10 Found Footage Movies That Are Actually Worth Your Time

10. Cloverfield

A group of friends at a farewell party are recording their testimonials and best wishes to their relocating chum when the city is besieged by a monster that has no problem shot-putting the Statue of Liberty through the New York streets.

Admittedly, there are definitely some peripheral things to dislike about Cloverfield. And like a partially-healed scab, it's tempting to pick at those flaky edges until only the thick, purposeful shell remains.

So get rid of the side story about a rekindled love - the same love story that would force the protagonist into stupidly risky situations that make the whole "don't go into the basement!" idiocy of regular horror movies feel downright clever - and pluck away comic relief Hud's (TJ Miller) unexplained refusal to drop the camera when running away from Godzilla's more destructive cousin.

This is a first-person disaster flick stuffed inside a horror movie, and the demolition of New York City is a sinister kind of fun, much like the perverse pleasure you get watching these purposely-insufferable twenty-somethings get picked off one by one while their friend captures it all on home video.