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'''Found footage''' is a [[cinematic technique]] and [[film genre]] in which all or a substantial part of the work is presented as if it were [[film]] or [[Videocassette recorder|video recordings]] recorded by characters in the story, and later "found" and presented to the audience. The events on screen are typically seen through the camera of one or more of the characters involved, often accompanied by their [[real time (media)|real-time]] [[voice-over|off-camera commentary]]. For added [[realism (arts)|realism]], the [[cinematography]] may be done by the actors themselves as they perform, and [[shaky camera]] work, [[Improvisational theatre|improvisation]] and [[naturalism (theatre)|naturalistic]] acting are routinely employed. The footage may be presented as if it were "[[footage|raw]]" and complete or as if it had been [[film editing|edited]] into a [[narrative structure|narrative]] by those who "found" it.

The most common use of the technique is in [[horror film]]s such as ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', ''[[The Last Broadcast (film)|The Last Broadcast]]'', ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'', ''[[Paranormal Activity]]'', ''[[Diary of the Dead]]'', ''[[Rec (film)|Rec]]'', ''[[Cloverfield]]'', ''[[Trollhunter]]'', ''[[V/H/S]],'' ''[[Incantation (film)|Incantation]]'', ''[[Be My Cat: A Film for Anne]]'', ''[[As Above, So Below (film)|As Above, So Below]]'', ''[[Lake Mungo (film)|Lake Mungo]]''  or ''[[Late Night with the Devil]]'', in which the footage is purported to be the only surviving record of the events, with the participants now missing or dead. It has also been used in [[science-fiction film|science fiction]] such as ''[[Chronicle (film)|Chronicle]]'', ''[[Project Almanac]]'' or ''[[Europa Report]]'', [[drama film|drama]] such as ''[[Zero Day (2003 film)|Zero Day]]'' and ''[[Exhibit A (film)|Exhibit A]]'', [[Comedy film|comedy]] such as ''[[Project X (2012 film)|Project X]]'', [[Crime|crime mockumentary]] such as ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'', [[family film|family]] such as ''[[Earth to Echo]]'', [[Experimental film|experimental]] [[arthouse]] such as ''[[The Connection (1961 film)|The Connection]]'', ''[[The Outwaters]]'' or ''[[Masking Threshold (film)|Masking Threshold]]'' and [[War film|war]] films such as ''[[84C MoPic]]''.

Some [[pseudo-documentary]] films such as [[Lake Mungo (film)|''Lake Mungo'']] or ''[[Noroi: The Curse]]'', most [[screenlife]] films such as ''[[Unfriended]]'', its sequel ''[[Unfriended: Dark Web|Dark Web]]'', ''[[Profile (2018 film)|Profile]]'' or [[Searching (film)|''Searching'']], a few [[Point-of-view shot|POV films]] such as ''[[Hardcore Henry]]'' or ''[[Presence_(2024_film)|Presence]],'' most [[Live streaming|livestream]] and "[[Live television|live TV]]" films such as ''[[Ghostwatch]]'', as well as films where the footage is presented as originating from [[Surveillance footage|surveillance]] or [[Dashcam|dashboard cameras]] such as [[Taxi (2015 film)|''Taxi'']] or [[Spree (film)|''Spree'']], are also often considered to fall under the found footage umbrella, despite the fact that technically the footage is not presented as "lost and found", but only as long as the camera is implied to be a part of the film and not a [[fourth wall]] the way it is in traditional films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Best Found Footage Movies |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-found-footage-movies/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=editorial.rottentomatoes.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-23 |title=Found Footage Manifesto |url=https://adriantofei.com/the-found-footage-manifesto/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Adrian Țofei • Official Site |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
As a storytelling technique, found footage has precedents in literature, particularly in the trope of [[found manuscript]],'''<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Sawczuk |first=Tomasz |date=2020 |title=Taking Horror as You Find It: From Found Manuscripts to Found Footage Aesthetics |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=916938 |journal=Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture |language=English |issue=10 |pages=223–235 |issn=2083-2931}}</ref>''' as well as [[epistolary novel]], which typically consists of either [[letter (message)|correspondence]] or [[diary]] entries, purportedly written by a character central to the events. Like found footage, the epistolary technique has often been employed in [[horror fiction]]: both ''[[Dracula]]'' and ''[[Frankenstein]]'' are epistolary novels, as is ''[[The Call of Cthulhu]]'' by [[H. P. Lovecraft]].

[[File:Ruggero Deodato 2008.jpg|thumb|upright|Italian director [[Ruggero Deodato]] revolutionized the found footage style of narrative filmmaking with ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' (1980), the first horror film using this technique.]]
In [[filmmaking]], the 1980 cult horror feature ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]'' is often claimed to be the first example of found footage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Visual Trends: A History of the Found Footage Genre|date=26 June 2012|publisher=Videomaker|url=https://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2012/06/visual-trends-a-history-of-the-found-footage-genre|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref> However, [[Shirley Clarke]]'s arthouse film ''[[The Connection (1961 film)|The Connection]]'' (1961) and the [[Orson Welles]] directed ''[[The Other Side of the Wind]]'', a found footage movie shot in the early 1970s but released in 2018, predate ''Cannibal Holocaust''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McBride|first=Joseph|date=2017-03-17|title=Before the Beginning and After the End: An Insider's Look at the Saga of 'The Other Side of the Wind'|url=https://www.wellesnet.com/other-side-of-the-wind-joseph-mcbride/|access-date=2022-09-07|website=Wellesnet {{!}} Orson Welles Web Resource|language=en-US}}</ref> {{interlanguage link|Les Documents Interdits|fr}} (1989), segment titled “The Ferguson Case” has recently surfaced to be seen as one of the first examples to feature the found-footage style in a horror setting. Specifically its use of the footage being found in a scenario where the people who have shot it have gone missing from the circumstances at hand. This style predating films ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' (1999) and ''[[The Last Broadcast (film)|The Last Broadcast]]'' (1998) who popularized the genre style by nearly a decade.<ref>[https://www.horrorhomeroom.com/watch-carefully-what-is-about-to-happen-les-documents-interdits-1989-1991-and-the-interrogation-of-frances-cultural-memory/.  ‘WATCH CAREFULLY WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN’: LES DOCUMENTS INTERDITS (1989-1991) AND THE INTERROGATION OF FRANCE’S CULTURAL MEMORY]</ref>''America's Deadliest Home Video'' (1991), remains a potent use of the format as well as an unsung groundbreaker in the found-footage field - an ahead-of-its-time application of the vérité-video form to the horror/crime genre.<ref>[https://www.fangoria.com/original/dvd-review-americas-deadliest-home-video/ Editorial: DVD Review: America's Deadliest HomeVideo - Fangoria]</ref> The device was popularised by ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' (1999).<ref name="Hitflixhist">{{cite web|last1=Eggertsen|first1=Chris|title=From 'Blair Witch' to 'Project Almanac': A history of the found footage genre|url=http://www.hitfix.com/news/from-cannibal-holocaust-to-project-almanac-a-history-of-the-found-footage-genre|website=[[HitFix]]|access-date=22 February 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007030818/http://www.hitfix.com/news/from-cannibal-holocaust-to-project-almanac-a-history-of-the-found-footage-genre|url-status=dead}}</ref> Found footage has since been used in other commercially successful films, including ''[[Paranormal Activity]]'' <!--Do NOT change to 2009. Paranormal Activity was originally released in 2007.-->(2007), ''[[Rec (film)|Rec]]'' (2007), ''[[Cloverfield]]'' (2008), ''[[Chronicle (film)|Chronicle]]'' (2012), ''[[Sinister (film)|Sinister]]'' (2012), [[Creep (2014 film)|''Creep'']] (2014) and ''[[Late Night with the Devil]]'' (2024).<ref>{{cite news|title=Editorial: An Apologist's Rant: In Defense of Found Footage|work=Dread Central|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33208/editorial-an-apologist-s-rant-in-defense-of-found-footage/|access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref> Reviewing ''[[V/H/S]]'' for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', Scott Tobias notes that the genre "has since become to the '00s and '10s what [[Slasher film|slasher movies]] were to the '80s."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tobias|first1=Scott|title=V/H/S|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/vhs-86207|website=AV Club|date=4 October 2012|access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref>

