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James Hetfield

Actor · 176 credits · 24 in highly-rated films

Best known for Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City (2009)

Frequent collaborators: Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton

Best James Hetfield movies by genre

Movies (176 total, ranked by score)

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

    2009 · ★ 7.9 (42 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    1

  2. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2

    2019 · ★ 8.7 (131 votes)

    Music

    2

  3. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    2019 · ★ 7.0 (3,582 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    3

  4. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M

    1999 · ★ 8.6 (91 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    4

  5. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004 · ★ 7.1 (248 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    5

  6. Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

    2017 · ★ 9.7 (39 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    6

  7. Ozzy: No Escape from Now

    2025 · ★ 8.4 (47 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989

    1989 · ★ 8.5 (62 votes)

    Music

    8

  9. Metallica: Cunning Stunts

    1998 · ★ 7.8 (30 votes)

    Music

    9

  10. The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

    2005 · ★ 7.9 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    10

  11. Metallica: Through the Never

    2013 · ★ 6.8 (314 votes)

    Music

    11

  12. Sad Hill Unearthed

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (115 votes)

    Documentary, History

    12

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

    1992 · ★ 7.8 (16 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    13

  14. Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019

    2020 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    14

  15. Metallica: Cliff 'Em All

    1987 · ★ 7.6 (41 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    15

  16. Metallica: This Monster Lives

    2014 · ★ 6.1 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992

    1992 · ★ 8.3 (14 votes)

    Music

    17

  18. Metallica: Rock in Rio

    2012 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    18

  19. Flying V

    2020 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

    2012 · ★ 8.1 (21 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    20

  21. The Thicket

    2024 · ★ 6.4 (172 votes)

    Western, Crime, Thriller

    21

  22. Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes

    2021 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    22

  23. Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere

    2023 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    23

  24. Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

    2006 · ★ 7.7 (15 votes)

    Music

    24

  25. Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009

    2009 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    25

  26. Metallica: Making Magnetic

    2008 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    26

  27. Metallica - Rock AM Ring

    2008 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    27

  28. Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)

    2010 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    28

  29. Metallica: Ride The Lightning

    1985 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    29

  30. Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019

    2019 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Music

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.