Mad Max: Fury Road
The most recommended of 6 action films
People recommend it as an entertaining action film with real stunts and few equals among recent action movies.
People recommend it as an entertaining action film with real stunts and few equals among recent action movies.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Entertaining, awesome action movie
“one of the greatest, most awesome, movie ever made”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying” “Mad Max: Fury Road is an entertaining movie”
Comment from 24 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: Has your typing gotten worse with AI?” Real stunts instead of CGI
“so much of the stunts were real and not SpiderMan level nonsense”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element [2019]” Rare standout among modern action films
“Movies like Mad Max: Fury Road and Fall Guy are few and far between.”
Comment from 11 Jul 2026 in “The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)”
Other action films people recommend
The four most recommended other action films, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Max: Fury RoadThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
| Mad Max (1979 film) | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
| Marvel Cinematic Universe | 6 | 20 | 23% | 4 | — | — |
| The Dark Knight Blu-ray | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Mad Max: Fury Road is an entertaining movie”
“Movies like Mad Max: Fury Road and Fall Guy are few and far between.”
“so much of the stunts were real and not SpiderMan level nonsense”
“one of the greatest, most awesome, movie ever made”
“The latter feels like a video game, except it somehow comes out looking even less inspired and creative”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.