I built this list for /r/documentaries, I thought it would be useful here as well. I've only seen a handful of these myself, so the list in is no picticular order. I'm only linking to IMDB or Wikipedia. It's up to you to find your source. cheers!
- Metal: A Headbangers Journey 2005 - Dunn sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its origins, culture, controversy, and the reasons it is loved by so many people)
- Global Metal (2008 - Follow up to A Headbangers Journey, it aims to show the impact of globalization on the heavy metal underground as well as how different people from different cultures are transforming heavy metal music)
- Metal Evolution (2011 TV - 11 Part series directed by anthropologist and film-maker Sam Dunn (Headbangers Journey) and director, producer and music supervisor Scot McFadyen about heavy metal subgenres, with new episodes airing every Friday)
- Get Thrashed (2006 - The journey begins in the early 80s, where Metallica and several other bands laid the groundwork for what would become a lasting impression on the face of heavy metal music)
- Until the Lights Take Us (2008 - Chronicles the history, ideology and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal)
- Heavy Metal in Bagdad (2007 - The filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi, track down the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda amidst the Iraq War.)
- True Norwegian Black Metal (2007 - 5 Part Documentary covers some aspects of the life of black metal vocalist Gaahl - renowned for his work with Gorgoroth and Trelldom)
- Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life (2006 - This documentary is a considered look at the continuing story of Metal, in the words of the people that make it, live it, breathe it and keep it vital.)
- The Decline of Western Civilization, Part II: The Metal Years (1988 - This movie may be responsible for some of metal's worst stereotypes, but it has no shortage of great scenes, from Ozzy cooking breakfast to CHRIS HOLMES chugging vodka in his swimming pool to MEGADETH's show-stopping finale)
- Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986 - The film 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))
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008 - a 2008 documentary film about the Canadian heavy metal band, Anvil)
- Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (2009 - A chronological account of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 world tour through India, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, Mexico and South America in a jet piloted by the band's front man, Bruce Dickinson.)
- Lemmy (2010 - A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister. It features interviews with many friends, peers, and admirers)
- Some Kind of Monster (2004 - Following Metallica for the better part of 2001-2003, a time of tension and release for the band, as they recorded their album St. Anger)
- This is spinal tap (1984 - Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour) Thanks demonic357
- God Bless Ozzy Osbourne (2011 - Ozzy Osbourne's four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now.) Thanks Tenchimyo
- Full Metal Village (2007 - documentary film about the lives of the residents of a small village in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival.) Thanks Tenchimyo
- Such Hawks Such Sound (2008 - explores the music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007, focusing on the psychedelic and '70s proto-metal-derived styles that have in recent years formed a rich body of unclassifiable sounds) Thanks sebu
- Metal Redartation (2009 - Whether he irritated the bands or made them laugh, his antics made for interviews that you couldn't stop reading, and now the craziest moments have been compiled in one gigantic collection!) Thanks shaigorath
- Heavy: The Story of Metal (2006 TV - Four part documentary that focuses on the origins, subgenres, and the bands of heavy metal music, paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, who helped to define heavy metal in its early years.) Thanks bongowongowongo
- VH1 Behind the music (TV - Different Bands/Years: AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Ozzy Osbourne, Motely Crue, Quiet Riot, RATT, Pantera, ) Thanks executex
- One upon a Time in Norway (2007 - Interviews with central members of early Norwegian black metal bands about Mayhem, the early black metal scene and the crimes they committed.) Thanks BirdyWithWings
- Working Class Rock Star (2007 - The lives and struggles of touring musicians as they expose a little seen face of the music industry, and how it is changing. LoG, Gwar, SYL, The Haunted, more) thanks berzul
- Promised Land of Heavy Metal (2008 - A documentary about the history and philosophy of heavy metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country called Finland) Thanks Psyko_Koolaid
- Murder Music: A History of Black Metal (2007 TV - Themed around the musical origins of black metal, the anti-Christian sentiment of its practitioners; the controversies surrounding the criminal acts; and the paradox of a Christian form of black metal) thanks, asator
- Satan rir media (1998 - The film covers the controversy that surrounded black metal musician Varg Vikernes in the early 1990s, who not only has been tied to a series of church arsons in Norway, but received widespread media attention for the murder of Mayhem band member Øystein Aarseth.)
- Rat Skates: Born In The Basement (1987 - is the story of Skates and his early years in the industry. It's a fascinating inside look at what it took to get Overkill off the ground.) Thanks Jaymoona
- Slow Southern Steel (2011 - A film about heavy music in the modern American South, as told by the very people who have created this music during the last two decades.) thanks Mike_Unt
- Heavy Metal Roadshow (For any metal fan growing up fanzines were the bibles of underground music. Scene reports, were the vital feature that kept local scenes connected. VBS correspondent Iano Dovi brings the scene report into the digital age) thanks Pachy78
- Why you do this (2011 - is a personal story is told from the perspective of satellite engineer and vocalist Michael Dafferner, who is a member of an unknown "math-core" metal band called CAR BOMB) thanks SpacemanSpiff56
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