Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Can you skip Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?

Yes, on a first watch. It is self-contained, and nothing in the main Mad Max story depends on it. Come back to it later if you want more. Show only the Mad Max essentials.

Mad Max guides

• Mad Max orderFive films, one clean prequel, and a continuity its own director refuses to pin down.

Where it sits in the Mad Max order

Release order

#3 of 5

Chronological order

#3 of 5

Released

10 July 1985

In-universe era

The Collapse

More from The Original Trilogy

• 01Mad Max1979 · Essential
• 02Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior1981 · Essential

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