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10 Best Movies Like Global Metal

If you loved Global Metal, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

2005★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Global Metal for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, bla...

#2
Get Thrashed

Get Thrashed

2006★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Global Metal for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Get Thrashed traces the rise, fall and impact of thrash metal; from its early years, through its influence on grunge, nu metal and today's heavy metal scene. It is the story of the...

#3
Cream: Royal Albert Hall

Cream: Royal Albert Hall

2005★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Global Metal for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The legendary rock trio of Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton--two jazz musicians and a blues guitarist--was one of the most influential bands of the 1960s, even though the...

#4
The Listening

The Listening

2006★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Global Metal for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening stati...

#5
Heavy Metal Parking Lot

Heavy Metal Parking Lot

1986★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Global Metal for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (since demolished) in Landover, Maryland, on May 31, 1986, before ...

#6
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Global Metal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Victor Frankenstein is a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments ...