TheMad Maxfranchise has changed quite a bit since director George Miller started it in 1979.

In almost anyranking of theMad Maxmovies,Fury Roadcomes out on top.

So when do they happen, and how do they fit together?

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Miller’s decisions madeFury Roadmore unique than its predecessor, which both critics and audiences appreciated.

It also highlights a truth aboutMad Maxas a franchise: it will never be a blockbuster action series.

Mad Max is an Australian post-apocalyptic franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy.

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Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is the third film in George Miller’s sci-fi action series. This time, Max, after being exiled, joins a group of children to take down a strange town’s tyrannical queen. The film generally received positive reviews upon release and was followed up by Mad Max: Fury Road 30 years later in 2015.

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Mad Max: Fury Road is the fourth film in George Miller’s long-running sci-fi franchise, with Tom Hardy starring as Max Rockstansky, a vagabond who lives on the road in an apocalyptic wasteland. When Max comes across a cult group that keeps its people in fear and under control with a monopoly on water and other crucial supplies, he joins up with Imperator Furiosa, a warrior woman leading a rebellion against the cult’s leader, Immortan Joe.

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Mad Max is an Australian post-apocalyptic franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. The first three films star Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, a former police officer who seeks revenge after his family is murdered. Tom Hardy took over the role for 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, which was followed by Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa.

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