The genre appeals to some [[film producer]]s because of its lower cost, as it is believed the illusion of [[amateur film|amateur]] documentary style allows lower production values than would be accepted on a conventional film. Other filmmakers choose it for creative reasons.

Writer-director [[Christopher B. Landon]], who has made several found footage horror films, as well as filmmaker [[Adrian Țofei]] in his found footage manifesto, posit that the genre is likely to successfully extend outside horror in the future.<ref name="Christopher Landon interview">{{cite web|last1=Topel|first1=Fred|title=Christopher Landon interview|url=http://www.craveonline.com/culture/625449-exclusive-interview-christopher-landon-on-paranormal-activity-the-marked-ones|website=Crave|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211131/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/625449-exclusive-interview-christopher-landon-on-paranormal-activity-the-marked-ones|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Analysis ==
Found-footage films typically employ one or more of six [[cinematic techniques]]—[[first-person perspective]], [[pseudo-documentary]], [[mockumentary]], [[news]] footage, [[surveillance footage]], or [[screenlife]]—according to an analysis of 500 found-footage films conducted by Found Footage Critic.<ref>{{cite web |title=Found Footage Film Genre&nbsp;– Found Footage Critic |url=http://foundfootagecritic.com/found-footage-film-genre/ |access-date=2016-01-14 |website=Found Footage Critic |publisher=Found Footage Critic [Michael Steinberg] |language=en-US}}</ref>

The film magazine ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' has used the term "faux found-footage" to describe the technique. [[film studies|Film scholar]] [[David Bordwell]] criticizes the usage, arguing that it sows confusion, and instead prefers the term "discovered footage" for the narrative [[gimmick]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Bordwell |first=David |author-link=David Bordwell |date=13 November 2012 |title=Return to Paranormalcy |url=http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/11/13/return-to-paranormalcy/ |access-date=24 May 2015 |work=davidbordwell.net}}</ref>

According to filmmaker [[Adrian Țofei]] in his found footage manifesto, a found footage film is technically a [[pseudo-documentary]] or fake documentary film, in which all or a substantial part of the picture is presented as being composed of recordings of real life events, seen through cameras that are part of the events. He defines found footage as a "filmmaking concept" with the goal of giving audiences the illusion that they're not watching a movie made by filmmakers and actors, but genuine life events recorded by people like them who were part of the events, which would allow audiences to be fully immersed in the movie experience.<ref name=":1" />

In a 2016 article for ''Cinema Journal'', Cecilia Sayad explores the relationship between the found footage genre and reality. She asserts that the genre's metaphorical framing, convincing audiences that films contain true unscripted footage, and its technical framing, mimicking amateur home videos and security footage, are key to what creates fear in the audience, dissolving the traditional boundaries between what is part of the film and real life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Sayad |first=Cecilia |date=2016 |title=Found-Footage Horror and the Frame's Undoing |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44072414 |journal=Cinema Journal |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=43–66 |issn=0009-7101}}</ref>

Sayad highlights how the found footage genre invites the audience to "to anxiously scan the image for threatening presences", blurring the boundary between what is on screen and what is real.  For example, The ''[[Paranormal Activity (film series)|Paranormal Activity]]'' series' inclusion of the timestamps on each clip of footage "empowers the audience", encouraging watchers to analyze evidence in real time.<ref name=":0" /> Typical found footage techniques, like shaky handheld sequences and sudden zooms, create the illusion that the camera frame is unable to contain the evil of any film's antagonist to the screen. The selective choice to not center major action sequences on camera, like during the climax of ''[[Paranormal Activity]]'' (2007), also contributes to this effect. Sayad notes that "the sense of lurking danger is enhanced as much by our fear about seeing things as by our anxiety about what we do not see".<ref name=":0" />

Importantly, Sayad notes that there is an important distinction between found footage horror films and other "self-aware" horror films, like 1996's ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]''. She writes, <blockquote>''Scream''{{'}}s pastiche of classics packages the film as artifice, keeping the relationship between movies and reality safely locked in the realm of fiction. The found-footage movie, in contrast, presents itself as real, whereas its characteristically unstable camera work suggests that the film can neither lock things in nor keep them out.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

