63. Occult (2009)
  64. WNUF Halloween Special (2013)
  65. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
  66. V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
  67. Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)
  68. Banshee Chapter (2013)
  69. Butterfly Kisses (2018)
  70. They’re Watching (2016)
  71. My Little Eye (2002)
  72. Home Movie (2008)
  73. Frankenstein’s Army (2013)
  74. Spree (2020)
  75. Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)
  76. The Medium (2021)
  77. Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
  78. Project Almanac (2015)
  79. V/H/S/99 (2022)
  80. The Blackwell Ghost 4 (2020)
  81. V/H/S/85 (2023)
  82. Strange Harvest (2024)
  83. Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
  84. Alien Abduction (2014)
  85. The Possession of Michael King (2014)
  86. House on Eden (2025)
  87. Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019)
  88. Blair Witch (2016)
  89. Found Footage 3D (2016)
  90. Atrocious (2010)
  91. Jeruzalem (2015)
  92. The Fourth Kind (2009)
  93. Language Lessons (2021)
  94. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
  95. Frogman (2023)
  96. Exists (2014)
  97. [REC] 3: Genesis (2012)
  98. Paranormal Entity (2009)
  99. Evidence (2012)
  100. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
  101. Taxi (2015)
  102. The Gallows (2015)
  103. Area 51 (2015)
  104. V/H/S Viral (2014)
  105. M.O.M. (Mothers of Monsters) (2020)
  106. Dabbe: The Possession (2013)
  107. The Blackwell Ghost 6 (2022)
  108. Leaving D.C. (2012)
  109. Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
  110. Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010)
  111. Hostile Dimensions (2023)
  112. Grave Encounters 2 (2012)
  113. Death of a Vlogger (2019)
  114. Into the Storm (2014)
  115. Savageland (2013)
  116. The Devil Inside (2012)
  117. [REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)
  118. Zero Day (2002)
  119. Devil’s Due (2014)
  120. The Blackwell Ghost 7 (2022)
  121. Dashcam (2021)
  122. 84C MoPic (1989)
  123. The Blackwell Ghost 5 (2020)
  124. Missing (2023)
  125. Alone with Her (2006)
  126. Crowsnest (2012)
  127. The Atticus Institute (2015)
  128. Skinwalker Ranch (2013)
  129. Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (2018)
  130. June 9 (2008)
  131. The Blackwell Ghost 8 (2024)
  132. The Pyramid (2014)
  133. Inner Demons (2014)
  134. The Last Horror Movie (2003)
  135. The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
  136. Trash Humpers (2009)
  137. The Devil’s Stomping Ground (2022)
  138. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)
  139. Cold Ground (2017)
  140. Look (2007)
  141. Shirome (2010)
  142. The Blackwell Ghost (2017)
  143. Its Name Was Mormo (2024)
  144. Apartment 143 (2011)
  145. Milk & Serial (2024)
  146. Mockingbird (2014)
  147. Cult (2013)
  148. Operation Avalanche (2016)
  149. Bloat (2025)
  150. The Blackwell Ghost 3 (2019)
  151. SX_Tape (2013)
  152. Profile (2018)
  153. Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012)
  154. Reel Evil (2012)
  155. Evidence (2013)
  156. Hangman (2015)
  157. Hollow (2011)
  158. P.O.V. – A Cursed Film (2012)
  159. The Darkest Dawn (2016)
  160. Skew (2011)
  161. Project X (2012)
  162. Ratter (2015)
  163. The Blackwell Ghost 2 (2018)
  164. Hangar 10 (2014)
  165. Feral (2018)
  166. A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)
  167. Haunted (2013)
  168. La cueva (2014)
  169. 3:15 am (2018)
  170. Seekers (2016)
  171. Horror in the High Desert 3: Firewatch (2024)
  172. Raised by Wolves (2014)
  173. The Connection (1961)
  174. Life of Belle (2024)
  175. Redacted (2007)
  176. David Holzman’s Diary (1967)
  177. He’s Watching (2022)
  178. What We Do in the Shadows: Interviews with Some Vampires (2005)
  179. Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
  180. The Dark Tapes (2016)
  181. Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva (2023)
  182. Classroom 6 (2015)
  183. Found (2012)
  184. Slender (2016)
  185. The Zombie Diaries (2006)
  186. Camp Cold Brook (2018)
  187. Evil Tapes (2022)
  188. Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project (2025)
  189. A Necessary Death (2008)
  190. Strayed (Perdidos) (2014)
  191. Untitled Horror Movie (2021)
  192. Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)
  193. Occupants (2015)
  194. Shadows of Bigfoot (2024)
  195. Shelby Oaks (2024)
  196. Followers (2021)
  197. Found Footage of Fear (2020)
  198. August Underground’s Mordum (2003)
  199. Mind Body Spirit (2022)
  200. Population Zero (2016)

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