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Movies that feel likeMad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

If you loved Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the closest films we have are Tron (1982), Logan's Run (1976) 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.

🍅 80% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. George Millerkineticepiccerebralbleak
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Mad Max (1979) · Mad Max 2 (1981) · Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) · Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

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Tron
1982 · dir. Steven Lisberger
🍅 61%★ 6.7science fiction · action · adventureDisney+

One thread runs through both: dystopia

When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment.

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Logan's Run
1976 · dir. Michael Anderson
🍅 58%★ 6.8action · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: life after the end

The difference: Lighter on scale

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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🍅 80%★ 6.8science fiction · adventure · actionPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 70%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fictionHulu

Both land momentum and scale at once

As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.

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Eastern Condors
1987 · dir. Sammo Hung
★ 7.1action · adventure · war

Bleak action in both cases

The difference: Played as war first

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

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🍅 64%★ 6.6science fiction · actionHulu

Both are built on the same subject: arena

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

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The 5th Wave
2016 · dir. J Blakeson
🍅 16%★ 5.2science fiction · adventure · actionNetflix

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

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JUNG_E
2023 · dir. Yeon Sang-ho
🍅 52%★ 5.5science fiction · action · adventureNetflix

Kinetic science fiction, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans further into drama

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

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The Host
2013 · dir. Andrew Niccol
🍅 10%★ 5.8action · adventure · science fiction

Both lean on scale more than on action

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

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The Running Man
1987 · dir. Paul Michael Glaser
🍅 59%★ 6.6action · thriller · science fictionParamount+Starz

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. 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 for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

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Divergent
2014 · dir. Neil Burger
🍅 41%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fiction

Both lean on bleakness more than on adventure

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

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Pacific Rim
2013 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 72%★ 6.9action · science fiction · adventure

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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