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10 Best Movies Like Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

If you loved Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

2011★ 7.6

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

FOO FIGHTERS BACK AND FORTH chronicles the 16 year history of the Foo Fighters: from the band's very first songs created as cassette demos Dave Grohl recorded during his tenure as ...

#2
A Band Called Death

A Band Called Death

2013★ 7.2

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

Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black...

#3
The Miracle

The Miracle

2009★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal: A Headbanger's Journey for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film is based on real events that took place in Samara in 1956 and known as the "Standing Zoe." During the holiday girl, without waiting her betrothed, removes the icon from th...

#4
Just, Melvin: Just Evil

Just, Melvin: Just Evil

2000★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal: A Headbanger's Journey for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary about a man who molested generations of his children and stepchildren....

#5
The Bus

The Bus

1974★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal: A Headbanger's Journey for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away....

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Hanna's Journey

Hanna's Journey

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal: A Headbanger's Journey for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A German girl travels to Israel to help people with disabilities, where she learns a lot about the role of her grandparents in WWII and meets a man who wants to move to Berlin....