== Examples ==
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=== Films ===
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The following entries are notable films in the found footage genre, though some were only partially made in that style.
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| ''[[The Connection (1961 film)|The Connection]]''
| 1961
| [[Shirley Clarke]]
| The Connection Company
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| ''[[Coming Apart (film)|Coming Apart]]''
| 1969
| [[Milton Moses Ginsberg]]
| Kaleidoscope Films
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| ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]''
| 1980
| [[Ruggero Deodato]]
| F.D. Cinematografica
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| ''[[Special Bulletin]]''
| 1983
| [[Edward Zwick]]
| Ohlmeyer Communications Company
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| ''[[Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment]]''
| 1985
| Satoru Ogura
| Sai Enterprise
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| ''[[UFO Abduction (film)|UFO Abduction]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| Dean Alioto
| IndieSyndicate Productions
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| ''[[84C MoPic]]''
| [[Patrick Sheane Duncan]]
| New Century Vista Film Company
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| ''[[Man Bites Dog (film)|Man Bites Dog]]''
| 1993
| [[Rémy Belvaux]]<br />André Bonzel<br />[[Benoît Poelvoorde]]
| Les Artistes Anonymes
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| ''[[Forgotten Silver]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| [[Peter Jackson]]
| WingNut Films
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| ''[[Little Sister (1995 film)|Little Sister]]''
| [[Robert Jan Westdijk]]
| Grote Broer Filmwerken CV
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| ''[[Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County]]''
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| Dean Alioto
| [[Dick Clark Productions]]
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| ''[[The Last Broadcast (film)|The Last Broadcast]]''
| [[Stefan Avalos]]<br />[[Lance Weiler]]
| FFM Productions
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| ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]''
| 1999
| [[Daniel Myrick]]<br />[[Eduardo Sánchez (director)|Eduardo Sánchez]]
| [[Haxan Films]]
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| ''[[The St. Francisville Experiment]]''
| 2000
| [[Ted Nicolaou]]
| [[The Kushner-Locke Company]]
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| ''[[Gang Tapes]]''
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Adam Ripp
| Lionsgate
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| ''[[August Underground]]''
| Fred Vogel
| Absu Films<br />[[Toetag Pictures]]
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| ''[[The Collingswood Story]]''
| 2002
| [[Mike Costanza]]
| Cinerebel Media
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| ''[[August Underground's Mordum]]''
| rowspan="4" | 2003
| Fred Vogel<br /> [[Killjoy (musician)|Killjoy]]<br /> Cristie Whiles<br /> Jerami Cruise<br /> Michael T. Schneider
| Toetag Pictures
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| ''[[The Great American Snuff Film]]''
| Sean Tretta 
| Ominous Productions
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|''[[The Last Horror Movie]]''
| [[Julian Richards (director)|Julian Richards]]
| Prolific Films<br />Snakehair Productions
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| ''[[Zero Day (2003 film)|Zero Day]]''
| [[Ben Coccio]]
| Professor Bright Films
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| ''[[Incident at Loch Ness]]''
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| [[Zak Penn]]
| Eden Rock Media
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| ''[[September Tapes]]''
| Christian Johnston
| Complex Films<br />Raz Productions<br />Raz Entertainment<br />Persistent Entertainment
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| ''[[LolliLove]]''
| [[Jenna Fischer]]
| LolliLove Productions
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| ''[[Noroi: The Curse]]''
| 2005
| [[Kōji Shiraishi]]
| Xanadeux Company
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| ''[[Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon]]''
| rowspan="4" | 2006
| [[Scott Glosserman]]
| GlenEcho Entertainment<br />Code Entertainment
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| ''[[Alone with Her]]''
| Eric Nicholas
| Pin Hole Productions LLC<br />[[The Weinstein Company]]
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| ''[[The Zombie Diaries]]''
| Kevin Gates<br />Michael Bartlett
| Off World Films<br />Bleeding Edge Films
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| ''[[State's Evidence]]''
| Benjamin Louis
| Terra Entertainment
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| ''[[The Hunt (2007 film)|The Hunt]]''
| rowspan="14" | 2007
| [[Fritz Kiersch]]
| Graymark Productions<br />Azisa Pictures
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| ''[[Welcome to the Jungle (2007 film)|Welcome to the Jungle]]''
| [[Jonathan Hensleigh]]
| Steelbridge Film Works<br />Bauer Martinez Studios<br />Valhalla Motion Pictures
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| ''[[The Poughkeepsie Tapes]]''
| [[John Erick Dowdle]]
| Brothers Dowdle Productions<br />Poughkeepsie Films
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| ''[[August Underground's Penance]]''
| Fred Vogel
| Toetag Pictures
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|''[[Redacted (film)|Redacted]]''
| [[Brian De Palma]]
| [[Magnolia Pictures]]
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| ''[[Long Pigs]]''
| Chris Power
| Clowns After Midnight Productions<br />Jordan Entertainment<br />Chris Bridges Effects Studio
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| ''[[Head Case (film)|Head Case]]''
| Anthony Spadaccini
| Fleet Street Films<br />B.P.A. Productions Group, Inc.
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| ''[[Exhibit A (film)|Exhibit A]]''
| Dom Rotheroe
| [[Warp Films]]
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| ''[[Paranormal Activity]]''
| [[Oren Peli]]
| [[Blumhouse Productions]]
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| ''[[Death of a Ghost Hunter]]''
| Sean Tretta
| Ominous Productions
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| ''[[Live! (2007 film)|Live!]]''
| Bill Guttentag
| [[Atlas Entertainment]]
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| ''[[Rec (film)|Rec]]''
| [[Jaume Balagueró]]<br />[[Paco Plaza]]
| Castelao Producciones<br />Filmax
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| ''[[Look (2007 film)|Look]]''
| [[Adam Rifkin]]
| Captured Films
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| ''[[Surf's Up (film)|Surf's Up]]'' 
|[[Ash Brannon]]<br />[[Chris Buck]]
|[[Sony Pictures Animation]]
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| ''[[Monster (2008 film)|Monster]]''
| rowspan="7" | 2008
| Erik Estenberg
| [[The Asylum]]
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| ''[[Cloverfield]]''
| [[Matt Reeves]]
| [[Bad Robot]]
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| ''[[Diary of the Dead]]''
| [[George A. Romero]]
| Artfire Films<br />Romero-Grunwald Productions
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|''[[Lake Mungo (film)|Lake Mungo]]''
| Joel Anderson
| [[Screen Australia]]
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| ''[[Home Movie (2008 film)|Home Movie]]''
| [[Christopher Denham]]
| Modernciné
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| ''[[Bryan Loves You]]''
| Seth Landau
| Seth Landau
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| ''[[Quarantine (2008 film)|Quarantine]]''
| John Erick Dowdle
| [[Vertigo Entertainment]]<br />Andale Pictures<br />Filmax Entertainment
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| ''[[Occult (2009 film)|Occult]]''
| rowspan="8" | 2009
| Kōji Shiraishi
| Image Rings<br />Creative Axa Company Ltd.
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| ''[[Evil Things]]''
| Dominic Perez
| Go Show Media
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| ''[[District 9]]''
| [[Neill Blomkamp]]
| [[QED International]]<br />[[WingNut Films]]
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| ''[[The Ritual (2009 film)|The Ritual]]''
| Anthony Spadaccini
| Fleet Street Films<br /> B.P.A. Productions Group, Inc.
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| ''[[Trash Humpers]]''
| [[Harmony Korine]]
| [[Alcove Entertainment]] <br />[[Warp Films]] <br />O' Salvation
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| ''[[Rec 2]]''
| Jaume Balagueró<br />Paco Plaza
| Castelao Producciones<br />Filmax
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| ''[[Murder Collection V.1]]''
| Fred Vogel
| [[Toetag Pictures]]
| <ref>{{cite book|author=Alexandra Heller-Nicholas|title=Found Footage Horror Films: Fear and the Appearance of Reality|url=https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/found-footage-horror-films/|access-date=25 February 2016|year=2014|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|isbn=978-0-7864-7077-8|page=194}}</ref>
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| ''[[Paranormal Entity]]''
| [[Shane Van Dyke]]
| [[The Asylum]]
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| ''[[Bachiatari Bōryoku Ningen]]''
| rowspan="15" | 2010
| [[Kōji Shiraishi]]
| Creative AXA
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| ''[[Lunopolis]]''
| Matthew Avant
| Media Savant
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| ''[[Love Sex aur Dhokha]]''
| [[Dibakar Banerjee]]
| Freshwater Films
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| ''[[Eyes in the Dark]]''
| [[Bjorn Anderson (filmmaker)|Bjorn Anderson]]
| Emerald City Pictures
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| ''[[Hotel Hollywood (film)|Hotel Hollywood]]''
| [[Param Gill]]
| G S Productions
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| ''[[Shirome (film)|Shirome]]''
| Kōji Shiraishi
| [[Stardust Promotion]]<br />Shirome Project Partners
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| ''[[The Last Exorcism]]''
| [[Daniel Stamm]]
| [[Strike Entertainment]]<br />[[StudioCanal]]<br />Arcade Pictures
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| ''[[Undocumented (2010 film)|Undocumented]]''
| Chris Peckover
| Sheperd Glen Productions
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| ''[[The Virginity Hit]]''
| Huck Botko<br />Andrew Gurland
| [[Gary Sanchez Productions]]
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| ''[[8213: Gacy House]]''
| Anthony Fankhauser
| [[The Asylum]]
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| ''[[Atrocious (film)|Atrocious]]''
| Fernando Barreda Luna
| Nabu Films<br />Silencio Rodamos<br />Programa Ibermedia
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| ''[[Paranormal Activity 2]]''
| [[Kip Williams|Tod Williams]]
| [[Blumhouse Productions]]
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| ''[[Trollhunter]]''
| André Øvredal
| Filmkameratene A/S<br />Film Fund FUZZ
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| ''[[Unaware]]''
| Sean Bardin<br /> Robert Cooley
| Cooley Productions
