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Screenlife

Films told almost entirely on computer and phone screens: video calls, chats, browser windows and livestreams. A modern take on found footage, with films like Unfriended, Searching and Host.

87 films

B-Day!2018
Bad Ben 8: Pandemic2020
Bloat2025
#Blue_Whale2021
C U Soon2020
#Captured2017
Cat Cam2026
#ChadGetsTheAxe2022
Chain Reaction2021
Chatter2015
Christmas Staycation2020
The Collingswood Story2002
Comisery2020
Compliance2026
Confined2021
Connectés2020
Content2025
CTRL2024
Cursor2022
Deadware2021
Death Web2024
Demo_n2024
Demonetized2023
The Den2013
Detention 1012023
Distancing Socially2021
Don't Log Off2025
E-Demon2016
The End Is #Trending2026
The End of Love2019
#FBF2023
Followed2018
Ghost Webcam2023
GOLEM.AI2025
GroupChat2025
Host2020
How to Hack Your Boss2021
Howdy, Neighbor!2023
Hunter Among Us2026
I Haven't Done Anything2022
Invited2024
Language Lessons2021
Leech2024
LifeHack2025
Livescream2018
Livescreamers2023
Lockdown2020
Love All Over Your Face2024

Also 3 hybrid films tagged Screenlife (only partly found footage)

Also 9 short films tagged Screenlife (free to watch right here)

Screenlife in Numbers

87 films · 2002-2026 · Peak: 2020s · 20 countries

The earliest Screenlife film on the site is The Collingswood Story (2002). The 2020s brought the most, with 68 films, and 2020 was the busiest single year with 16.

Essential Screenlife Films

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

Host2020Unfriended2014Unfriended: Dark Web2018The Den2013Spree2020Searching2018Followed2018Ratter2015

Films per Decade

  • 2000s1 1%
  • 2010s18 21%
  • 2020s68 78%

Top Countries

  1. United States54
  2. India6
  3. United Kingdom6
  4. Spain4
  5. Russia4