Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) won 6 Academy Awards — the most ever for an action film. With a 97% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the highest ever achieved by an action blockbuster, George Miller's 30-year passion project is a visceral triumph. Shot primarily in the Namibian desert with predominantly practical effects, its 120-minute near-continuous chase was assembled from 480 hours of footage. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron's punishing performances, delivered in conditions so extreme the stars reportedly despised each other, elevate this above Die Hard in sheer technical audacity.