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| ''[[Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night]]''
| Toshikazu Nagae
| Presidio Corporation
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| ''[[Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes]]''
| rowspan="12" | 2011
| Jude Gerard Prest
| The Asylum
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| ''[[The Tunnel (2011 film)|The Tunnel]]''
| Carlo Ledesma
| DLSHS Film<br /> Distracted Media<br /> Zapruder's Other Films
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| ''[[Megan Is Missing]]''
| Michael Goi
| Trio Pictures
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| ''[[Grave Encounters]]''
| [[The Vicious Brothers]]
| Twin Engine Films
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| ''[[World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries 2]]''
| Kevin Gates<br />Michael Bartlett
| Off World Films<br />Bleeding Edge Films<br />Straightwire Entertainment Group
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| ''[[Hollow (2011 horror film)|Hollow]]''
| Michael Axelgaard
| Hollow Pictures<br />[[Tribeca Film]]
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| ''[[Untitled (2011 film)|Untitled]]''
| [[Shaun Troke]]
| Shaunywa Films
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| ''[[Apollo 18 (film)|Apollo 18]]''
| [[Gonzalo López-Gallego]]
| [[Bazelevs]]
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| ''[[The Tapes]]''
| Scott Bates<br /> Lee Alliston
| Darkside Pictures<br /> Pure Film Productions
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| ''[[Paranormal Activity 3]]''
| Henry Joost<br />[[Ariel Schulman]]
| Blumhouse
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| ''[[The Amityville Haunting]]''
| Geoff Meed
| The Asylum<br />Taut Productions
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| ''[[Chō Akunin]]''
| [[Kōji Shiraishi]]
| Tokyo Raiders
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| ''[[The Devil Inside (film)|The Devil Inside]]''
| rowspan="17" | 2012
| [[William Brent Bell]]
| [[Insurge Pictures]]
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| ''[[V/H/S]]''
| [[Ti West]]<br /> [[Joe Swanberg]]<br /> David Buckner<br /> [[Adam Wingard]]<br /> Glenn McQuaid<br />
| [[Radio Silence Productions]]<br />[[Collective Digital Studio|The Collective]]<br />[[Bloody Disgusting]]
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|[[Area 407]]
|Dale Fabrigar
Everette Wallin
|Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions
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| ''[[Chronicle (film)|Chronicle]]''
| [[Josh Trank]]
| Davis Entertainment
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| ''[[Project X (2012 film)|Project X]]''
| [[Nima Nourizadeh]]
| [[Silver Pictures]]<br />Green Hat Films
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| ''[[Evidence (2012 film)|Evidence]]''
| Howie Askins
| RynoRyder Productions
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| ''[[Hate Crime (2012 film)|Hate Crime]]''
| [[James Cullen Bressack]]
| Psykik Junky Pictures
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| ''[[Apartment 143]]''
| Carles Torrens
| [[Werc Werk Works]]<br />Kasdan Pictures<br />Likely Story
|
|-
| ''[[100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck]]''
| Martin Anderson
| [[The Asylum]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Dinosaur Project]]''
| [[Sid Bennett (director)|Sid Bennett]]
| Moonlighting Films
|
|-
| ''[[Shopping Tour]]''
| Michael Brashinsky
| Duty-Free Productions
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3679318/cannibals-midsummer-russian-finnish-found-footage-movie-shopping-tour-horrors-elsewhere/|title=Cannibals and Midsummer in Russian-Finnish Found Footage Movie 'Shopping Tour' [Horrors Elsewhere]|first=Paul|last=Lê|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 September 2023}}</ref>
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| ''[[A Night in the Woods (film)|A Night in the Woods]]''
| [[Richard Parry (director)|Richard Parry]]
| [[Vertigo Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[End of Watch]]''
| [[David Ayer]]
| [[StudioCanal]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Conspiracy (2012 film)|The Conspiracy]]''
| Christopher MacBride
| Resolute Films and Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[Grave Encounters 2]]''
| [[John Poliquin]]
| Arclight Films
|
|-
| ''[[Paranormal Activity 4]]''
| [[Henry Joost]]<br /> [[Ariel Schulman]]
| Room 101
|
|-
| ''[[The Bay (film)|The Bay]]''
| [[Barry Levinson]]
| [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]
|
|-
| ''[[A Haunted House (film)|A Haunted House]]''
| rowspan="20" | 2013
| [[Michael Tiddes]]
| [[Open Road Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Upper Footage]]''
| [[Justin Cole]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Dabbe: Curse of the Jinn]]''
| [[Hasan Karacadağ]]
| Hasan Karacadağ
|
|-
| ''[[Devil's Pass]]''
| [[Renny Harlin]]
| Aldamisa Entertainment<br />Non-Stop Productions<br />Midnight Sun Pictures<br />K. Jam Media
|
|-
| ''[[The Frankenstein Theory]]''
| [[Andrew Weiner (writer)|Andrew Weiner]]
| Rocket<br />Inner Station<br />Therapy Content<br />Arctic Film Group
|
|-
| ''[[Cult (2013 film)|Cult]]''
| Kōji Shiraishi
|
|
|-
| ''[[Willow Creek (film)|Willow Creek]]''
| [[Bobcat Goldthwait]]
| Jerkschool Productions
|
|-
| ''[[V/H/S/2]]''
| [[Simon Barrett (filmmaker)|Simon Barrett]]<br />[[Jason Eisener]]<br />[[Gareth Evans (director)|Gareth Evans]]<br />[[Gregg Hale (producer)|Gregg Hale]]<br />[[Eduardo Sánchez (director)|Eduardo Sánchez]]<br />[[Timo Tjahjanto]]<br />[[Adam Wingard]]
| [[Collective Digital Studio|The Collective]]<br />[[Bloody Disgusting]]<br />8383 Productions<br />Snoot Entertainment<br />[[Haxan Films]]<br />Yer Dead Productions
|
|-
| ''[[Europa Report]]''
| [[Sebastián Cordero]]
| Wayfare Entertainment Ventures
|
|-
| [[The Borderlands (2013 film)|''The Borderlands'']]
| Elliot Goldner
| Metrodome Distribution
|
|-
| ''[[The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill]]''
| Kevin Gates<br />Michael Bartlett
| Second Sight Films
|
|-
| ''[[Head Cases: Serial Killers in the Delaware Valley]]''
| Anthony Spadaccini
| Fleet Street Films<br />B.P.A. Productions Group, Inc.
|
|-
| ''[[The Dirties]]''
| [[Matt Johnson (director)|Matt Johnson]]
| [[SModcast Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[Frankenstein's Army]]''
| Richard Raaphorst
| [[MPI Media Group|Dark Sky Films]]<br />Pellicola<br />[[XYZ Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[Sx Tape]]''
| [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]]
| Aeroplano<br />La.Lune Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[Hooked Up (film)|Hooked Up]]''
| Pablo Larcuen
| Uncork'd Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[WNUF Halloween Special]]''
| [[Chris LaMartina]]<br />James Branscome<br />Shawn Jones<br />Scott Maccubbin<br />Lonnie Martin<br />Matthew Menter<br />Andy Schoeb
| Midnight Crew Studios
|
|-
| ''[[Skinwalker Ranch (film)|Skinwalker Ranch]]''
| Devin McGinn<br />Steve Berg
| DeepStudios
|
|-
| ''[[6-5=2]]''
| [[KS Ashoka]]
| Swarnalatha Production
| <ref name="facebook1">{{cite web|author=6-5=27.140 personen vinden dit leuk · 544 praten hierover|url=https://www.facebook.com/6minus5equals2|title=6-5=2|publisher=Facebook|access-date=2013-12-28}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Best Night Ever]]''
| [[Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer]]
| [[Magnet Releasing]]
|
|-
| ''[[What We Do in the Shadows]]''
| rowspan="26" | 2014
| [[Jemaine Clement]]<br/>[[Taika Waititi]]
| Resnick Interactive Development<br/>Unison Films<br/>Defender Films<br/>[[New Zealand Film Commission]]
|
|-
| ''[[Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones]]''
| [[Christopher Landon (filmmaker)|Christopher Landon]]
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[Devil's Due (film)|Devil's Due]]''
| [[Matt Bettinelli-Olpin]]<br />[[Tyler Gillett]]
| [[Davis Entertainment]]<br />[[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
|
|-
| ''[[Black Water Vampire]]''
| Evan Tramel
| BWV Productions<br />Ruthless Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Exists (film)|Exists]]''
| [[Eduardo Sánchez (director)|Eduardo Sánchez]]
| [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]<br />[[Haxan Films]]<br />Court Five
|
|-
| ''[[The Den (2013 film)|The Den]]''
| Zachary Donohue
| Cliffbrook Films<br />Onset Films
|
|-
| ''[[Mr. Jones (2013 film)|Mr. Jones]]''
| Karl Mueller
| Preferred Content<br />Preferred Film & TV
|
|-
| ''[[Open Windows (film)|Open Windows]]''
| [[Nacho Vigalondo]]
| [[Atresmedia Televisión|Antena 3 Films]]<br />Apaches Entertainment<br />[[Spiderwood Studios]]<br />[[Wild Bunch (film company)|Wild Bunch]]<br />[[SpectreVision]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Den (2013 film)|The Den]]''
| Zachary Donohue
| Cliffbrook Films<br />Onset Films
|
|-
| ''[[Afflicted (film)|Afflicted]]''
| Derek Lee<br />Clif Prowse
| Automatik Entertainment<br />Téléfilm Canada
|
|-
| ''[[Babysitting (film)|Babysitting]]''
| Nicolas Benamou<br />Philippe Lacheau
| Axel Films<br />Madame Films<br />Cinéfrance 1888<br />Good Lap Production
|
|-
| ''[[A Haunted House 2]]''
| [[Michael Tiddes]]
| [[IM Global Octane]]<br />Wayans Bros. Entertainment<br />Baby Way Productions
|
|-
| ''[[The Sacrament (2013 film)|The Sacrament]]''
| [[Ti West]]
| [[Worldview Entertainment]]<br />Arcade Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Alien Abduction (2014 film)|Alien Abduction]]''
| Matty Beckerman
| Exclusive Media Group<br />Big Picture<br />[[Next Entertainment]]<br />Lawrence Bender Productions<br />Mob Scene Creative Productions
|
|-
| ''[[Inner Demons]]''
| Seth Grossman
| Schorr Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Earth to Echo]]''
| Dave Green
| [[Relativity Media]]
|
|-
| ''[[Into the Storm (2014 film)|Into the Storm]]''
| Steven Quale
| [[New Line Cinema]]<br />[[Village Roadshow Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Possession of Michael King]]''
| David Jung
| [[Gold Circle Films]]<br />Quickfire Films
|
|-
| ''[[As Above, So Below (film)|As Above, So Below]]''
| [[John Erick Dowdle]]
| [[Universal Pictures]]<br />[[Legendary Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Hunted (2013 film)|The Hunted]]''
| [[Josh Stewart]]
| Fortress Features<br />Allegheny Image Factory
|
|-
| ''[[The Houses October Built]]''
| [[Bobby Roe]]
| Room 101<br />Foreboding Films
|
|-
| ''[[Gore, Quebec (film)|Gore, Quebec]]''
| Jean Benoit Lauzon
| Green Lake Films
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://thetfs.ca/2014/11/13/review-gore-quebec/|title=Review: ''Gore, Quebec''|last=Brownridge|first=William|publisher=Toronto Film Scene|date=13 November 2014|website=thetfs.ca|access-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219023129/http://thetfs.ca/2014/11/13/review-gore-quebec/|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Taking of Deborah Logan]]''
| Adam Robitel
| Eagle Films<br />Millennium Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[The Rendlesham UFO Incident|Hangar 10]]''
| Daniel Simpson
| Newscope Films
|
|-
| ''[[V/H/S: Viral]]''
| Nacho Vigalondo<br />Marcel Sarmiento<br />Gregg Bishop<br />Justin Benson<br />Todd Lincoln
| [[Bloody Disgusting]]<br />[[Collective Digital Studio|The Collective]]<br />[[Haxan Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Pyramid (film)|The Pyramid]]''
