Summary
If you and your friends have been having fun creating your own found-footage horror adventures playingContent Warning, why not check out a few movies that capture that same feeling? After all, since the advent of the camera, there have been people trying to capture the supernatural. And, since the advent of clout, there have been people doing very stupid things.
Found footage, the genre Content Warning is based around, takes advantage of both of these things in an attempt to deliver more realistic scares. So get your favorite Content Warning co-op together, put yourselves in the shoes of people holding cameras who are willing to risk it all, and have a game night, movie night double feature.
Jun 29, 2025
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Why wouldanyonevoluntarily dive into a secluded lake to explore the haunted house completely submerged at the bottom of it? For the views, of course. Much like your goal in Content Warning, these two YouTubers are looking for something so unique that people will have no choice but to watch it.
Predictably, this all goes horribly wrong. While The Deep House doesn’t have the best execution of a very cool idea and setting (there’s a lot to do with underwater horror), it’s still a decent movie for getting yourself in the found-footage mood.
Netflix
Content Warning may end when all of you die (or succeed in capturing your footage and uploading it), but aren’t you interested in seeing the aftermath of the creatures you encounter? Incantation is a non-chronological found-footage movie that jumps between the inciting incident (a group of friends filming things they shouldn’t be, what else), and the consequences of that night of filming.
Though it’s a little confusing at times, the film nonetheless has an interesting twist. It encourages audience participation too, which is a fun, immersive element.
Hoopla, Amazon Prime (by region)
If you’ve dabbled in found footage, you’ve probably heard of Koji Shiraishi (maybe from the Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi mockumentary series). Noroi: The Curse is the best known of his movies, capturing his signature sense of creeping dread built up by a myriad of found footage from news broadcasts to interviews.
If what you like about Content Warning is the idea of a real person (paranormal investigator Masafumi Kobayashi) finding the supernatural (the titular curse) behind a camera, this is a good movie for you. It’s a very slow build, but that just makes it feel more real.
June 12, 2025
AMC+, Sling TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Fandago, Apple TV
With a more tongue-and-cheek tone, like Content Warning, this movie follows a disgraced YouTuber trying to win back viewers by livestreaming himself spending the night in a haunted house. And it wouldn’t be much of a movie if that house wasn’t actually haunted.
With a few good scares, this movie also lets you experience the catharsis of watching a very annoying YouTuber face some real consequences. If you’re looking for a more lighthearted found-footage film, this is a good pick.
YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Fandago
A team made up of researchers searching for Flamel’s Philosopher’s Stone and experienced French explorers of the Paris Catacombs delves deep under the city of lights. More action-based than scary, this movie feels like the gameplay of Content Warning as characters race around the catacombs encountering various monsters.
Oh, and an interesting fact about this movie: it is, for some reason, the only movie ever filmed inside theactualParis catacombs. Which is a detail that really enhances viewing.
Found-footage movies are not known for their fast-paced, action-based plots, but [REC] turns that expectation on its head. In it, a camera person and a reporter are doing what seems like a standard report in an apartment building. But what starts as a normal morning quickly turns intothe start of a zombie apocalypse.
What makes this movie like Content Warning is how ridiculously committed to holding that camera the camera person remains no matter what happens around him, anda lothappens.
July 05, 2025
Tubi, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Fandago, PLEX, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play
This movie parodies the classic paranormal reality TV crew, playing up roles like psychic, host, and paranormal expert. This time, though, they’ve met their match in an abandoned psychiatric hospital. This is because it is, in fact, haunted, and once they’re inside they can’t get back out.
While it takes a minute to really kick into gear, this movie offers anyone who has ever wanted to see a paranormal reality TV show encounter something real a satisfying conclusion. Like Content Warning, you also get a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of the recording.
July 18, 2025
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A double-dose of found-footage Hell House LLC follows a woman producing a documentary on a tragic incident that happened at a haunted house. There’s not only get the footage from the documentary, but also the set-up of this haunted house, filmed by the group who runs them.
The problem? This group has chosen to set up a fake haunted house in a very real haunted house, and, like in Content Warning, they’re filming the process to hype it up so that people come. This movie is available for free, and it’s well worth checking out for found footage fans.
Jun 05, 2025
The Roku Channel, PLEX, Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV, Fandago
The Blair Witch Projectis the classic found-footage film, one that defined the genre and inspired a handful of games. The interviews feel incredibly authentic, the tension is well-earned, and that ending is downright chilling.
Just be warned that it’s a little slow at times, but that’s part of the authenticity of the project. Hopefully, though, your team in Content Warning is better put together than this team ends up being.
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There isn’t a movie that better captures what you’re doing in Content Warning. Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum follows two YouTube groups, specializing in paranormal investigation and teaming up to create the ultimate livestream experience and get a million views. This movie does a great job of setting up the characters and their ambitions, making sure you’re a little attached to them as personalities, and then taking them out one by one.
One of the scarier found footage movies, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, delivers moments of high tension, well-timed jump scares, and a fantastic ending. All while feeling like you’re watching actual YouTubers.
