Good Remakes

Submitted by Oedipus on Wed, 08/31/2005 - 03:00
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  1. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
  2. The Passionate Plumber (1932)
  3. Curly Top (1935)
  4. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  5. Bachelor Mother (1939)
  6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
  7. His Girl Friday (1940)
  8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
  9. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  10. A Star Is Born (1954)
  11. Bundle of Joy (1956)
  12. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  13. The Ten Commandments (1956)
  14. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  15. The Children's Hour (1961)
  16. The Parent Trap (1961)
  17. The Miracle Worker (1962)
  18. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
  19. Walk Don't Run (1966)
  20. The Thing (1982)
  21. Scarface (1983)
  22. Brewster's Millions (1985)
  23. Mixed Nuts (1994)
  24. Meet Joe Black (1998)
  25. The Parent Trap (1998)
  26. Psycho (1998)
  27. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  28. Insomnia (2002)
  29. The Ring (2002)
  30. The Truth About Charlie (2002)
  31. Tuck Everlasting (2002)
  32. The Italian Job (2003)
  33. The Missing (2003)
  34. Seabiscuit (2003)
  35. What a Girl Wants (2003)
  36. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
  37. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
  38. The Ladykillers (2004)
  39. The Terminal (2004)
  40. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
  41. King Kong (2005)
  42. The Invisible (2007)
grandpa_chum08/31/2005

the thing is a different interpretation of a novel... I would personally say that qualifies it as an original and not a remake, but thats a matter of opinion, you could technically say the same about any remake just being a re-interpretation of a script, but I think when a novel is involved and the movies are so different, it's another matter.

Oedipus09/02/2005

That's one way to look at it, I guess.

grandpa_chum09/02/2005

i guess my point is that it's not really a remake if the 'remake' could have been made even if the first one never existed... the way i see it anyway.

AJDaGreat09/02/2005

Yeah, I agree, multiple adaptations of books or plays shouldn't count as remakes. Is every film version of Romeo and Juliet a remake of this silent French film? I think not.

Oedipus09/03/2005

If the filmmakers approach the project as a remake, for example if they say going into the project that they're going to remake the movie, then it is a remake.

bertie09/02/2005

Good to know that 15 and 17 are good remakes. I trust your opinion, so I'll watch them without trepidation.

grandpa_chum09/02/2005

I can vouch for the ladykillers... it's good, it even stands up as one of the better coen brothers movies, which to my knowledge is just about all of them.

Jessan012/06/2005

What is for a few dollars more a remake of?

Oedipus12/06/2005

I think that was a mistake, I only meant to have A Fistful of Dollars (1964) on this list which is a remake of Yojimbo (1961) and not For a Few Dollars More (1965).