Movies Like Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

2012·2h 15m·★ 8.4·Wayne Isham

3 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich2 shared crewDir. Wayne Isham

Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City

2009·2h 25m·★ 8.5·Wayne Isham

3 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Lars UlrichDir. Wayne IshamMusic & Documentary

Metallica: Cunning Stunts

1998·2h 10m·★ 8.3·Wayne Isham

4 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Lars UlrichDir. Wayne Isham

Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock

1991·1h 20m·★ 9.1·Wayne Isham

4 shared cast incl. Kirk Hammett & James HetfieldDir. Wayne Isham

The Big Four: Live in Sofia

2010·5h 19m·★ 8.6·Nick Wickham

3 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Lars UlrichMusic & Documentary

Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

1992·3h 56m·★ 8.1·Adam Dubin

4 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Kirk HammettDocumentary & Music

Metallica: Cliff 'Em All

1987·1h 30m·★ 8.4·Doug Freel

3 shared cast incl. Kirk Hammett & James HetfieldDocumentary & Music

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2004·2h 20m·★ 7.5·Bruce Sinofsky

4 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Lars UlrichDocumentary & Music

Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica

2001·50m·★ 7.6·Matthew Longfellow

5 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Kirk HammettDocumentary & Music

Metallica: Through the Never

2013·1h 33m·★ 7.1·Nimród Antal

3 shared cast incl. James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich

Metallica: This Monster Lives

2014·26m·★ 6.0·Joe Berlinger

3 shared cast incl. Kirk Hammett & James Hetfield

Mission to Lars

2015·1h 14m·★ 6.7·William Spicer

3 shared cast incl. Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield

Dont Look Back

1967·1h 36m·★ 7.9·D. A. Pennebaker

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2022·1h 5m·★ 8.9·Peter Jackson

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2011·1h 34m·★ 7.4·Mike Fleiss

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2014·41m·★ 7.8

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