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Found Footage That Isn't Horror

416 films, 37 partly found footage

Found footage is not only shaky cameras in dark woods. The format works for comedy, sci-fi, crime, drama and war films too - stories told through a camera, a phone or a screen inside the film. These are all the found footage films on the site that are not horror.

Not sure where to start? Found Footage Beyond Horror is our hand-picked list of the best ones.

Comedy

245 films

Mockumentaries, spoofs, party films and fake documentaries played for laughs.

Man Bites Dog1992Comedy · Crime
Project X2012Comedy
The Dirties2013Comedy · Crime · Drama
The Virginity Hit2010Comedy
The Magician2005Comedy · Crime · Drama
Coopers' Camera2008Comedy
Wizard's Way2013Comedy
Fell, Jumped or Pushed2016Comedy
Internet Famous2016Comedy
Best Night Ever2013Comedy
The Wedding Video2012Comedy
Death of a Man in the Balkans2012Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

38 films

Superpowers, space missions, time travel and alien visits - without the horror.

Chronicle2012Drama · Sci-Fi
Europa Report2013Sci-Fi · Thriller
Project Almanac2015Sci-Fi · Thriller
The Dinosaur Project2012Adventure · Sci-Fi
Lunopolis2010Mystery · Sci-Fi
Without Warning1994Sci-Fi · TV Movie
The Darkest Dawn2016Action · Sci-Fi
Alien Outpost2014Action · Sci-Fi · Thriller
Ever Since the World Ended2001Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi
The Rocket List2015Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi
UFO: Secret Video1986Sci-Fi
The History of Time Travel2014Drama · Sci-Fi

Crime, Thriller & Mystery

71 films

Investigations, heists, stalkers and screen thrillers.

Searching2018Mystery · Thriller
Exhibit A2007Drama · Thriller
Alone with Her2006Crime · Thriller
Missing2023Mystery · Thriller
Profile2018Drama · Thriller
Punishment Park1971Drama · Thriller
Operation Avalanche2016Thriller
Open Windows2014Crime · Thriller
Look2007Thriller
Population Zero2016Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Safari2013Thriller
The Upper Footage2013Crime · Drama

Drama & Romance

44 films

Diaries, family stories, love stories and fake documentaries about real life.

Zero Day2002Drama
King Kelly2012Drama
Victor's History2017Drama
A Girl Like Her2015Drama
The Connection1961Drama
Interview with the Assassin2002Drama
Intolerance: No More2019Drama
The Bambi Effect2011Drama
When Today Ends2021Drama
R#J2021Drama
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan2004TV Movie
Black Tape: A Tehran Diary, the Videotape Fariborz Kamkari Found in the Garbage2002Drama

Action & Adventure

11 films

Expeditions, quests and action told through cameras inside the story.

The Forbidden Quest1993Adventure · Mystery
The Borneo Incident2013Adventure · Thriller
Default2014Action · Mystery · Thriller
911: Officer Down2018Action · Crime · Thriller
Predators of the Deep: The Hunt for the Lost Four2023Adventure · Drama · Thriller
The Jesus Tapes2026Drama · Family · Mystery
Amsterdam Vigilance2025Action · Thriller
The Workout2025Action
False Flag2018Action · Drama
Mobster2013Action · Crime · Drama
Il mundial dimenticato2011Adventure

War

7 films

Soldiers and reporters filming on the battlefield.

Redacted2007Drama · War
The War Game1966Drama · TV Movie · War
Stay Online2023Drama · Thriller · War
September Tapes2004Drama · Thriller · War
World War Three1998Drama · TV Movie · War
84C MoPic1989Drama · War
Culloden1964Drama · TV Movie · War

Partly Found Footage

37 films

Hybrid films without horror: normal films with found footage parts.

LSD 2: Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 22024Comedy · Crime · Drama · Romance · Thriller
Diamante2022Comedy · Drama
Dashcam2021Mystery · Thriller
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm2020Comedy
J'irai mourir dans les Carpates2020Comedy · Mystery · Thriller
The Nowhere Inn2020Comedy · Drama · Thriller
Use Me2019Thriller
Stadium Anthems2018Comedy · Drama
The Other Side of the Wind2018Drama
DRIB2017Comedy · Drama
Rewind2017Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller
Everlasting2016Crime · Drama · Mystery · Romance · Thriller

How we pick them: the film has no horror genre on TMDB or on IMDb, and it is not sold as found footage horror. Each film appears once, in the section of its main genre.