| [[Grégory Levasseur]]
| [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Atticus Institute]]''
| rowspan="19" | 2015
| [[Chris Sparling]]
| SND Groupe M6
|
|-
| ''[[Project Almanac]]''
| [[Dean Israelite]]
| [[Insurge Pictures]]<br />[[Platinum Dunes]]<br />[[MTV Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[Ratter (film)|Ratter]]''
| Branden Kramer
| Start Motion Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Digging Up the Marrow]]''
| [[Adam Green (filmmaker)|Adam Green]]
| Ariescope Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Creep (2014 film)|Creep]]''
| [[Patrick Brice]]
| [[Blumhouse Productions]]
|
|-
| ''[[Nightlight (2015 film)|Nightlight]]''
| [[Scott Beck]]<br />[[Bryan Woods]]
| Herrick Entertainment
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/90173/nightlight-trailer-flickers/|title=Nightlight Trailer Flickers On – Dread Central|website=www.dreadcentral.com|date=17 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Final Project]]''
| [[Taylor Ri'chard]]
| Cavu Pictures
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/entertainment/2015/04/14/church-point-native-directs-horror-film-local-setting/25791873/|title=Church Point native directs horror film in local setting|last=Fuelier|first=Herman|work=[[The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette)|The Daily Advertiser]]|date=2015-04-15|access-date=2016-02-20}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Unfriended]]''
| [[Levan Gabriadze]]
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]<br />[[Blumhouse Productions]]
|
|-
| ''[[Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story]]''
| James Moran
| [[Allen Shapiro|Mosaic]]<br />[[Good Universe]]<br />GraceSam LLC
|
|-
| ''[[Area 51 (film)|Area 51]]''
| [[Oren Peli]]
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Phoenix Incident]]''
| Keith Arem
| PCB Productions
|
|-
| ''[[The Cutting Room (film)|The Cutting Room]]''
| Warren Dudley
| Itchy Fish Film
|
|-
| ''[[The Gallows]]''
| Travis Cluff<br />Chris Lofing
| [[New Line Cinema]]<br />[[Blumhouse Productions]]<br />Management 360<br />Tremendum Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Jeruzalem (film)|JeruZalem]]''
| Doron Paz<br />Yoav Paz
| [[Universal Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Visit (2015 American film)|The Visit]]''
| [[M. Night Shyamalan]]
| Blinding Edge Pictures<br />[[Blumhouse Productions]]<br />[[Universal Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[Hell House LLC]]''
| Stephen Cognetti
| Cognetti Films
|
|-
| ''[[Savageland]]''
| Phil Guidry<br />Simon Herbert<br />David Whelan
| The Massive Film Company
|
|-
| ''[[Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension]]''
| Gregory Plotkin
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|
|-
| ''[[Be My Cat: A Film for Anne]]''
| [[Adrian Țofei]]
| Adrian Țofei
|
|-
| ''[[Unlisted Owner (film)|Unlisted Owner]]''
| rowspan="6" | 2016
| Jed Brian
| Lawford County Productions
|
|-
| ''[[Aksbandh]]''
| Emran Hussain
| Cinematic Media
|
|-
| ''[[Population Zero]]''
| Adam Levins
| A71 Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[Operation Avalanche (film)|Operation Avalanche]]''
| Matt Johnson
| Vice Films
|
|-
| ''[[Blair Witch (film)|Blair Witch]]''
| [[Adam Wingard]]
| Lionsgate Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Capture Kill Release]]''
|Nick McAnulty<br />Brian Allan Stewart
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Dark Tapes]]''
| rowspan="7" | 2017
| Michael McQuown
| Epic Pictures Group
|
|-
| ''[[Phoenix Forgotten]]''
| Justin Barber
| Cinelou Films<br />Scott Free Productions
|
|-
|''[[The Houses October Built 2]]''
|[[Bobby Roe]]
|Foreboding Films
|
|-
| ''[[From Jennifer|#FromJennifer]]''
| Frank Merle
| Lone Morsel Productions
|
|-
| ''[[Found Footage 3D]]''
| Steven DeGennaro
| The Ubiquitous Studio 42
|
|-
| ''[[Creep 2]]''
| [[Patrick Brice]]
| [[Blumhouse Productions]]<br />[[Netflix]]
|
|-
| ''[[One Cut of the Dead]]''
| Shin'ichirō Ueda
| Enbu Seminar
|
|-
| ''[[Unfriended: Dark Web]]''
| rowspan="6" | 2018
| [[Stephen Susco]]
| [[BH Productions]]<br />[[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]
|
|-
| ''[[Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum]]''
| Jung Bum-shik
| Hive Mediacorp
|
|-
| ''[[The Devil's Doorway]]''
| Aislinn Clarke
| 23ten
|
|-
| ''[[The Other Side of the Wind]]''
| [[Orson Welles]]
| Royal Road Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel]]''
| [[Stephen Cognetti]]
| Terror Films<br/>Cognetti Films
|
|-
| ''[[Butterfly Kisses (2018 film)|Butterfly Kisses]]''
| Erik Kristopher Myers
| Four-Fingered Films<br />Cyfuno Ventures
|
|-
| ''[[Death of a Vlogger]]''
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| [[Graham Hughes]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire]]''
| Stephen Cognetti
| Terror Films<br/>Cognetti Films
|
|-
| [[Insanity (2019 film)|''Insanity'']]
| rowspan="8" | 2020
| Miska Kajanus
| Piilo Productions<br/>Black Lion Pictures
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.finnkino.fi/event/303409/title/vihanpidot/|title=Vihanpidot|publisher=[[Finnkino]]|accessdate=2022-07-18|language=fi}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hacksaw (film)|''Hacksaw'']]
| [[Anthony Leone (filmmaker)|Anthony Leone]]
| Leone Films
|
|-
| [[Host (film)|''Host'']]
| [[Rob Savage]]
| Shadowhouse Films<br/>[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder]]
|
|-
| ''[[Human Hibachi]]''
| [[Mario Cerrito]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters]]''
|Tucia Lyman
|
|
|-
| ''[[Spree (film)|Spree]]''
| Eugene Kotlyarenko
| [[RLJE Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[Scary Stories: Dark Web]]''
| Bryan Renaud
| Random Acts
|
|-
| [[w:ru:Вдова (фильм, 2020)|''The Widow'']]
| Ivan Minin
| QS Films
|
|-
| ''[[Horror in the High Desert]]''
| rowspan="11" | 2021
| [[Dutch Marich]]
| Luminol Entertainment<br />Maya Aerials
|
|-
| ''[[Curse of Aurore]]''
| [[Mehran C. Torgoley]]
| Cult Cinema Productions
|
|-
| [[The Medium (2021 film)|''The Medium'']]
| [[Banjong Pisanthanakun]]
| [[GDH 559]]<br/>[[Showbox]]
|
|-
| ''[[Vazhiye]]''
| [[Nirmal Baby Varghese]]
| [[Casablanca Film Factory]]
|
|-
| ''[[Untitled Horror Movie]]''
| Nick Simon
| Bronwyn Cornelius Productions<br />Spectrum Studios<br />Anarchy Post
|
|-
|''[[Fresh Hell (film)|Fresh Hell]]''
|Ryan Imhoff<br />Matt Neal
|Purr Boy Productions
|
|-
| ''[[V/H/S/94]]''
| [[Jennifer Reeder]]<br />[[Chloe Okuno]]<br />[[Simon Barrett (filmmaker)|Simon Barrett]]<br />[[Timo Tjahjanto]]<br />Ryan Prows
| [[Radio Silence Productions]]<br />[[Bloody Disgusting|Bloody Disgusting Films]]<br />[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder Original Films]]<br />Cinepocalypse Productions<br />[[Studio71]]<br />Raven Banner Entertainment
|
|-
| ''[[Dwellers (film)|Dwellers]]''
| [[Drew Fortier]]
| Ellefson Films
|
|-
| ''[[Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin]]''
| [[William Eubank]]
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|
|-
| [[Dashcam (horror film)|''Dashcam'']]
| Rob Savage
| [[Blumhouse Productions]]
|
|-
| [[Masking Threshold (film)|''Masking Threshold'']]
| Johannes Grenzfurthner
| [[Monochrom]]
|
|-
| ''[[Incantation (film)|Incantation]]''
| rowspan="8" | 2022
| Kevin Ko
|
|
|-
| ''[[The Outwaters]]''
| Robbie Banfitch
| 5100 Films<br/>Fathom Film Company
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/cinedigm-horror-the-outwaters-found-footage-1235383060/|title=Cinedigm Takes North American Rights to Found Footage Horror 'The Outwaters' (Exclusive)|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=September 26, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=February 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rue-morgue.com/movie-review-cosmic-horror-and-found-footage-collide-in-the-outwaters/|title=Movie Review: Cosmic Horror and Found-Footage Collide in "The Outwaters"|last=Detwiler|first=Grace|date=February 1, 2023|website=[[Rue Morgue (magazine)|Rue Morgue]]|access-date=February 1, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[LOLA (film)|LOLA]]''
| Andrew Legge
| Cowtown Pictures
|
|-
| ''[[Everybody Dies by the End]]''
| [[Ian Tripp]]<br />[[Ryan Schafer]]
|Children of Celluoid
|
|-
| ''[[Razzennest]]''
| Johannes Grenzfurthner
| [[Monochrom]]
|
|-
| ''[[Deadstream]]''
| Joseph Hunter
| Winterspectre Entertainment<br />Cook Filmworks<br />Stonehaven Entertainment
| 
|-
| ''[[V/H/S/99]]''
| [[Johannes Roberts]]<br />Vanessa & Joseph Winter<br />Maggie Levin<br />Tyler MacIntyre<br />[[Flying Lotus]]
| [[Bloody Disgusting]]<br />Soapbox Films<br />Cinepocalypse Productions<br />[[Radio Silence Productions]]<br />[[ProSiebenSat.1 Media|Studio71]]<br />[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder Original Films]]
|
|-
|''[[Vazhiye]]''
| [[Nirmal Baby Varghese]]
| Casablanca Film Factory
|
|-
| ''[[Late Night with the Devil]]''
| rowspan="7" | 2023
| [[Colin and Cameron Cairnes|Colin Cairnes<br>Cameron Cairnes]]
| [[Image Nation Abu Dhabi]]<br />[[VicScreen]]<br />[[AGC Studios]]<br />[[Cinetic Media]]<br />Good Fiend Films<br />Future Pictures<br />Spooky Pictures
|
|-
|''[[Blue Hour: The Disappearance of Nick Brandreth]]''
|[[Dan Bowhers]]
|Glass House Distribution
|
|-
| ''[[Livescreamers]]''
| Michelle Iannantuono
| Octopunk Media
|
|-
|''[[V/H/S/85]]''
|[[David Bruckner]]<br />[[Scott Derrickson]]<br />[[Gigi Saul Guerrero]]<br />[[Natasha Kermani]]<br />Mike P. Nelson
|[[Bloody Disgusting]]<br />Cinepocalypse Productions<br />[[Radio Silence Productions]]<br />[[ProSiebenSat.1 Media|Studio71]]<br />[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder Original Films]]
|
|-
|''[[Invoking Yell]]''
|[[Patricio Valladares]]
|Welcome Villain
|
|-
|''[[Hostile Dimensions]]''
|[[Graham Hughes (director)|Graham Hughes]]
|Enlightened Monster
|
|-
| ''[[Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor]]''
| [[Stephen Cognetti]]
| Cognetti Films<br/>Marylous' Boys
|
|-
| [[Solvent (film)|''Solvent'']]
| rowspan="6" | 2024
| Johannes Grenzfurthner
| [[Monochrom]]
| 
|-
|''[[V/H/S/Beyond]]''
|Jordan Downey<br />Christian Long<br />[[Justin Long]]<br />[[Justin Martinez]]<br />Virat Pal<br />[[Kate Siegel]]<br />[[Jay Cheel]]
|[[Bloody Disgusting]]<br />Cinepocalypse Productions<br />[[Radio Silence Productions]]<br />[[ProSiebenSat.1 Media|Studio71]]<br />[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder Original Films]]
|
|-
|''[[Footage (film)|Footage]]''
|[[Saiju Sreedharan]]
|Bineesh Chandran<br />Saiju Sreedharan
|
|-
|''[[Hunting Matthew Nichols]]''
|Markian Tarasiuk
|Dropshock Pictures
|
|-
|''[[Strange Harvest (film)|Strange Harvest]]''
|[[Stuart Ortiz]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Strange Frequencies: Taiwan Killer Hospital]]''
| Kerwin Go
| [[Reality Entertainment|Reality MM Studios]]<br />Creative Leaders Group 8
|
|-
| ''[[Bloat (film)|Bloat]]''
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| Pablo Absento
| [[Bazelevs Company]]<br />Flag<br />Overland Pictures<br />Pulsar Content<br />[[XYZ Films]]
|
|-
| ''[[V/H/S/Halloween]]''
| [[Bryan M. Ferguson]]<br />[[Casper Kelly]]<br />Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman<br />[[Alex Ross Perry]]<br />[[Paco Plaza]]<br />Anna Zlokovic
| [[Bloody Disgusting]]<br />[[Radio Silence Productions]]<br />[[Shudder (streaming service)|Shudder Original Films]]
|
|}

