The 10 Best Film Remakes

Love them or hate them remakes have actually made better films of their originals in quite a few cases. They are useless and bad most of the time but still some remakes have proved to be good films to there original counterparts. So give some of these remakes a chance as the have a reason at being the best in one of the worst genres of cinema.



The 10 Best Film Remakes

1. Scarface (1983) by Brian De Palma - from Scarface (1932)


2. Heat (1995) by Michael Mann - from TV movie L.A. Takedown (1989)


3. Traffic (2000) by Steven Soderbergh - from TV- Miniseries Traffik (1989)


4. King Kong (2005) by Peter Jackson - from King Kong (1933)


5. The Fly (1986) by David Cronenberg - from The Fly (1958)


6. The Untouchables (1987) by Brian De Palma - from TV Show The Untouchables (1959)


7. Ocean's Eleven (2001) by Steven Soderbergh - from Oceans Eleven (1960)


8. The Departed (2006) by Martin Scorsese - from Infernal Affairs (2002)


9. Insomnia (2002) by Christopher Nolan - from Insomnia (1997)


10. The Thing (1982) by John Carpenter - from The Thing from Another World (1951)

Honorable Mentions in Alphabetical Order

• Cape Fear (1991) by Martin Scorsese - from Cape Fear (1962)


• Dawn of the Dead (2004) by Zach Snyder - from Dawn of the Dead (1978)


• Dracula (1992) by Francis Ford Coppola - from Dracula (1931)


• Mission Impossible (1996) by Brian De Palma - from TV Show Mission Impossible (1966)


• Thomas Crown Affair (1999) by John McTiernan - from Thomas Crown Affair (1968)


• THX 1138 (1971) by George Lucas - from short film Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967)


• True Lies (1994) by James Cameron - from La Totale! (1991)


• The Birdcage (1996) by Mike Nichols - from La cage aux Folles (1978)


• The Bourne Identity (2002) by Doug Liman - from TV Movie The Bourne Identiy (1988)


• The Magnificent Seven (1960) by John Sturges - from Seven Samurai (1954)


• The Mummy (1999) by Stephen Summers - from The Mummy (1932)


• The Ring (2002) by Gore Verbinski - from Ringu (1998)


• The Manchurian Candidate (2004) by Jonathan Demme - from The Manchurian Candidate (1962)


• Vanilla Sky (2001) by Cameron Crowe - from Open Your Eyes (1997)