Best Mad Max Movies, Ranked
All 5 Mad Max films with enough votes to rank, ordered by TMDB audience score. Mad Max: Fury Road leads at 7.6; the franchise averages 7.1. This is audience opinion, not a critics' list.
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An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
7.624,380 votes - 2
Mad Max 21981Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
7.44,253 votes - 3
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.
7.45,068 votes - 4
Mad Max1979In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
6.75,046 votes - 5
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
6.23,322 votes
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Mad Max film?
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) rates highest at 7.6 out of 10 from 24,380 TMDB votes.
How are these Mad Max films ranked?
By TMDB audience score — the average rating from every user who has scored the film. Only films with at least 50 votes are included, so a handful of ratings cannot skew the order. This is audience opinion, not a critics' list.
Which Mad Max film is rated lowest?
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) sits last at 6.2. The franchise averages 7.1 across 5 rated films.