=== TV series, made-for-TV specials and TV episodes ===
* ''[[Alternative 3]]'' (1977)
* ''{{interlanguage link|Les Documents Interdits|fr}}'' (1989) 
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* ''[[Without Warning (1994 film)|Without Warning]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Alien Autopsy (1995 film)|Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County]]'' (1998)&nbsp;– [[UPN]] aired a 60-minute version with more interviews
* ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', episode: "S.C.A.L.E." (2000). Though animated, the episode has no background music and alternates between footage from various security cameras.
* ''[[Jeopardy (BBC TV series)|Jeopardy]]'' (2002) (BBC series)
* ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', episode: "An Ed is Born". In this episode where Eddy decides to make a home movie of himself to show his brother how 'grown up' he has become by using Ed's [[video camera]]. (2002){{refn|group=note|name=animation|Though the episode was animated, it is done in the style of found footage.}}
* ''[[The Comeback (TV series)|The Comeback]]'' (2003) (series)
* ''[[Flag (TV series)|Flag]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Lost Tapes]]'' (2008–2010) (series)
* ''[[The River (U.S. TV series)|The River]]'' (2012) (series)
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'', episode: [[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]] (2012). The 2nd segment "Unnormal Activity" is a parody of the ''[[Paranormal Activity (film series)|Paranormal Activity]]'' franchise.
* ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', episode: "Exclusive" (2012){{refn|group=note|name=animation|Though the episode was animated, it is done in the style of found footage.}}
* ''Lassie Jerky'', an episode of ''[[Psych]]'' that was partially filmed as found footage (2013)
* ''[[Sleep No More (Doctor Who)|Sleep No More]]'', the ninth episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Series 9 (2015)
* ''[[American Horror Story: Roanoke]]'' (2016) ([[FX (TV channel)|FX]] series)
* ''[[Steven Universe]]'', episode: "The Big Show" (2018){{refn|group=note|name=animation|Though the episode was animated, it is done in the style of found footage.}}
* ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', episode: "Cold Comfort". A story about a call centre, told through the CCTV camera. (2018)
* ''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]'', episode: "Clarence The Movie" (2018){{refn|group=note|name=animation|Though the episode was animated, it is done in the style of found footage.}}
* ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]'': [[Succession (main title theme)|Main title theme]] (2018–2023) ([[HBO]] series)

