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Movies like Heavy Trip (2018)

The best movies like Heavy Trip (2018) are Airheads (1994), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) and Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). If Heavy Trip hooked you with its comedy and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Airheads (1994)

    The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  2. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

    Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

  3. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

    The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  4. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

    "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  5. A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)

    Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  6. Wayne's World (1992)

    The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  7. Back to the Beach (1987)

    A former beach boy and his wife go to California to visit their daughter and become part of the new beach scene.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

  8. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)

    A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  9. Bo Burnham: What. (2013)

    Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & music

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  10. Heavier Trip (2024)

    The world's hardest - and weirdest - heavy metal band Impaled Rektum is serving their sentence in Norway's nicest prison. They receive word that guitarist Lotvonen's parents' reindeer herding farm is about to come under the hammer. It will take a big gig and big money to save the farm. A breakout ensues and a trip to the world's biggest heavy festival, Wacken in northern Germany begins. The higher the target, the bigger the obstacles. This is what the boys will experience on their epic journey to the main stage of Wacken - every metalhead's heaven.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  11. Lapland Odyssey (2010)

    Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  12. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026)

    When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  13. Tommy Boy (1995)

    To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  14. The Brothers Grimm (2005)

    Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

  15. Wild Hogs (2007)

    Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  16. The Trouble with Harry (1955)

    In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  17. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

    Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  18. For the Matches (1980)

    In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  19. The Ladykillers (2004)

    An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  20. Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)

    The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy

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  21. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)

    Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  22. The Vexxer (2007)

    Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  23. Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)

    A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  24. Marduk: Blackcrowned (2005)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  25. Novela (1992)

    What happens during the commercial breaks in the prime-time slots of our television networks? How many stories are told and repeated year after year? "Novela" is a segment of this sacred hour when the entire country eagerly awaits the scenes from the next episodes.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  26. Shrinking Tee (2025)

    "Tee" (Nui Chernyim) is a young man who planned to start a big family with "Som Sri" (First Pornchita). But his life changed when Som Sri died suddenly. And when he lost his lover and never returned, he was immersed in sadness, hopelessness, discouragement, lack of energy, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, was restless, and had liver problems. Until he started having health problems and led to the symptoms of being dead, "not as energetic" as before, causing great anxiety for his close friends "Thep" (Sutep Seesai) and "Louis" (Louis Chuanchuen). Both of them agreed that they had to help Tee get his life back in shape. So they took him to get treatment with all the methods they could think of. At the same time, Tee met "Suay" (Phimfia Kochakorn), a restaurant owner who was having serious debt problems. Tee offered to help and made him close to Suay until he started to open his heart to love again.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  27. My Name Is Bruce (2007)

    B-movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  28. Kerrang! Video Kompilation 4 (1989)

    The fourth installment of Kerrang's Video Kompilation series, featuring: Black Sabbath - The Headless Cross, Little Angels - She's A Little Angel, Onslaught - Let There Be Rock, Yngwie Malmsteen - Heaven Tonight, Gary Moore - Ready For Love, Saraya - Love Has Taken Its Toll, The Quireboys - There She Goes Again, Cinderella - The Last Mile, T.N.T. - Tonight I'm Falling, Helloween - I Want Out, The Dogs D'Amour - How Comes It Never Rains, The Grip - Teenage Bride, Kingdom Come - Do You Like It?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  29. Kerrang! Video Kompilation 5 (1990)

    The fifth and final installment of Kerrang's Video Kompilation series, featuring: Bruce Dickinson - Dive! Dive! Dive!, Thunder - She's So Fine, Whitesnake - Now You're Gone, Megadeth - Holy Wars.....The Punishment Due, Dread Zeppelin - Heartbreaker, Vain - Who's Watching You?, The Electric Boys - All Lips And...Hips, No Sweat - Heart And Soul, Faith No More - Epic, Little Angels - She's A Little Angel, Slaughter - Up All Night, Vixen - Love Is A Killer, Magnum - Rockin' Chair

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  30. Kerrang! Video Kompilation 1 (1985)

    The first installment of Kerrang's Video Kompilation series, featuring: Iron Maiden – Aces High, Whitesnake – Slow An' Easy, Helix – Gimme Gimme Good Lovin', Wendy O. Williams – It's My Life, Warrior - Fighting for the Earth, Marillion – He Knows You Know, Motörhead – Killed by Death, Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane, Mama's Boys – Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Robin George – Heartline, Twisted Sister – We're Not Gonna Take It, Gary Moore – Shapes of Things, W.A.S.P. – Love Machine, Queensrÿche – Queen of the Reich, Armored Saint – Can U Deliver, Madam X – High in High School, Alcatrazz – God Blessed Video, Bon Jovi – Runaway, Triumph – Follow Your Heart, Kiss – Heaven's on Fire

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Heavy Trip?

The closest matches to Heavy Trip are Airheads (1994), Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) and Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Heavy Trip?

Start with Airheads (1994), the closest match to Heavy Trip.

What is the highest-rated movie like Heavy Trip?

Bo Burnham: What. (2013), rated 7.8/10 by 283 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Heavy Trip?

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to Heavy Trip chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Heavy Trip, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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