Entertainment Weekly’s list features plenty of horror classics in addition to select dramas and action films.
In some cases, theyre worlds wed neverwantto visit.
Here isEntertainment Weeklys ranking of the 25 best found footage movies of all time.
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Where to watchSearching:Starz
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This isnt high art, but its still a notably inventive computer-based thriller.
Where to watchUnfriended: Dark Web:Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
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Admittedly, the found footage concept is shaky here.
Yet Ayers film is an undeniably powerful one.
It works effortlessly as both a gritty urban thriller and a stirring testament to friendship and brotherhood.
Blumhouse Productions
Where to watchEnd of Watch: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
22.
Levinsons movie is one of the most convincingly documentary-like in the found footage subgenre.
Where to watchThe Bay: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
21.
Scott Garfield/Open Road
Their similar storylines are likely just a coincidence.
Where to watchThe Last Broadcast:Tubi
20.
Its not a spoiler to say theres more truth to the legend than either anticipated.
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Where to watchWillow Creek: Peacock
19.
After Megan disappears while going to meet him, Amy resolves to find out what happened to her friend.
Where to watchMegan Is Missing:Tubi
18.
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Where to watchVHS 2:Hulu
17.
Where to watchThe Poughkeepsie Tapes:Tubi
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Directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz wisely employ a slow build with sharp writing and character development up top.
Dark Sky Films
In other words, its an absolute blast.
Where to watchGrave Encounters:Tubi
15.
Suffice it to say, the United Nations wont be screening Deodatos movie anytime soon.
Trio Pictures
Yet while lacking in decency and, frankly, class,Cannibal Holocaustfeatures extremely effective queasy quasi-realism.
Its also an undeniably significant cinematic relic that set many ground rules for found footage.
Where to watchCannibal Holocaust:Peacock
14.
Magnolia Pictures
Its scares are well-executed with generous character development and likable performances from the entire cast.
Where to watchHost:AMC+
13.
The Taking of Deborah Loganis a high-water mark for found footage.
Scream Factory
Its a tricky, intelligent balancing act that director Adam Robitel pulls off with aplomb.
Where to watchThe Taking of Deborah Logan: Tubi
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Where to watchCloverfield:Paramount+
11.
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Chronicle (2012)
Josh Tranks riveting inversion of the superhero mythos birthed the careers ofDane DeHaanandMichael B. Jordan.
But the abilities bring out the darker sides of some, imperiling the world as the kids know it.
Where to watchChronicle:Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
10.
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Where to watchGhostwatch:AMC+
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Things seem normal at first but quickly devolve once nighttime rolls around.
Where to watchThe Visit:Max
8.
Shudder
Little do they know, the paranormal residents there have a few genuine frights in store for them.
Gonjiamgets terrific mileage from a well-trod premise.
Where to watchGonjiam: Haunted Asylum:Tubi
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Millennium Entertainment
Where to watchTrollhunter: Max
6.
Hell Housetakes its time spinning the tale of misfortune that befalls the central investigators.
Perhaps most astonishingly, the movie manages to make creepy clowns that shopworn trope genuinely frightening again.
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Where to watchHell House LLC:AMC+
5.
Where to watchParanormal Activity: Max
4.
Where to watchLake Mungo:Tubi
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Where to watchRec:Tubi
2.
Where to watchCreep:Netflix
1.
Its remarkable how atmospheric the movie is without treating its natural environment in any substantial way.
Shudder
Directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez keep a tight rein on this surreal, nightmarish classic.
Where to watchThe Blair Witch Project:Peacock
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Fbi Films
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