=== Music videos ===
* "[[Drag the Waters]]" by [[Pantera]] (1996)
* "[[Babalon A.D. (So Glad for the Madness)|Babalon A.D.]]" by [[Cradle of Filth]] (2003)
* "[[The Wretched Spawn|Decency Defied]]" by [[Cannibal Corpse]] (2004)
* "[[Walk with Me in Hell (song)|Walk with Me in Hell]]" by [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] (2006)
* "[[Dull Boy]]" by [[Mudvayne]] (2007)
* "[[Beauty and a Beat]]" by [[Justin Bieber]] ft. [[Nicki Minaj]] (2012)
* "[[I Need Your Love (Calvin Harris song)|I Need Your Love]]" by [[Calvin Harris]] ft. [[Ellie Goulding]] (2012)
* "[[Run on Love]]" by [[Tove Lo]] ft. [[Lucas Nord]] (2013)
* "[[One Last Time (Ariana Grande song)|One Last Time]]" by [[Ariana Grande]] (2015)
* "[[Photograph (Ed Sheeran song)|Photograph]]" by [[Ed Sheeran]] (2015)
* "[[Run Away with Me]]" by [[Carly Rae Jepsen]] (2015)
* "[[All Night (The Vamps and Matoma song)|All Night]]" by [[The Vamps (British band)|The Vamps]] (2016)
* "[[All We Know]]" by [[The Chainsmokers]] ft. [[Phoebe Ryan]] (2016)
* "[[Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran song)|Galway Girl]]" by [[Ed Sheeran]] (2017)
* "[[What Lovers Do]]" {{small|(Lyric Video)}} by [[Maroon 5]] ft. [[SZA (singer)|SZA]] (2017)
* "[[Christmas Tree Farm]]" by [[Taylor Swift]] (2019)
* "[[Nobody's Love]]" by [[Maroon 5]] (2020)
* "[[Glimpse of Us]]" by [[Joji (musician)|Joji]] (2022)
* "[[Past Won't Leave My Bed|Past won't leave my bed]] by Joji (2025)

