Movies like Mad Max
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Mad Max (1979)
243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse, harsh, suspenseful, tense, brutal, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal, truck, violence spree, death, danger, post-apocalyptic future, villain, lone hero, exploitation, cyberpunk, dystopian future, motorcycle gang, one man army, motorcycle ...
Time:
future, 20th century, distant future, near future, year 1979, 80s
Place:
australia, oceania
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Most similar movies to Mad Max
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, cult classic, futuristic and serious films with plots about dystopia, post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, violence, apocalypse and chase mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Mad Max: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Dredd (2012), Oblivion (2013), Waterworld (1995), The Rover (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Max 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 ...
Style:
apocalyptic, road movie, perverse, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, desert, loner, car chase, planet, chase, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, oil ...
Time:
future, 20th century, distant future, year 1982, near future ...
Place:
australia, oceania, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, lone hero, end of the world, post apocalyptic, desert, mad max, camel, car chase, group of children, australian outback, wasteland ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
australia, south australia, oceania, sydney australia
Similarity:
67%
310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
Similarity:
83%
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583K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place:
peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
223K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, dieselpunk ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, ocean, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, sailing, boat, dystopic future, water, sea, escapades, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, year 1995, distant future, near future
Place:
arizona, canada
Similarity:
100%
54K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.
Style:
atmospheric, road movie, rough, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wilderness, desert, post apocalypse, on the road, dystopian future, revenge, vengeance, brutality, apocalypse, lone hero, small town, tough heroes ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
australia, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style:
futuristic, serious, apocalyptic, road movie, heroic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, lone hero, religion, protector, end of the world, dystopia, dystopic future, chaos ...
Time:
future, year 2010, near future, distant future, 2040s ...
Place:
indiana, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
65%
Movie in collections
227K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style:
exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his ...
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalyptic, dystopia, race against time, post apocalypse, heroic mission, escape, dystopian future, one man army, earthquake, apocalypse, catastrophe, lone wolves ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, latin america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
rough, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, distopia, chase, chases and races, dystopic future, prison, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, tough heroes, social commentary ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
100%
275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place:
seattle, big ben london, australia
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical ...
Style:
tech noir, apocalyptic, suspenseful, cult classic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, kids, teens, manly ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyborgs, time travel, cyberpunk, man versus machine, terminator, androids, androids and robots, dystopia, time machine, on the run, sent to the past ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, mexico, california
Similarity:
100%
82K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, cannibalism, virus, rescue, infected, danger, distopia, epidemic, female fighter, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
scotland, britain, london, england, europe ...
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the ...
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, exciting, grindhouse, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, cyborgs, androids, dystopia, robot, cyberpunk, sexy woman, female robot, heroic mission, post apocalyptic, androids and robots, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1987, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place:
nevada, las vegas, reno nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
100%
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
visually stunning, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, female protagonist, mad max, distopia, mother daughter relationship, chase, wasteland, kidnapped girl, warrior, revenge, loss of mother ...
Time:
future
Place:
oceania, australia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, dystopia, prison, utopia, psychopath, time travel, satire, maverick cop, totalitarianism, fish out of water, violence ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, rough, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, murder, post apocalyptic, danger, race against time, rivalry, life is a bitch, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, chaos ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
new york, colorado, usa
Similarity:
80%
37K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, independent film, stylized, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, martial arts, post apocalypse, violence, chase, vengeance, androids and robots, one man army, chaos, tough heroes, female robot ...
Time:
future, year 1989, year 2019, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, georgia, usa, charleston south carolina, south carolina ...
Similarity:
71%
131K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, police, dystopic future, dystopian future, dystopia, apocalypse, post apocalypse, good versus evil, brutality, superhero, law enforcement, judge ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, entertaining, apocalyptic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
desert, martial arts, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, road trip, alternate history, medieval, rock and roll, danger, heroes, chaos ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
las vegas, north america, nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, inspirational, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopic future, postman, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, vestiges of humanity, post war, survival, drifter, leadership, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1997, 2010s, year 2013 ...
Place:
usa, oregon
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed. The prisoners don't really care to escape because they are fed and they have a place to live which is, in most cases, probably better ...
Style:
grindhouse, intense, cult classic, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
exploitation, asian, dystopian future, post apocalypse, apocalypse, carsploitation, post apocalyptic, graffiti, young couple, racism, police officer killed, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1995, near future
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, nuclear holocaust, destiny, vengeance, superhuman powers, battles, lone wolves, heroic mission, life is a bitch, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
137K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, Brazil, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, action packed, apocalyptic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, dystopia, woman with a gun, secret movement, cyberpunk, strong female lead, rebelliousness, superheroine, dystopian future, female killer, kick-butt women ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Twenty years after the American people have been told the oil has run out and disease has scared them into complacency, the United States has become a fascist state. One man, former race car driver Franklyn Hart, now a puppet spokesman for public ...
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, road movie ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, car, automobile, distopia, terror, post-apocalyptic future, planet, epidemic, classic car, dystopian future, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 1981, future, distant future
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, intense, serious, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, future war, androids and robots, time travel, man versus machine, post apocalypse, dystopian future, terminator, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
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