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The Hidden(1987)

3.5/5 (with 158 votes)

When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.

Almost Famous(2000)

R
| 2h 2min | Drama, Music
3.7/5 (with 1,167 votes)

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.

Sound of Metal(2020)

2h 1min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 1,049 votes)

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Metal Lords(2022)

1h 37min | Comedy, Drama, Music
3.5/5 (with 262 votes)

For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods.

Directed by Peter Sollett - With Jaeden Martell, Isis Hainsworth, Adrian Greensmith, Brett Gelman, Joe Manganiello

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure(1989)

PG
| 1h 30min | Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 836 votes)

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Wayne's World(1992)

PG-13
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Music
3.3/5 (with 958 votes)

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.

Heavy Metal(1981)

3.2/5 (with 310 votes)

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey(1991)

PG
| 1h 33min | Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 510 votes)

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.

Lords of Chaos(2018)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama, Music, Horror, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 176 votes)

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

Rock Star(2001)

R
| 1h 45min | Music, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 316 votes)

A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his kick him out of the group he founded. Things begin to look up for Izzy when he is asked to join Steel Dragon, the heavy metal rockers he had been imitating for so long. This film is loosely based on the true story of the band Judas Priest.

Airheads(1994)

PG-13
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Crime, Music
3.1/5 (with 315 votes)

The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

The Lords of Salem(2012)

R
| 1h 41min | Horror, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 368 votes)

Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

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The Rocker(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Music
3.0/5 (with 253 votes)

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.

Heavy Trip(2018)

1h 32min | Comedy, Music
3.4/5 (with 74 votes)

Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.

Directed by Jukka Vidgrén, Juuso Laatio - With Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Heikkinen, Max Ovaska, Minka Kuustonen, Chike Ohanwe, ...

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane(1990)

R
| 1h 44min | Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.0/5 (with 88 votes)

To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.

Metallica: Through the Never(2013)

R
| 1h 33min | Music
3.4/5 (with 121 votes)

Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.

The Day of the Beast(1995)

R
| 1h 43min | Action, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 218 votes)

The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, and the Italian host of a TV show on the occult. These go on a literal "trip" through Christmas-time Madrid to hunt for and prevent the reincarnation of the Antichrist.

The Devil's Candy(2017)

NR
| 1h 19min | Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 284 votes)

A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.

Deathgasm(2015)

NR
| 1h 26min | Comedy, Horror, Music
3.1/5 (with 257 votes)

Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.

Directed by Jason Lei Howden

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2(2019)

2h 30min | Music
4.4/5 (with 52 votes)

A celebration of the 20th anniversary of Metallica’s groundbreaking S&M concerts and album recorded with the San Francisco Symphony as legendary conductor Michael Tilson Thomas leads a portion of the show, kicking off his final season in San Francisco. Recorded live on September 6th and 8th.

Directed by Wayne Isham - With Metallica, San Francisco Symphony

Heavy Metal Mater(2010)

4min | Animation
3.0/5 (with 33 votes)

Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps, records a hit song, Mater becomes a rock legend. Then Lightning joins Mater's band for the rock concert of the century!

Anvil! The Story of Anvil(2008)

NR
| 1h 21min | Documentary, Music
3.8/5 (with 108 votes)

At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.

Directed by Sacha Gervasi - With Anvil, Lemmy, Lars Ulrich

Iron Maiden: Flight 666(2009)

1h 52min | Documentary, Music
3.9/5 (with 41 votes)

A chronological account of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 world tour through India, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, Mexico and South America in a jet piloted by the band's front man, Bruce Dickinson. Features interviews with the musicians, their road crew and fans.

Directed by Scot McFadyen, Sam Dunn - With Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, Lars Ulrich, Tom Morello, Doro

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey(2005)

R
| 1h 31min | Documentary, Music
3.8/5 (with 66 votes)

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, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.

Trick or Treat(1986)

R
| 1h 38min | Horror, Comedy, Music
3.1/5 (with 66 votes)

Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead teen who is bullied at school, looks to his heavy metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr, for guidance. When Curr is killed in a hotel fire, Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which, when played backwards, brings Sammi back to life. As Halloween approaches, Eddie begins to realize that this isn't only rock 'n roll...it's life and death.

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster(2004)

R
| 2h 21min | Documentary, Music
3.5/5 (with 93 votes)

After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.

Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky - With Metallica, Bruce Sinofsky, Lars Ulrich

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert(1992)

2h 55min | Music, Documentary
4.1/5 (with 17 votes)

A live concert in tribute to Freddie Mercury, former lead singer of Queen. Mercury died of AIDS and so some of the proceeds of this concert went to AIDS research. Features performers such as Metallica, Def Leppard, Elton John, Axl Rose, Extreme, George Michael, and many others. Performers alternate between doing their own hits, covering Queen songs, or jamming with the surviving members of Queen.

Directed by David Mallet

Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story(2001)

1h 30min | Drama, Music
3.5/5 (with 18 votes)

A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clark's alcohol addiction.

Directed by Robert Mandel

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years(1988)

R
| 1h 33min | Documentary, Music
3.4/5 (with 28 votes)

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..

Directed by Penelope Spheeris - With Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Megadeth, Faster Pussycat, ...

Global Metal(2008)

1h 33min | Documentary, Music
3.8/5 (with 29 votes)

In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the world's cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world's emerging extreme music scenes; from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren't just absorbing metal from the West - they're transforming it - creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.

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