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Camcorder

The classic found footage look: a handheld camcorder, timestamps, tape noise and someone who never stops recording. One of the most common formats on the site, used in Cloverfield, Creep, Hell House LLC and Paranormal Activity.

390 films

Absence2013
Absinthe2012
Actually Happened! Most Terrifying Psychic Phenomena. Psychic Research Team Report. Relived.2004
Afflicted2013
After Chernobyl2021
The Age Mate2024
AGONi2015
Alan at Night2025
Alien Abduction2014
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County1998
Aliens: Zone of Silence2017
Alone with Her2006
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story2015
Amber Alert2012
America's Deadliest Home Video1993
The Amityville Haunting2011
The Amityville Lost Tape2025
Amityville Ride-Share2023
Amityville: No Escape2016
Apartment 1432011
Apparition of Evil2014
Area 512015
Area 4072012
Atrocious2010
Attached: Paranormal2021
The Bake Street Hauntings2011
The Bambi Effect2011
Basement2011
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne2015
Beckoning the Butcher2013
The Bell Witch Haunting2013
Big Break2026
The Big Finish2000
The Bigfoot Diaries2009
Black Eyed Children: Let Me In2015
Black Tape: A Tehran Diary, the Videotape Fariborz Kamkari Found in the Garbage2002
Black Water Vampire2014
The Black-Eyed Children2025
Blackout2013
Blackwood Evil2000
The Blair Clown Project1999
Blair Witch2016
The Blair Witch Project1999
Bryan Loves You2008
Butterfly Kisses2018
By Day's End2020
Cam - Fürchte die Dunkelheit2010
Case 19: Vichchhiya2024

Also 24 hybrid films tagged Camcorder (only partly found footage)

Also 84 short films tagged Camcorder (free to watch right here)

Camcorder in Numbers

390 films · 1986-2026 · Peak: 2010s · 33 countries

The earliest Camcorder film on the site is UFO: Secret Video (1986). The 2010s brought the most, with 235 films, and 2013 was the busiest single year with 36.

Essential Camcorder Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

The Blair Witch Project1999Creep2014Paranormal Activity2007Hell House LLC2015Cloverfield2008V/H/S2012Creep 22017V/H/S/22013

Films per Decade

  • 1980s2 <1%
  • 1990s8 2%
  • 2000s70 18%
  • 2010s235 60%
  • 2020s75 19%

Top Countries

  1. United States226
  2. Japan59
  3. United Kingdom38
  4. Canada17
  5. India7