Movies like The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir (2014)
The best movies like The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir (2014) are Long Strange Trip (2017), The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007). If The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir hooked you with its documentary and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Last Waltz (1978)7.7/10 from 330 votes
- NewestMan on the Run (2026)Released 2026
Long Strange Trip (2017)
The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
The Grateful Dead Movie (1977)
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this documentary explores the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, including Petty's famous collaborations and notorious clashes with the record industry. Interviews with musical luminaries including Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne, Dave Stewart and Petty himself shed some revelatory vision.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Grateful Dawg (2000)
Jerry Garcia, legendary lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead and David Grisman, virtuoso mandolinist and founder of "Dawg" music… Now, for the first time ever, the musical matrimony and extraordinary friendship of Garcia and Grisman is traced in the award-winning documentary Grateful Dawg.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015)
A portrait of Keith Richards that takes us on a journey to discover the genesis of his sound as a songwriter, guitarist and performer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free (2021)
Drawn from a newly discovered archive of 16mm film showing Tom Petty at work on his 1994 record Wildflowers, considered by many including Rolling Stone to be his greatest album ever, Somewhere You Feel Free is an intimate view of a musical icon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Echo in the Canyon (2019)
A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic music groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBob Dylan – Don't Look Back (1967)
In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox (2017)
Tom Waits is one of the most original musicians of the last five decades. Renowned for his gravelly voice and dazzling mix of musical styles, he's also one of modern music's most enigmatic and influential artists. Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews, this film is a bewitching after-hours trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Waits' music - a portrait of a pioneering musician and his unique, alternative American songbook.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Get Back Up (2020)
"A riveting, emotionally charged rock doc like none before it. This decade long journal follows the band and phoenix-like implosion and spiritual immersion of their front-man, who was born with a genius like gift to create hit music."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
The Wrecking Crew (2008)
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisImmediate Family (2022)
If you listen to 1970s pop music, you’ve undoubtedly heard these guys play, but do you know their names? This documentary highlights five talented men—Danny, Leland, Rus, Waddy, and Steve— who shunned the spotlight for themselves yet enjoyed decades of success as session musicians on iconic tracks. Interviewees include their collaborators James Taylor, Don Henley, Lyle Lovett, Jackson Browne, Phil Collins, Carole King, Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, and dozens more who take us behind the scenes on the songs that shaped an era.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster’s fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was joined by “The Merry Band of Pranksters,” a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac’s “On the Road,” and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Lambert & Stamp (2014)
In this crazy, chaotic gospel of chance, aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to search for a subject for their underground movie, leading them to discover, mentor, and manage the iconic band the Who and create rock 'n' roll history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020)
The story of the triumphs and hurdles of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, otherwise known as the Bee Gees. The iconic trio, who found early fame in the 1960s, went on to write over 1,000 songs and have 20 No. 1 hits throughout their career, transcending more than five decades of changing tastes and styles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGimme Danger (2016)
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion. The film will present the context of their emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relate their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Waltz (1978)
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and other rock legends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHeartbreakers Beach Party (2024)
Documentary that captures Tom Petty and the band in 1982-1983 as they finish, promote, and tour around the “Long After Dark” album (their final with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine). It aired only once on MTV in 1983. After the long lost 16mm reels were finally found, a restored version with 19 minutes of extra footage was released in 2024.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More (2017)
This very special film consists of truly electrifying video footage from Bob Dylan’s “born again” period, shot on the last leg of his ’79-’80 tour, much of it thought to have been lost for years and all newly restored.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987)
Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving -- until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of "Shake." Redding's performance also includes "Respect" (which he wrote), "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Satisfaction," and "Try a Little Tenderness." Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
This film is released as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of the Rolling Stones. It tells the story of the Stones' unparalleled journey from blues obsessed teens in the early 60s to their undisputed status as rock royalty. All of the Stones have been newly interviewed and their words form the narrative arc that links together archive footage of performances, news coverage, and interviews, much of it previously unseen. Taking its title from a lyric in "Jumpin' Jack Flash," this film gives the viewer an intimate insight into exactly what it's like to be part of the Rolling Stones as they overcome denunciation, drugs, dissensions, and death to become the definitive survivors. Over a year in the making and produced with the full cooperation and involvement of the Stones, this film is and will remain the definitive story of the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHeartworn Highways (1976)
The music speaks for itself in this performance documentary that highlights some of the biggest names within the country-folk scene in Texas and Tennessee during the last weeks of 1975 and the first weeks of 1976, eschewing narration and staged interviews.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021)
Join The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson on an intimate journey through his legendary career as he reminisces with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend, Jason Fine. Featuring a new song written and performed by Wilson and interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel and Al Jardine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Sound City (2013)
The history of Sound City and their huge recording device; exploring how digital change has allowed 'people that have no place' in music to become stars. It follows former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighter David Grohl as he attempts to resurrect the studio back to former glories.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both music & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMan on the Run (2026)
After the breakup of The Beatles, Paul McCartney formed Wings with his wife Linda. Archival footage captures their life together, with Linda inspiring Paul's music in the 1970s, a decade in which Wings achieved numerous hits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019)
You thought you knew him. Meet David Crosby now in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. With unflinching honesty, self-examination, regret, fear, exuberance and an unshakable belief in family and the transformative nature of music, Crosby shares his often challenging journey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
The Winding Stream (2014)
The story of the American music dynasty, the Carters and Cashes, and their decades-long influence on popular music.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
Max Richter's Sleep (2020)
This is a film for these frenetic times; a meditative respite from the rush and chaos of the modern world. A study of the universal experience of sleep, that unites us all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & music
The Velvet Underground (2021)
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 history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both documentary & music
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What are the best movies like The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir?
The closest matches to The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir are Long Strange Trip (2017), The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
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People who watched The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir most often go on to Long Strange Trip (2017), The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir?
The Last Waltz (1978), rated 7.7/10 by 330 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir?
Man on the Run (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir?
Yes: Long Strange Trip (2017), The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007).
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