How to Watch The Mad Max Franchise In Order
What started out as a low-budget Australian indie film turned into one of the biggest post-apocalyptic franchises of all time. With the latest Mad Max movie, Furiosa, focusing on the titular one-armed rebel, the franchise continues to shift gifts and takes the chaotic wasteland to the next level.
If you want to watch all the Mad Max movies in the correct viewing order, we have got you covered with a complete guide on where to stream them. Here you'll find every way you watch legally stream them online from India. We'll also let you know the best viewing order (chronological vs release), and if there are options to watch the Mad Max movie franchise for free.
If you want to watch the franchise in chronological order, note that the first three Mad Max movies can be watched in the same order as their release date. The only difference is that you should then watch Furiosa before the fourth movie (Mad Max: Fury Road). So the chronological order looks like this:
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max 2: Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The release order of the Mad Max movies can be divided into two phases. The first phase is the original trilogy (1979-1985), which stars Mel Gibson as Max. The second phase (2015-) includes more revisionist chapters in the Mad Max saga featuring Tom Hardy as Max and giving equal focus to Furiosa. These movies mark the franchise’s arrival in the 21st century, complete with bigger budget, longer runtimes and rave reviews.
All five Mad Max and Furiosa movies are directed by Australian filmmaker George Miller. The first three Mad Max movies are all standalone adventures revolving around the violent road journeys of the titular drifter hero played by Mel Gibson. Mad Max introduced Gibson’s character as an Australian policeman in a dystopian future, seeking revenge against a reckless motorcycle gang. The car stunts increased in scale in Mad Max: Road Warrior, which found Max helping a community from desert bandits. The third movie, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, notably featured singer Tina Turner (who also had two songs on the soundtrack). As the final movie to feature Gibson’s Max, Beyond Thunderdome follows the titular hero as he teams up with a band of abandoned children to take down the town’s authoritarian queen.
In terms of release date, the next movie was Mad Max: Fury Road. Despite being a direct sequel to the previous Mad Max films, the 2015 blockbuster saw Tom Hardy replace Mel Gibson as Max. Hardy’s character is joined by Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa. Furiosa is introduced as the aide to a tyrannical ruler Immortan Joe, rebelling against him in search of her own homeland. The movie was nominated for a whopping ten Oscars, eventually winning six. Furiosa serves as a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, offering more background on the character. With young Furiosa played by Anya Taylor-Joy, the movie explores her origins as a young renegade warrior before meeting Mad Max in Fury Road.
Here's how to watch the entire franchise in the order each movie was released.
