Movies Like Heavy Metal Mater (2010)

Heavy Metal Mater is a 2010 animation, comedy film from John Lasseter with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Airheads and Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

Animation Comedy

Airheads

1994

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.

6.2

MagicScore

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

2008

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.

7.6

MagicScore

Mater Private Eye

2010

Detective Mater is hot on the trail of a dastardly car-napping! When Tia's sister goes missing, Mater is the only car she can turn to. With this tow truck on the case, anything can happen.

6.4

MagicScore

Moon Mater

2010

Mater is the first tow truck on the moon! When an auto-naut gets stranded on his lunar mission, it's up to Mater to venture into space and tow him back to Earth (with a little help from his friend Lightning McQueen, of course).

6.4

MagicScore

Classic Albums: Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2010

The story of how the classic album "Paranoid" was made, with stories from band members to those who were influenced by its content, form and vitality. Paranoid is the second studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath. Released in September 1970, it was the band's only LP to top the UK Albums Chart until the release of 13 in 2013. Paranoid contains several of the band's signature songs, including "Iron Man", "War Pigs" and the title track, which was the band's only Top 20 hit, reaching number 4 in the UK charts. It is often regarded as one of the most quintessential and influential albums in heavy metal history.

7.1

MagicScore

Air Mater

2011

Mater's decision to fly lands him accidentally at a big airshow.

6.1

MagicScore

Time Travel Mater

2012

When a clock lands on Mater's engine, he travels back in time to 1909 where he meets Stanley, an ambitious young car on his way to California. With the help of Lightning McQueen, Mater alters history by convincing Stanley to stay and build Radiator Springs. Stanley meets Lizzie and they commemorate the opening of the new courthouse with their wedding.

6.1

MagicScore

Heavy Metal Parking Lot

1986

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 a Judas Priest concert (with opening act Dokken).

6.8

MagicScore

Holy Motors

2012

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

The Day of the Beast

1995

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.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Heavy Trip

2018

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.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Metal Lords

2022

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.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

1989

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.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

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

#15

Wayne's World

1992

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.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

Heavy Metal

1981

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

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991

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.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Deathgasm

2015

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.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

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

#20

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

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Heavy Metal Mater?

The top films similar to Heavy Metal Mater by MovieMagicScore are Airheads (6.2), Anvil! The Story of Anvil (7.6), Mater Private Eye (6.4). Each shares animation/comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Heavy Metal Mater worth watching?

Heavy Metal Mater holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 96 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Heavy Metal Mater?

Heavy Metal Mater (2010) is a animation, comedy film directed by John Lasseter, starring Larry the Cable Guy, Keith Ferguson, George Carlin.

Where can I find more recommendations like Heavy Metal Mater?

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About movies like Heavy Metal Mater

This ranked list pairs Heavy Metal Mater (2010), a animation and comedy film from John Lasseter, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Larry the Cable Guy 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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