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10 Best Movies Like Metal Retardation

If you loved Metal Retardation, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Airheads

Airheads

1994★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal Retardation for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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...

#2
Metallica: Through the Never

Metallica: Through the Never

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal Retardation for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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....

#3
The Rocker

The Rocker

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal Retardation for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 t...

#4
Metal Lords

Metal Lords

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal Retardation for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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....

#5
Global Metal

Global Metal

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal Retardation for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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...

#6
The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

2021★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Metal Retardation for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral hist...

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