Mad Max es una película australiana de acción-ciencia ficción de 1979 dirigida por George Miller y protagonizada por Mel Gibson. La película fue estrenada un año más tarde en el resto del mundo. Con una temática distópica, y un pequeño presupuesto de 350.000 dólares, el filme consiguió recaudar 100 millones de dólares en todo el mundo y produjo tres secuelas: Mad Max 2 en 1981 (conocida como The Road Warrior o El guerrero de la carretera), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome en 1985 (Mad Max, más allá de la cúpula del trueno) y Mad Max: Fury Road. en 2015. Es considerada por muchos una película de culto.

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Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward. James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy. The film presents a tale of societal collapse, murder, and vengeance set in a future Australia, in which a vengeful policeman becomes embroiled in a feud with a vicious motorcycle gang. Principal photography took place in and around Melbourne, Australia, and lasted six weeks. The film initially received a polarized reception upon its release in April 1979, although it won three AACTA Awards and attracted a cult following, while its critical reputation has grown since. The film earned more than $100 million worldwide in gross revenue. It held the Guinness record for most profitable film from 1980-1999 and has been credited for further opening up the global market to Australian New Wave films. The film became the first in a series, giving rise to the sequels Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior (1981), Beyond Thunderdome (1985), and Fury Road (2015).

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