This weekend the highly anticipated remake of the Mad Max film hits theatres.

Already, its been hailed as an amazing take on the post-apocalyptic genre.

But the film isn't alone when it comes to depicting how the uncertain future would look like. We spoke to our regular contributor, film historian Mark Jordan Legan, for a look at the best films of this genre. 

First up, the film "Snowpiercer" from acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho. The film takes place on a futuristic super train that holds the last human survivors after a government attempt to stop global warming created a new deadly ice age.

A fun, cult favorite from 1973 is "Soylent Green." It stars Charlton Heston and in his final film performance, Hollywood legend Edward G. Robinson. 

And Charlton Heston was also a star in 1971’s Omega Man. The film was based on the famous Richard Matheson novel I am Legend, and there have been three film adaptations.  1964’s "The Last Man on Earth," with Vincent Price, Heston’s "Omega Man,"  and then 2007’s I am Legend," with Will Smith.

The basic story is after a global pandemic turns the world population into mutant zombie-like creatures, Robert Neville is the only unaffected survivor. 

And finally, "Children of Men," from Alfonso Cuaron, the director of "Gravity," and "Y Tu Mama Tambien," Clive Owen stars in this futuristic thriller set in 2027 where two decades of human infertility has mankind teetering on the edge of extinction. But everything changes when a militant group reaches out to former radical, now government worker Clive Owen with the earth shattering news a refugee is pregnant.