
Movies that feel like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
If you loved Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the closest films we have are Logan's Run (1976), Rollerball (1975) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). All three share Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
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If Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Mad Max (1979) Β· Mad Max 2 (1981) Β· Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Β· Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Common ground in both: dystopia and life after the end
The difference: Lighter on scale

One thread runs through both: dystopia
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Epic and cerebral in the same breath
The difference: Not nearly as kinetic

Kinetic where it counts, bleak underneath

Both are built on the same subject: arena

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over
The difference: Leans further into thriller

Epic adventure in both cases

Both lean on bleakness more than on action

Kinetic science fiction, and it commits to that

Both lean on ideas more than on adventure
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