# The best found footage horror movies

Shaky cameras, night vision and tapes nobody should have found: the found footage horror films fans and critics rank highest (IndieWire, Collider, Letterboxd).

- 470 votes · 15 items
- Oct 10, 2025 · N. Clark
- https://even.best/en/l/2067/the-best-found-footage-horror-movies

## Top 14

1. **The Blair Witch Project (1999)** (49 · ▲52 ▼3) — Three students lost in the Maryland woods; the film that set the template.
2. **Paranormal Activity (2007)** (40 · ▲41 ▼1) — A couple films their bedroom at night.
3. **\[REC\] (2007)** (37 · ▲40 ▼3) — A TV crew trapped in a Barcelona apartment building.
4. **Ghostwatch (1992)** (28 · ▲29 ▼1) — A BBC Halloween special that convinced viewers it was live.
5. **Cloverfield (2008)** (26 · ▲29 ▼3) — A going-away party interrupted by a monster in Manhattan.
6. **Creep (2014)** (25 · ▲28 ▼3) — A videographer answers a Craigslist ad from a very strange man.
7. **Cannibal Holocaust (1980)** (17 · ▲24 ▼7) — The notorious Italian film about a lost documentary crew.
8. **Trollhunter (2010)** (16 · ▲23 ▼7) — Norwegian students follow a government troll hunter.
9. **Host (2020)** (16 · ▲17 ▼1) — A Zoom séance during lockdown goes wrong.
10. **Lake Mungo (2008)** (15 · ▲21 ▼6) — An Australian family's grief told as a documentary.
11. **Hell House LLC (2015)** (14 · ▲20 ▼6) — A haunted house attraction where something went very wrong.
12. **As Above, So Below (2014)** (13 · ▲23 ▼10) — Explorers lost in the Paris catacombs.
13. **V/H/S (2012)** (13 · ▲20 ▼7) — An anthology of cursed tapes.
14. **Noroi: The Curse (2005)** (11 · ▲17 ▼6) — A Japanese paranormal researcher's final, disturbing documentary.
15. **Grave Encounters (2011)** (8 · ▲15 ▼7) — A ghost-hunting TV show locks itself in an asylum.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.