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Handheld Camera

Found footage shot on a handheld camera carried right into the action, with all the shaking, running and sudden turns that come with it. Includes Chupacabra Territory, Hunting the Legend, She Walks the Woods and The Upper Footage.

242 films

Abnormal Activity2010
Aksbandh2016
Alien BTS2025
Alistair19182016
Altar2016
Amanuda2021
American Descent2014
American Wisper2020
Ammar 2: Cin İstilası2016
Anacoreta2022
The Andy Baker Tape2021
Asylum: The Lost Footage2013
Audition: Found Footage Film2021
The Bambi Effect2011
Before Night Falls2022
Best Night Ever2013
The Bigfoot Project2017
BlackHills.mov2023
The Blair Witch Legacy2018
Blank Page2021
Blood Moon River2017
The Blooming2016
The Borneo Incident2013
Brew House2020
Bunuwirah2020
C.A.M. Contagious Aggressive Mutations2021
Capture2017
Capture Kill Release2016
Case No. 666/20132013
Catskill Park2018
Center of Nowhere2010
Chateau2024
Chupacabra Territory2016
The Circle2020
Clout2021
Clown Footage2018
Clown Nightmare2019
The Coffin Footage2014
Comic Book: The Movie2004
Confessional2007
Conspiracy Theory2016
Creature Lake2015
Crimson2020
Crowsnest2012
Cry2018
Dabbe 4: The Possession2013
Dagr2024
Dark Amazon2014

Also 40 hybrid films tagged Handheld Camera (only partly found footage)

Also 87 short films tagged Handheld Camera (free to watch right here)

Handheld Camera in Numbers

242 films · 2000-2026 · Peak: 2010s · 38 countries

The earliest Handheld Camera film on the site is Legend of the Chupacabra (2000). The 2010s brought the most, with 134 films, and 2013 was the busiest single year with 20.

Essential Handheld Camera Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin2021The Outwaters2022Found Footage 3D2016Crowsnest2012A Record of Sweet Murder2014Capture Kill Release2016Heidi2014File 2532015

Films per Decade

  • 2000s14 6%
  • 2010s134 55%
  • 2020s94 39%

Top Countries

  1. United States123
  2. United Kingdom19
  3. Canada18
  4. Japan11
  5. Turkey9