German television has produced numerous Wacken Open-Air documentaries in recent years.
The following list is therefore not complete:
Metalheads, documentary on the 10th anniversary of Wacken Open Air (director: Thomas Greiner)
Nordland, documentary on the 15th anniversary of Wacken Open Air (director: Thomas Greiner (author))
Full Metal Village, 2006 (Director: Cho Sung-Hyung)
Ein Dorf im Ausnahmezustand - A village in a state of emergency / Three days of Wacken - Bauernschlau und Heavy-Metal, 2006 (film by Petra Petersen, NDR)
Rockpalast (WDR), Festival Wacken-Open-Air, 2006, 2007 and 2009, each approx.
2 h documentary, can be downloaded free of charge in the media library of the public broadcaster (as of February 2016)
Wahnsinn Wacken, 2007 (DMAX) approx.
1 h documentary
Ein Dorf und 100.000 Rockfans, 2008 (ZDF)
Metaller die auf Brüste starren, 2010
Road To Wacken - The Movie, 2011
Heavy Metal auf der Wiese, 2011 (NDR) (Director: Manfred Studer)
Heavy Metal trifft Karniggels - Detlev Buck goes Wacken, 2012 (NDR) (Director: Nils Utzig)
Heiter, harder, louder, 2013 (NDR) (Director: Nils Utzig)
Alles auf Schwarz – Wacken!!!
Sarnau und Hübner bei den Metalheads, 2013 (NDR) (Director: Nils Utzig)
Wacken 3D, 2014 (Director: Norbert Heitker) - also in 2D.
25 Years Louder Than Hell - The W:O:A Documentary, Jun 2015, DVD and Blu-ray, 3 Eps.
45 min, 1 h 5 min, 42 min, original sound: German, English, and Spanish with subtitles in German, English.

Road To Wacken, 2016 (DMAX) - two-part documentary (45 min each) about the band Blind Guardian, who plan, prepare and perform their set at W:O:A, as well as the festival itself, its visitors, the village of Wacken and its inhabitants.

Welcome to Wacken - A Documentary Film in Virtual Reality, Jul 2017 (Director: Sam Dunn), °360 VR Film in English in five parts, with animations of the festival area.[87][88]
Der Wacken-Wahnsinn, Wie geht das?
NDR Television, August 2018
German television has produced numerous Wacken Open-Air documentaries in recent years. The following list is therefore not complete:
Metalheads, documentary on the 10th anniversary of Wacken Open Air (director: Thomas Greiner)
Nordland, documentary on the 15th anniversary of Wacken Open Air (director: Thomas Greiner (author))
Full Metal Village, 2006 (Director: Cho Sung-Hyung)
Ein Dorf im Ausnahmezustand - A village in a state of emergency / Three days of Wacken - Bauernschlau und Heavy-Metal, 2006 (film by Petra Petersen, NDR)
Rockpalast (WDR), Festival Wacken-Open-Air, 2006, 2007 and 2009, each approx. 2 h documentary, can be downloaded free of charge in the media library of the public broadcaster (as of February 2016)
Wahnsinn Wacken, 2007 (DMAX) approx. 1 h documentary
Ein Dorf und 100.000 Rockfans, 2008 (ZDF)
Metaller die auf Brüste starren, 2010
Road To Wacken - The Movie, 2011
Heavy Metal auf der Wiese, 2011 (NDR) (Director: Manfred Studer)
Heavy Metal trifft Karniggels - Detlev Buck goes Wacken, 2012 (NDR) (Director: Nils Utzig)
Heiter, harder, louder, 2013 (NDR) (Director: Nils Utzig)
Alles auf Schwarz – Wacken!!! Sarnau und Hübner bei den Metalheads, 2013 (NDR) (Director: Nils Utzig)
Wacken 3D, 2014 (Director: Norbert Heitker) - also in 2D.
25 Years Louder Than Hell - The W:O:A Documentary, Jun 2015, DVD and Blu-ray, 3 Eps. 45 min, 1 h 5 min, 42 min, original sound: German, English, and Spanish with subtitles in German, English.
Road To Wacken, 2016 (DMAX) - two-part documentary (45 min each) about the band Blind Guardian, who plan, prepare and perform their set at W:O:A, as well as the festival itself, its visitors, the village of Wacken and its inhabitants.
Welcome to Wacken - A Documentary Film in Virtual Reality, Jul 2017 (Director: Sam Dunn), °360 VR Film in English in five parts, with animations of the festival area.[87][88]
Der Wacken-Wahnsinn, Wie geht das? NDR Television, August 2018
Wacken Open Air