Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road

The third and fourth Mad Max movies – Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road – were released 30 years apart.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) co-starred Mel Gibson and Tina Turner and was co-directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie (1931–2020). It was dedicated to producer Byron Kennedy, who tragically died in a helicopter crash during pre-production.

While Thunderdome was a respectable critical and box-office hit, it seemed to signal the end of the Mad Max series. Then, three decades later, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) exploded onto screens after a dazzling premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

It starred Tom Hardy as Max, but this time paired with the equally heroic – and mad – Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron.

A critical triumph for George Miller, Fury Road became the most-nominated and most-awarded Australian film at the Academy Awards to that time, with ten nominations and six Oscars.

This curated collection covers both films and features clips, posters, behind-the-scenes images and interviews. See also our curated collections dedicated to Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.