If Mad Max: Fury Road was sticking around on Netflix in April, then it would have been an easy pick for this list. In its absence, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the next best thing. Anya Taylor-Joy had some very big shoes to fill considering that Furiosa is the role that made Charlize Theron an action icon. Taylor-Joy doesn’t get to say as much as Theron, but she kicks all kinds of butt in this movie.
This is Furiosa’s origin story, and it’s easy to understand where her anger comes from. She was kidnapped from her home and held hostage by Dementus (Chris Hemsworth), the warlord who murdered her mother. Furiosa holds a serious grudge for that, and there’s nothing she won’t do to get her revenge, no matter how many people she has to kill in the wasteland.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is streaming on Netflix.