Found Footage Films

Movies that are shot in order to resemble actual camera footage recovered from an event. Typically contain a fair bit of Stylistic Suck, owing to the conceit that, in-universe, they are being filmed by people who aren't professional filmmakers.

Initially becoming a sensation after The Blair Witch Project (though the concept goes back to Cannibal Holocaust in The Seventies), the subgenre saw a resurgence in popularity starting at the end of the Turn of the Millennium within the Horror genre thanks to the success of Paranormal Activity. Other recent, non-horror films utilizing the format include Chronicle and Project X, as well as the TV series The River.

Compare Mockumentary, Based On a True Story.


 * Alien Abduction Incident in Lake County
 * The Amityville Haunting
 * Apollo 18
 * August Underground
 * The Blair Witch Project
 * Cannibal Holocaust
 * Chronicle
 * Cloverfield
 * Diary of the Dead
 * The Fourth Kind
 * Grave Encounters
 * Home Movie
 * Lake Mungo
 * The Last Broadcast
 * The Last Exorcism
 * Lost Tapes (a TV series)
 * Man Bites Dog
 * Megan Is Missing
 * Noroi the Curse
 * Paranormal Activity
 * The Poughkeepsie Tapes
 * Project X
 * Quarantine
 * REC
 * The River (another TV series)
 * Tape 407
 * The Troll Hunter
 * Windigo
 * Zero Day