Movies like Mad Max
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Mad Max (1979)
211K
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:
futuristic, road movie, suspenseful, stylized, tense, brutal, harsh, apocalyptic, rough, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
apocalypse, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, car chase, revenge, car, biker, dystopic future, chaos, violence spree, exploitation, truck, motorcycle, society, cult, good versus evil, villain, motorcycle chase, heroes, desert, motorcycle gang, violence, murder, criminal ...
Time:
future
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 serious, futuristic, cult film and suspenseful films with plots about post apocalypse, apocalypse, distopia, violence, chase, danger and explosion mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Mad Max: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Dredd (2012), The Book of Eli (2010), The Rover (2014), Death Race (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
road movie, futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, car chase, desert, loner, dystopic future, biker, chase, car, survival, gang ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
australia, oceania, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
apocalyptic, road movie, dystopian, entertaining, dieselpunk ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, lone hero, desert, end of the world, car chase, car, survival, fight, chase, catastrophe, motorcycle, oil ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia, south australia, oceania, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
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:
road movie, exciting, surreal, stylized, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, distopia, desert, apocalypse, survival, chase, car chase, on the run, car, tough guy, future dystopia, chaos ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
australia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
280K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, 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, intense, neo noir, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, judge, violent, drugs, brutality, police, lone hero, villain, gangsters, corruption ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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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, heroic, biblical, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, religion, faith, lone hero, desert, protector, dystopic future, chaos, future dystopia, bible ...
Time:
future, 2040s
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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John Wick similar movies
49K
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, tense, suspenseful, road movie, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wilderness, post apocalypse, distopia, desert, revenge, car chase, apocalypse, small town, motel, chase, brutality, survival ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
australia, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
212K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
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, serious, futuristic, visually appealing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, car chase, car, car race, race, tough heroes, tough guy, prison life, survival, death, revenge, fight ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 2020s
⇓ 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:
exciting, futuristic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, chase, dystopic future, prison, rivalry, resistance, prison escape, gadget, tough heroes, future dystopia, game of death ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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:
futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, distopia, race against time, future dystopia, heroic mission, apocalypse, earthquake, chaos and mayhem, one man army, daring rescue, life is a bitch, survival ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, latin america, new york, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, 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, depressing, neo noir, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, end of the world, redemption, future dystopia, chaos, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, mission, childlessness, on the run ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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, anime ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, destiny, vengeance, nuclear holocaust, superhuman powers, battles, heroic mission, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, life is a bitch, escapades, chaos ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
78K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
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:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, distopia, future dystopia, society, cannibalism, survival, rescue, chaos, epidemic, quarantine, antidote ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london, scotland, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, future dystopia, crime fighter, utopia, dystopic future, time travel, maverick cop, police, violence, good versus evil, surveillance ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
130K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil, Italy
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, exciting, visually appealing, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, strong female lead, secret movement, future dystopia, rebelliousness, woman with a gun, rebellion, cyberpunk, superhero, female killer, martial arts ...
Time:
future
Place:
berlin germany
⇓ 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, apocalyptic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopic future, postman, distopia, future dystopia, vestiges of humanity, leadership, post war, survival, brutality, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Mad Max: Fury Road
258K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, mind bending, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, memory loss, dystopic future, post apocalypse, future dystopia, secret agents, space, virtual reality, on the run, technology, false memory ...
Time:
future
Place:
big ben london, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
exciting, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, cyborgs, survival, murder, nuclear holocaust, chaos, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, rivalry, life is a bitch, race against time ...
Time:
future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
new york, colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, 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:
futuristic, campy, sexy, exciting, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, distopia, robot, cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids, androids and robots, sexy woman, female robot, wilderness, heroic mission, future dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place:
las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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534K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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, intense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, alien, distopia, alien invasion, survival, future dystopia, space, space travel, catastrophe, destruction, disorder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., pentagon, empire state building manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
120K
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:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, future dystopia, post apocalypse, superhero, police, law enforcement, good versus evil, tough cop, villain, vengeance ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Movies similar to The Hunger Games
170K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, rough, space horror, sweet ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, survival, tough heroes, space, one man army, distopia, space and aliens, heroes, mysterious planet, mercenary, lone wolves, lone hero ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, rough, bleak, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, rape, apocalypse, desert, motorcycle, woman with a gun, exploitation, distopia, heroes, survival, decapitation, child ...
Time:
future, year 2019, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
Style:
futuristic, humorous, unusual plot structure, campy, reflective ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, survival, martial arts, sword, vengeance, heroes, disaster, distopia, gang, fight, sword fight ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of the movie. The prison is a futuristic one run by a private ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, futuristic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, mind control, cyborgs, isolation, escape, maximum security prison, androids and robots, prison escape, heroes, prison life, fighting the system, rescue ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
690K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style:
serious, cerebral, thought provoking, biting, futuristic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, distopia, suspense, alien invasion, mutation, quarantine, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, transformation, alien encounter, alien race, metamorphosis ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to The Terminator
368K
Genre: Action, Drama, 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:
thought provoking, allegory, tense, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
post apocalypse, train, distopia, survival, future dystopia, revolution, rebellion, social differences, winter, class struggle, society, snow ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2014, 2010s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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:
road movie, serious, exciting, rough, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, car, exploitation, apocalypse, terror, racecar driver, chase, gas station, on the road, car chase, chaos ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
Style:
inspirational, serious, suspenseful, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
street gang, gang warfare, biker, gang war, social decay, distopia, mafia, monster, cyberpunk, exploitation, disaster, motorcycle ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1990
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
265K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, bloody, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, police, androids and robots, distopia, revenge, law enforcement, graphic violence, violence, fight, superhero ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 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:
apocalyptic, psychological, disturbing, slasher, surreal ...
Plot:
distopia, exploitation, post apocalypse, apocalypse, night, cyberpunk, fear, cult, supernatural being, terror, surrealism, prison ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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