Movies like Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
212K
Original name: Mad Max 2
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 warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Style:
apocalyptic, road movie, perverse, futuristic, action packed, action adventure, saga, harsh, grim, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, desert, loner, car chase, planet, chase, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, oil, dog, survival, gang, biker, motorcycle, chases and races, dystopian future, mad max, lone hero, wasteland, anti hero, sexual assault, australian outback ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 20th century, year 1982, 80s, year 1981
Place:
australia, oceania, middle east
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Most similar movies to Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, serious, exciting and apocalyptic films with plots about apocalypse, survival, violence, chase, post apocalypse, dialogue and dystopia mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior: Mad Max (1979), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Death Race (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1979, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, oceania
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:
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:
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:
76%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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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%
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:
88%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style:
retro, exciting, tech noir, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
prison, cyberpunk, dystopia, escape, post apocalyptic, race against time, rescue, post apocalypse, hostage, lone hero, taxi, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1997, year 1981 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
80%
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%
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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, 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:
55%
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:
100%
378K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style:
futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, mars, dystopia, secret agent, dystopian future, virtual reality, memory, memory loss, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
Similarity:
100%
185K
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:
suspenseful, rough, saga, space horror, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, survival, tough heroes, space, space opera, one man army, space and aliens, danger, alien planet, mysterious planet, heroes, mercenary ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
space western
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:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
It’s the 21st century, the Oil Wars have made a mess of the planet and the land outside major cities is lawless. After Hunter comes to the aid of Corlie, who has run away from the villainous Straker, he takes her to the peaceful community of ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, retro, road movie, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, wasteland, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, dystopian future, exploitation, cyberpunk, armored truck, distopia, post nuclear ...
Time:
year 1982, future
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
wasteland, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, distopia, exploitation, motorcycle gang, desert, machine gun ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
100%
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:
86%
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:
80%
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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:
80%
361K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
80%
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:
75%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a ...
Style:
apocalyptic, intense, serious, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopian future, martial arts, post apocalyptic, violence, blood, revenge, contests and competitions, escapades, athlete's life, life is a bitch, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 1989, near future
Place:
new jersey, australia
Similarity:
50%
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:
75%
Movie in collections
299K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, perverse, action adventure ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, one man army, manhunt, police brutality, tough guy, vietnam war, soldier, survival, revenge, lone hero, danger, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982, post world war two ...
Place:
vietnam, washington state, usa, north america, arizona ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, visually stunning, philosophical, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, apocalypse, utopia, cat, dystopian future, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, artificial intelligence, escape, post-apocalyptic future, space ...
Time:
future, distant future, 23rd century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, steampunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, escapades, changing the past or future, utopia, destiny, chase, time warp, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2030s, victorian era, near future ...
Place:
usa, new york, egypt
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, philosophical, reflective, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, dystopia, post apocalypse, prophecy, chosen one, distopia, man versus machine, robot, alternate reality, existentialism ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, robot, post apocalyptic, alternate reality, chosen one, dystopia, resistance, prophecy, one against many ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 23rd century, 2000s, distant future ...
Similarity:
67%
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:
67%
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