Movies like Not Found 30 (2017)
The best movies like Not Found 30 (2017) are Curse of the Blair Witch (1999), V/H/S/94 (2021) and V/H/S/99 (2022). If Not Found 30 hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedNoroi: The Curse (2005)6.9/10 from 474 votes
- NewestV/H/S/Halloween (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman (2012)Also in Japanese
Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)
A mockumentary exploring the legend of the Blair Witch and the case of the three missing student filmmakers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/94 (2021)
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/99 (2022)
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisV/H/S (2012)
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman (2012)
1st Entry in a mockumentary series from Koji Shiraishi. Depicts a TV crew as they cover the urban legend of "Kuchisake-Onna" or "Slit-Mouthed Woman".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhoenix Forgotten (2017)
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/2 (2013)
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParanormal Activity (2009)
After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrankenstein's Army (2013)
Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Blair Witch Project (1999)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bay (2012)
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)
A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered on their footage is even more disturbing than anything found on the Hell House tapes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHell House LLC (2015)
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNoroi: The Curse (2005)
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHaunter (2013)
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/Halloween (2025)
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrange Harvest (2025)
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParanormal Activity 3 (2011)
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRing 2 (1999)
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHonto ni Atta! Noroi No Video 78 (2018)
The top monopoly in the psychic horror documentary. A video was taken to post the railroad crossing rumored to be a ghost on a video site. Six other videos posted.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 72 (2017)
72nd entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 74 (2017)
74th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Honto ni Atta! Noroi No Video 70 (2016)
Dominating the top spot among psychic horror documentaries. Can you face the truth reflected by the camera? A video of the Marionette poster's husband playing with the puppets he bought for his daughter. A bloody woman's face is reflected on the edge of the shelf behind her husband's puppet. Six other posted videos are included.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 71 (2017)
71th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Near (2023)
Hollis suffers from an affliction; anyone who gets too close to him dies.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Fly on the Wall (2018)
A young man uses a bug camera to spy on his ex-girlfriend, then witnesses her abduction.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Blood Mountain (2017)
Three mountain bikers have a deadly encounter with some hunters on Blood Mountain.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Visher (2024)
An online scammer's obsession with a woman takes a nightmarish turn when he witnesses a haunting series of events within her home, all through the lens of her webcam.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Bad Ben (2016)
Tom Riley thought he was getting the deal of a lifetime when he bought a house below market value at a Sheriff's sale. He invested every penny he had with the plan of flipping the home for a profit. Once he owned it, however, he noticed strange happenings, all of which were captured on 21 Surveillance Cameras located throughout the home inside and out. At first, he thought people were breaking in, but he soon realized he was dealing with something Paranormal.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Not Found 30?
The closest matches to Not Found 30 are Curse of the Blair Witch (1999), V/H/S/94 (2021) and V/H/S/99 (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Not Found 30?
Start with Curse of the Blair Witch (1999), the closest match to Not Found 30.
What is the highest-rated movie like Not Found 30?
Noroi: The Curse (2005), rated 6.9/10 by 474 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Not Found 30?
V/H/S/Halloween (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Not Found 30?
Yes: Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman (2012), Noroi: The Curse (2005) and Ring 2 (1999).
How are movies similar to Not Found 30 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Not Found 30, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.