Top 10 Greatest Remakes
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- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.Based on: The Thing (1952)
John Carpenter's take-no-prisoners remake of the Howard Hawks' film is surely the greatest remake of all time. It's an absolute crackerjack from start to finish! - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.Based on: Cape Fear (1962)
The original is excellent sure, but Scorsese's remake is way better; it's grotesque, it's campy, it's weird, it's humorous and incredibly entertaining. Offers two incredible performances by Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis. - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.Based on: Infernal Affairs (2002)
Scorsese's Oscar-winning masterpiece is nothing short of extraordinary. - DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn GetzA brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.Based on: The Fly (1958)
David Cronenberg's graphically disgusting love-story about a scientist (Jeff Goldblum!) who becomes a fly. Makes the original look like a campy schoolboy looking for mommy. - DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.Based on: Nosferatu (1922)
Slow-moving, odd and devoid of sudden surprises, Werner Herzog is as usual deliberately pacing the audience out. Kinski is wonderful as the main character. - DirectorJames MangoldStarsRussell CroweChristian BaleBen FosterA small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.Based on: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
James Mangold's remake works double-barreled power with the amazing duo of Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, and the powerful dialog. Better than the original. - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.Based on: Ringu (1998)
A gothic American take on the Japanese original. Works better viewed as a detective-story than a full-fledged horror-flick. Very nice. - DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsDonald SutherlandBrooke AdamsJeff GoldblumWhen strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.Based on: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Suspenseful film by Philip Kaufman that contains some of the 70ties most memorable special effects. - DirectorCharles ShyerStarsSteve MartinDiane KeatonMartin ShortWith his oldest daughter's wedding approaching, a father finds himself reluctant to let go.Based on: Father of the Bride (1950)
Another successful remake comedy with Steve Martin in it (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Parent Trap). Charming and easily enjoyable film! - DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.Based on: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Doing a remake on the zombie-film godfather George Romero is risky business right from the outset. Luckily, director Zack Snyder did things well and made a spirited film.