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Psychological

Found footage where the horror comes from the human mind: obsession, manipulation, isolation and people who are not what they seem. Includes Creep, Lake Mungo, The Visit and Megan Is Missing.

59 films

Alone with Her2006
Anacoreta2022
Autohead2016
Baara Number2026
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne2015
Clout2021
Coming Apart1969
The Conspiracy2012
Creep2014
Creep 22017
Deprivation2019
The Depths2024
Descent Into Darkness: My European Nightmare2012
The Dirties2013
Don't You Recognise Me?2016
Dream Eater2025
Evil Things2009
Exhibit A2007
The Flower Tapes2020
Go to Sleep2026
Home Movie2008
House Monster2020
Hunter Among Us2026
The Industry Did It2020
The Influencer Project2026
John Doe: Video Diary of a Serial Killer2015
Lake Mungo2008
The Last Horror Movie2003
Leaving D.C.2013
Little Sister1995
Loner2025
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters2020
Masking Threshold2021
Megan Is Missing2011
Milk & Serial2024
Mr. Jones2013
Murder Box2018
Murder Death Koreatown2020
My Little Eye2002
A Necessary Death2008
A Night in the Woods2011
The Nothing2018
Prank Bros2021
Project MKHEXE2025
Puzzle Box2023
Resurrecting the Street Walker2009
The Sacrament2013
Sleep Stalker2025

Also 5 hybrid films tagged Psychological (only partly found footage)

Also 7 short films tagged Psychological (free to watch right here)

Psychological in Numbers

59 films · 1969-2026 · Peak: 2020s · 14 countries

The earliest Psychological film on the site is Coming Apart (1969). The 2020s brought the most, with 26 films, and 2020 was the busiest single year with 7.

Essential Psychological Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

Creep2014Lake Mungo2008Creep 22017The Visit2015Megan Is Missing2011The Sacrament2013Be My Cat: A Film for Anne2015The Conspiracy2012

Films per Decade

  • 1960s1 2%
  • 1990s1 2%
  • 2000s10 17%
  • 2010s20 34%
  • 2020s26 45%

Top Countries

  1. United States33
  2. United Kingdom7
  3. Canada6
  4. India3
  5. Australia3