=== Web series ===
* ''[[Backrooms (web series)|Backrooms]]'' (2022–present)
* ''[[Ben Drowned]]'' (2010–2012; 2020)
* ''[[Gemini Home Entertainment]]'' (2019–present)
* ''GREYLOCK'' (2023–present)
* ''[[Local 58]]'' (2015–present)
* ''[[Petscop]]'' (2017–2019)
* ''[[No Through Road (web series)|No Through Road]]'' (2009–2012)<ref>{{cite web|last=Peters|first=Lucia|title=The Weird Part Of YouTube: The Making Of "''No Through Road''" And The Power Of Unanswered Questions|url=https://theghostinmymachine.com/2020/11/16/the-weird-part-of-youtube-the-making-of-no-through-road-and-the-power-of-unanswered-questions-found-footage-stevenage-broomhill-farm-time-loop|website=The Ghost in My Machine|access-date=November 16, 2020|date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116175053/https://theghostinmymachine.com/2020/11/16/the-weird-part-of-youtube-the-making-of-no-through-road-and-the-power-of-unanswered-questions-found-footage-stevenage-broomhill-farm-time-loop/|archive-date=November 16, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kok|first=Nestor|title=Ghosts in the Machine: Trick-Editing, Time Loops, and Terror in "''No Through Road''"|url=https://fnewsmagazine.com/2022/03/ghosts-in-the-machine-trick-editing-time-loops-and-terror-in-no-through-road|website=[[School of the Art Institute of Chicago#F Newsmagazine|F Newsmagazine]]|access-date=March 18, 2022|date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Marble Hornets]]'' (2009–2014)
* ''[[The Mandela Catalogue]]'' (2021–present)

== See also ==
* [[Analog horror]]
* [[Cinéma vérité]]
* [[Epistolary novel]]
* [[Fictional book]]
* [[Hoax]]
* [[Mockumentary]]
* [[Point-of-view shot|Point-of-view cinema]]
* [[Pseudo-documentary]]
* [[Screenlife]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-found-footage-movies/ Top 100 Best Found Footage Movies] on [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
* [https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-found-footage-movies/ The 22 Best Found Footage Movies] on [[IndieWire]]
* [https://variety.com/gallery/ten-best-found-footage-films-5-worst-blair-witch-project-paranormal-activity/blair-witch-tiff-2/ 10 Terrifying Found Footage Films (and 5 That Should’ve Stayed Lost)] on [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] 
* [https://ew.com/best-found-footage-movies-ranked-8710733 The 25 best found footage movies of all time] on [[Entertainment Weekly]]
* [https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-found-footage-films 10 great found-footage films] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* [https://foundfootagehorrormovies.com Found Footage Horror Reviews] at [[:Category:Found footage films]]

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