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1990s

The decade that made found footage famous, ending with The Blair Witch Project in 1999. It also brought Ghostwatch, Man Bites Dog, The Last Broadcast and Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County.

42 films

Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful1991
Report on Latent Narcotic Substances in the Brain: Drugless1991
Bob Roberts1992
Das Fest des Huhnes1992
Ghostwatch1992
Man Bites Dog1992
America's Deadliest Home Video1993
Fear of a Black Hat1993
The Forbidden Quest1993
The Making of '...And God Spoke'1993
The Search for One-eye Jimmy1994
Without Warning1994
Dadetown1995
Forgotten Silver1995
Le dossier B.1995
Little Sister1995
Focus1996
Hard Core Logo1996
Mňága - Happy End1996
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson1996
Waiting for Guffman1996
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn1997
Violence Men1997
Who's the Caboose?1997
20 Dates1998
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County1998
The Last Broadcast1998
Where's Marlowe?1998
World War Three1998
Bigger Than Tina1999
Celluloid Nightmares1999
Chi Girl1999
Curse of the Blair Witch1999
Dill Scallion1999
Dirty Cop No Donut1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous1999
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 11999
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 21999
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 31999
Screwed in Tallinn1999
The Blair Clown Project1999
The Blair Witch Project1999

Also 4 hybrid films tagged 1990s (only partly found footage)

1990s in Numbers

42 films · Busiest year: 1999 · 12 countries

The earliest 1990s film on the site is Report on Latent Narcotic Substances in the Brain: Drugless (1991). 1999 was the busiest year, with 13 films.

Essential 1990s Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

The Blair Witch Project1999The Last Broadcast1998Ghostwatch1992Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County1998Man Bites Dog1992Without Warning1994America's Deadliest Home Video1993The Forbidden Quest1993

Films per Year

  • 19900
  • 19912 5%
  • 19924 10%
  • 19934 10%
  • 19942 5%
  • 19954 10%
  • 19965 12%
  • 19973 7%
  • 19985 12%
  • 199913 31%

Top Countries

  1. United States23
  2. Japan7
  3. United Kingdom4
  4. Belgium2
  5. Germany2