The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 9 - 'Mad Max: Fury Road’

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ one of the greatest action movies of all time. They explain why it almost feels like a silent film despite its incredibly loud sound, celebrate Charlize Theron’s phenomenal performance and highlight it as the signature performance of her career, and reflect on George Miller’s legacy at large. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders Unlock an extra $250 at linkedin.com/thebigpicture A State Farm agent can help you choose the coverage you need. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.® Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennacy.
0:11.6	I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:12.6	And this is 25 for 25, a big picture special conversation show about Mad Max Fury Road.
0:17.9	Witness me! Today we ride into Valhalla because we have selected Mad Max as number nine.
0:25.6	This, of course, is the 2015 action epic masterpiece written and directed by George Miller,
0:32.3	co-written by Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lothoros, starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Holt,
0:37.4	Hugh Kierzburn,
0:39.4	Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoe Kravitz, and many more.
0:43.6	Let's get right into this movie.
0:46.0	Why did we choose Mad Max Fury Road?
0:48.1	This is the action achievement of the century so far, maybe of movies as they have been filmed.
0:58.5	You know, there's a very famous Steven Soderberg quote about this movie.
1:04.0	That is, I don't understand how they're not still shooting that film and I don't understand
1:07.8	how hundreds of people aren't dead.
1:10.1	But what this movie accomplishes in terms of doing the things that you see on screen and getting them on film and then editing them together and putting them in a movie is, like, unprecedented.
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