Movies like Daedalus (2024)
The best movies like Daedalus (2024) are The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), One More Time with Feeling (2016) and Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018). If Daedalus hooked you with its music and mystery, these 28 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)8.1/10 from 241 votes
- NewestMeshuggah: Live at Summer Breeze 2024 (2024)Released 2024
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne More Time with Feeling (2016)
Andrew Dominik's One More Time With Feeling is a remarkable black and white documentary which chronicles the creation of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' album Skeleton Tree. Originally a performance based concept, the film evolved into something much more significant as Dominik delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing and recording of the album. The result is stark, fragile and raw, and a true testament to an artist trying to find his way through the darkness. It documents the writing, recording and performing of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMatangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018)
Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMilli Vanilli (2023)
The story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became fast friends during their youth in Germany. With Rob coming from a broken home and Fabrice having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing, as well as a future goal: to become famous superstars. In a few short years, their dreams came true. Rob and Fab, better known as Milli Vanilli, became the world's most popular pop duo in 1990 and won the GRAMMY for Best New Artist. However, their ascension to success came with a devastating price that ultimately led to their infamous undoing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTravis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly (2019)
While crafting his Grammy-nominated album "Astroworld," Travis Scott juggles controversy, fatherhood and career highs in this intimate documentary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies (1993)
An overview of the life of the most shocking, vile, and notorious of punk rock legends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDig! (2004)
A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter rivalry as the Dandy Warhols garnered major international success while the Brian Jonestown Massacre imploded in a haze of drugs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWoodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival created.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRobyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death... and Insects (2008)
A documentary that goes inside the dark, witty, surreal world of cult English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary & music
Coalesce (TBA)
In 2020, the World was closed. Life got cancelled. People were struggling. Here’s an emotional and entertaining true story shot live, during the pandemic, about courageous people who came together, despite the risk, to share their love with one another. The film opens in Times Square on NYE 2020. Everything seemed right with the World. Fast-forward six months into the pandemic, hundreds of artists from all different performance art genres are invited to come together over the course of several consecutive days, culminating in a group costume parade event on 10/10/2020 to witness the only live performances happening ANYWHERE. The goal was to lift each other's spirits during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. There were over a dozen genres represented including acrobatics, live music, magic, dance, and even a wedding. Dozens of unscripted live interviews were recorded and the event proved a huge success. The film captures the rawness of what it was like living during this unprecedented time.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary & music
Ambient Trip Commander (2022)
AMBIENT TRIP COMMANDER is the story of Samantha Tapferstern, a geeky young woman who lives a rather dull life in a medium-sized European city. She works a mundane job at a synthesizer store and spends her lonely evenings playing RPG games. One day she receives a cryptic email from a hacker group inviting her to Lonetal, a village secluded somewhere deep in the European Alps. As we follow her journey to Lonetal, things become more sinister and a grand mystery starts to unfold…
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & music
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)
British progressive rock band Pink Floyd perform at the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy in 1971. Although the band perform a typical live set from the era, there is no audience beyond the basic film crew.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music & documentary
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGen A: Do What You Love (2022)
Jakub Strach aka NobodyListen is a successful Czech DJ and music producer. A portrait of his life and work can be seen as a manifesto of the millennial club-going generation. After hundreds of shows and preparations for the upcoming, renowned Addict party, the DJ must deal with the consequences of inflicting a wound scarring his image. Footage from the club backstage mingles with scenes of everyday life in which NobodyListen ponders the dark sides of the club scene, like drugs and misogyny. During the shooting, the Covid pandemic strikes, revealing the insecurities of work in culture.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music & documentary
What We Started (2018)
Bert Marcus and Cyrus Saidi present an informed and absorbing exploration of the history of EDM, boosted by an energetic soundtrack and anchored by the personal stories of legendary DJ Carl Cox and superstar newcomer Martin Garrix. Insights from numerous other DJs and musical talents like Moby, David Guetta, Paul Oakenfold and Usher help tell the often oppositional tales of old school vs. new school and mainstream vs. underground.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music & documentary
no one knows who created skull trumpet (until now) (2023)
YouTuber Jeffiot goes digging for the origins of skull trumpet / doot doot / mr skeltal, and ends up taking a trip to the early web heyday of animated gif art, and ruminating on creativity and legacy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Tupac: Live at Club 662 (1995)
This special film brings a live performance by Tupac Shakur from the never before seen show at Club 662 in Las Vegas. Filmed on October 12th, 1995, the day of his release from prison.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
The Death of April (2022)
Meagan Mullen, freshly moved in her new home, keeps in touch with her friends and family through a video blog. As her entries (and her life) become more complex and emotional, strange things begin to happen in her room and the camera captures all of it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Ángel Molina: Sónar 2018 (2018)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
BLACK FLAG Live in Berlin (1983)
Filmed for television at the legendary SO36 Club in Berlin, 1983.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album (2017)
Painter Zdzisław Beksiński, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a well-known radio journalist and translator, were a typical and unconventional family, both at the same time. One of the father’s obsessions was filming himself and his family members. Using archival footage only, shot primarily by Zdzisław, as well many other materials, which have not been presented anywhere so far, the film tells a tragic story of the Beksińskis that has never ceased to fascinate Polish filmmakers.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Under the Cold Stars (2020)
Set in the mountains of northeast Italy, this film may be considered an observational documentary about rural life. Although this is undeniably the case, at the same time Under the cold stars can hardly be considered a documentary: the microcosm on which it focuses appears to be a reflection of a broader reality and perhaps a way to deal with the themes of man’s existence and his relationship with animals, nature and, most importantly, with time. As written by Franco Piavoli "it is a film which essentially relies on images and sound, where words themselves are sound and the music of life, of the relentless flow of time."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
Meshuggah: Live at Summer Breeze 2024 (2024)
Full, pro-shot video of Meshuggah’s set at Summer Breeze 2024.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Dead & Company: 2021.10.27 - North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, CA (2021)
Set I: The Music Never Stopped > Easy Answers > The Music Never Stopped, Row Jimmy, Friend of the Devil, Cumberland Blues, Cassidy > Mississippi Half-Step Set II: St. Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven > He's Gone > New Speedway Boogie > Drums > Space > I Need a Miracle > Death Don't Have No Mercy, Good Lovin Encore: Black Muddy River
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Dead & Company: 2021.10.30 Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA (2021)
Set I: Good Times, Shakedown Street, Bertha, Minglewood Blues, It Hurts Me Too, Tennessee Jed, Bird Song Set II: Jack Straw, Sugaree, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Drums > Space > Throwing Stones > Days Between, One More Saturday Night, Not Fade Away Encore: U.S. Blues
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Dead & Company: 2021.09.18 - Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL (2021)
Set I: Althea, Uncle John's Band > He's Gone, Brown-Eyed Women, Little Red Rooster, Jack Straw, One More Saturday Night Set II: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > Milestones > Days Between > Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower Encore: Brokedown Palace, Touch of Grey
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
A Brief History of Circles (2024)
An experimental video essay which uses circles and waves to explore neurodivergent experience.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both documentary
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Daedalus?
The closest matches to Daedalus are The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), One More Time with Feeling (2016) and Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018). Below are 25 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Daedalus?
Start with The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), the closest match to Daedalus.
What is the highest-rated movie like Daedalus?
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972), rated 8.1/10 by 241 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Daedalus?
Meshuggah: Live at Summer Breeze 2024 (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Daedalus?
Yes: The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), One More Time with Feeling (2016) and Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (2018).
How are movies similar to Daedalus chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Daedalus, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.