Highest-Rated Movies about 'Heavy Metal', Sort by Popularity

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008), Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004), Tribute (2001), The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), The Devil's Candy (2015), Until the Light Takes Us (2008), The Devil's Candy (2015), Burning Men (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Heavy Metal movies.

#1. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

Storyline: 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, despite never hitting the big time. 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.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: guitarist, drummer, hilarious, inspiring, sad, canada, europe ...

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#2. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

Storyline: Some Kind of Monster is a music documentary about Metallica's making of their album St. Anger and the difficulties they had to go through in the process. The directors shot over 1200 hours and followed the band around night and day for over a year to create this documentary.—Mathias Nielsen

Plot Keywords: rock star, producer, alcoholic, painter, therapist, engaging, tense ...

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#3. Tribute (2001)

Storyline: Tribute is a feature rockumentary about music's strangest subculture: tribute bands. Tribute bands go to extraordinary lengths to re-create the experience of rock supergroups like Kiss, Journey, Judas Priest and Queen. The result can be anything from an emotionally potent nostalgia trip, to something more like Spinal Tap. Tribute follows the on- and off-stage struggles of tribute bands and their fans in their quest to live their rock dreams. Together they face band members quitting, soul-sucking day jobs, even bandmates who take the impersonation far too far.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: fan, singer, guitarist, musician, hysterical, campy, quirky ...

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#5. The Devil's Candy (2015)

Storyline: Metal music, paint, and family are the passions of struggling painter, Jesse, who lives a happy life with his wife, and daughter. Things look brighter when Jesse's finds a huge old house, in rural Texas, selling at a very low price, due to its mysterious past. They move in and Jesse converts the barn into a studio, But soon, his work starts taking on a new, darker flavour - and things get even more ominous when the hulking, unbalanced son of the former owners, appears on the doorstep. Jesse's family won't be safe until they find a way to quiet the Devil himself.

Plot Keywords: painter, wife, daughter, heavy metal fan, possessed person, preacher, chilling ...

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#6. Until the Light Takes Us (2008)

Storyline: This documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the controversial Norwegian black metal scene of the 1990s, an idealistic and innovative musical movement marred by jealous infighting and an unfortunate campaign of public violence. Drummer Leif Gylve "Fenriz" Nagell of Darkthrone and Varg Vikernes of Mayhem -- an innovative but troubled musician who spent over a decade behind bars for the murder of black-metal guitarist Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth -- tell their stories.

Plot Keywords: singer, guitarist, criminal, religious person, shocking, passionate, powerful ...

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#7. The Devil's Candy (2015)

Storyline: School's out for summer... but not at the Bannister house! When their beloved dog Zeus (voiced by Mario Lopez) destroys a party planned by Belinda (Elisa Donovan), Grandma (Mindy Sterling) suggests they send him to obedience school. Things start off on the wrong paw when Zeus's owner George (Gary Valentine) runs afoul of the school's no-nonsense instructor Vernon (Martin Kove) and Zeus manages to fail every lesson. To make matters worse, Vernon's K-9 assistant, Apollo (voiced by William Zabka) makes class no dog-gone fun. With Zeus failing to improve, the Bannister children Kara and Ben (Francesca Capaldi and Cole Jensen) fear that the pound may be Zeus's next stop. Desperate to turn things around, Zeus enlists the help of a janitor, Mr. Lee (James Hong), who shares his unique training methods. Will Zeus' newfound skills help him win top dog at the school's showcase and foil a trio of bumbling thieves (Dean Cain, Patrick Muldoon, Joey "Coco" Diaz) determined to make this a bummer summer?

Plot Keywords: painter, wife, daughter, heavy metal fan, possessed person, preacher, chilling ...

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#8. Burning Men (2019)

Storyline: When young musicians Ray (Ed Hayter) and Don (Aki Omoshaybi) are evicted from their South London squat, they decide to sell their precious vinyl collection and fly to Memphis in search of their destiny. Frustrated by the shortfall in funds, they steal an uber-rare Black Metal record at a Camden record fair and head out of town to sell it. As they drive north in their beaten-up Volvo Amazon, picking up hitchhiker Susie (Elinor Crawley) en route, they find themselves stalked by dark forces apparently unleashed by the devil disc they have stolen.

Plot Keywords: musician, thief, hitchhiker, squatter, stoner, traveler, engaging ...

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