Movies Like Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is a 2004 documentary, music film from Joe Berlinger with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Rock Star and Trick or Treat.

Documentary Music

Rock Star

2001

A wannabe rock star who fronts a Pennsylvania-based tribute band is devastated when his bandmates 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.

6.7

MagicScore

Trick or Treat

1986

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.

6.1

MagicScore

Shock 'Em Dead

1991

Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people.

4.2

MagicScore

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

1990

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.

6.1

MagicScore

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

2020

An intimate concert film, in which Taylor Swift performs each song from her album 'folklore' in order, as she reveals the meaning and the stories behind all 17 tracks for the very first time.

8.5

MagicScore

Artifact

2012

Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.

7.4

MagicScore

Sound City

2013

The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.

7.3

MagicScore

Muscle Shoals

2013

In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”

7.2

MagicScore

Ray

2004

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

Once

2007

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Love & Mercy

2015

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

That Thing You Do!

1996

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

It's All Gone Pete Tong

2004

A comedy following the tragic life of the legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie's life from being one of the best DJs alive, through a subsequent battle with a hearing disorder, culminating in his mysterious disappearance from the scene.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Her Smell

2019

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

Memoria

2021

After hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

Be Cool

2005

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

Rite Here Rite Now

2024

Whether you’re a devoted disciple looking to relive treasured memories of the GHOST live spectacle or among the curious uninitiated, RITE HERE RITE NOW will put you right there: putting your phones down and living in the moment—as a shadow of uncertainty looms—completely spellbound and in the thrall of this bombastic yet intimate cinematic portrait of GHOST.

8.8

MagicScore

#20

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

1992

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.

8.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Metallica: Some Kind of Monster?

The top films similar to Metallica: Some Kind of Monster by MovieMagicScore are Rock Star (6.7), Trick or Treat (6.1), Shock 'Em Dead (4.2). Each shares documentary/music themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Metallica: Some Kind of Monster worth watching?

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 229 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Metallica: Some Kind of Monster?

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) is a documentary, music film directed by Joe Berlinger, starring James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett.

Where can I find more recommendations like Metallica: Some Kind of Monster?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more documentary recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

This ranked list pairs Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004), a documentary and music film from Joe Berlinger, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of James Hetfield take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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