Mad MaxComplete Watch Order Guide
Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise. Mad Max references are deeply embedded in popular culture; references to its dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and bizarre landscape and desolate wasteland imagery. The collection currently includes Mad Max 1-4 also Furiosa and as of yet to be released Mad Max: The Wasteland.
Mad Max Release Timeline
What order should you watch the Mad Max movies?
Release order — click any era to expand or collapse. All 5 released films shown below.
3 films released between 1979 and 1985.
3 films released between 2015 and 2024.
Watch Mad Max in Order
Watch the Mad Max movies in release order, starting with Mad Max (1979) and continuing through Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). The series spans 5 films, released between 1979 and 2024. Audiences rate the franchise 7.1/10 on average.
What order should you watch Mad Max?
For most viewers, release order is the recommended way to watch Mad Max. This is how the story was crafted and revealed to audiences — earlier films seed details, callbacks, and twists that pay off in later entries. Watching in release order preserves those reveals and matches the pacing the filmmakers intended.
Mad Max largely tracks its own in-universe chronology, so release order and chronological order overlap closely. You can use either without losing much, though release order is still the safest first watch.
About the Mad Max franchise
Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise. Mad Max references are deeply embedded in popular culture; references to its dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and bizarre landscape and desolate wasteland imagery. The collection currently includes Mad Max 1-4 also Furiosa and as of yet to be released Mad Max: The Wasteland.
Each film builds on the previous one, rewarding viewers who watch in sequence.
Mad Max by the Numbers
Every figure below is calculated from the full film list on this page.
- 5
- Films released
- 45
- Years running
- 7.1/10
- Average audience rating
- 7.6/10
- Highest rated
- 6.2/10
- Lowest rated
- 30 years
- Longest gap between films
Mad Max has 5 released films, the first in 1979 and the most recent in 2024.
The series has been running for 45 years, from 1979 to 2024.
Across its 5 rated films, Mad Max averages 7.1/10 on TMDB, from 42,513 audience ratings.
The highest-rated entry is Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) at 7.6/10 on TMDB.
The lowest-rated entry is Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) at 6.2/10 on TMDB.
The longest gap between consecutive films is 30 years, between Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Mad Max, covering all 5 released films. Last recalculated September 2026.
Mad Max Fun Facts & Trivia
The Mad Max franchise spans 45 years, from 1979 to 2024.
The highest-rated entry is Mad Max: Fury Road with a 7.6/10 audience score.
Across all films, the franchise averages a 7.1/10 rating from audiences.
Mad Max films have collected over 43k audience ratings combined.
The most recent entry, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), continues a franchise that began 45 years earlier.
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