The best found footage horror movies
The top 3 according to 470 votes from people: The Blair Witch Project (1999) · Paranormal Activity (2007) · [REC] (2007). (Updated Oct 10, 2025.)
Shaky cameras, night vision and tapes nobody should have found: the found footage horror films fans and critics rank highest (IndieWire, Collider, Letterboxd).
Top 14
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1
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Three students lost in the Maryland woods; the film that set the template.
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2
Paranormal Activity (2007)
A couple films their bedroom at night.
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3
[REC] (2007)
A TV crew trapped in a Barcelona apartment building.
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4
Ghostwatch (1992)
A BBC Halloween special that convinced viewers it was live.
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5
Cloverfield (2008)
A going-away party interrupted by a monster in Manhattan.
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6
Creep (2014)
A videographer answers a Craigslist ad from a very strange man.
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7
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The notorious Italian film about a lost documentary crew.
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8
Trollhunter (2010)
Norwegian students follow a government troll hunter.
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9
Host (2020)
A Zoom séance during lockdown goes wrong.
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10
Lake Mungo (2008)
An Australian family's grief told as a documentary.
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11
Hell House LLC (2015)
A haunted house attraction where something went very wrong.
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12
As Above, So Below (2014)
Explorers lost in the Paris catacombs.
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13
V/H/S (2012)
An anthology of cursed tapes.
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14
Noroi: The Curse (2005)
A Japanese paranormal researcher's final, disturbing documentary.
Candidates
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15
Grave Encounters (2011)
A ghost-hunting TV show locks itself in an asylum.
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Comments (2)
REC is the best one and its not close
Lake Mungo isn't even scary in the normal way and it still haunts me years later