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Especially originals you were familiar with before the remake.

Little Shop Of Horrors. The Thing.

Best remakes are;

The Fly - (1986 from the 1958)
Cape Fear - (1991 from the 1962)
Ocean's Eleven - (2001 from the 1960)
The Thing - (1982 from the 1951)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964 from 1961 Yojimbo)
Man on Fire (2004 from 1987)


I've actually seen most of the remakes before the originals, but I am familiar with both movies and it's my opinion that the remake is better in all instances above.

If you count Lord of the Rings over the really awful cartoon version they made in the 70's then that's possibly the greatest remake in the history of anything, but given how insanely inaccurate it is, I vote it's not at all a remake ;p

Night of the Living Dead

Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland. The Blob. Scarface. Many others mentioned above. Can't think of any recently though.

Edit: The Departed (but only a little bit better)

Originally posted by EvilAngel
Best remakes are;

The Fly - (1986 from the 1958)
Cape Fear - (1991 from the 1962)
Ocean's Eleven - (2001 from the 1960)
The Thing - (1982 from the 1951)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964 from 1961 Yojimbo)
Man on Fire (2004 from 1987)


I've actually seen most of the remakes before the originals, but I am familiar with both movies and it's my opinion that the remake is better in all instances above.

If you count Lord of the Rings over the really awful cartoon version they made in the 70's then that's possibly the greatest remake in the history of anything, but given how insanely inaccurate it is, I vote it's not at all a remake ;p

agreed except for THE FLY. no way,not even close,that was horrible.The origianl is far superiour and better than the remake.thats another remake thats a disgrace to the original.

Originally posted by Myth
Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland. The Blob. Scarface. Many others mentioned above. Can't think of any recently though.

Edit: The Departed (but only a little bit better)

only one i saw was invasion of the body snatchers with sutherland and yeah that one is better than the original as well.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Night of the Living Dead Bingo. I also never saw the original Cape Fear but Deniro was simply awesome as the villain in the remake. I never saw the original Scarface either but love Pacino in the remake. Man on Fire was also good but never saw the original.

Originally posted by Mr Parker
agreed except for THE FLY. no way,not even close,that was horrible.The origianl is far superiour and better than the remake.thats another remake thats a disgrace to the original.

Don't talk shit about Cronenberg!! Or Goldblum!! Haha.. The Fly rocks!!! I've never seen the original, but I think I've seen clips from it. Isn't it REALLY old and a pretty goofy version that stays pretty true to the original source material? I've read the short story and it's pretty silly. The Cronenberg remake changed it a lot, but it's effin' great!

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Don't talk shit about Cronenberg!! Or Goldblum!! Haha.. The Fly rocks!!! I've never seen the original, but I think I've seen clips from it. Isn't it REALLY old and a pretty goofy version that stays pretty true to the original source material? I've read the short story and it's pretty silly. The Cronenberg remake changed it a lot, but it's effin' great! I always thought remakes should change up the original formula.

Dawn of the Dead
The Departed
The Fly

People tend to forget you can't have a remake without the original.

Have'nt seen the original 3:10 to Yuma but the remake was great.

A Miracle on 34th St
300
Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Evil Dead 2 (to me this is a remake more that a sequel)

Dawn of the Dead. Yeah probably gonna get a few boo's for that but as much respect as I have for the original, I think the new one was incredible.

True Grit. Never been a fan of John Wayne, but nontheless the remake was better anyway.

I am Legend was definitely better than "The Omega Man" Although I like "The Last Man on Earth" the best.

Evil Dead 2 Haha, not really a remake but it may as well be.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Don't talk shit about Cronenberg!! Or Goldblum!! Haha.. The Fly rocks!!! I've never seen the original, but I think I've seen clips from it. Isn't it REALLY old and a pretty goofy version that stays pretty true to the original source material? I've read the short story and it's pretty silly. The Cronenberg remake changed it a lot, but it's effin' great!
thats why i dont like it cause yeah,unlike the origianl it wasnt true to the source material and it was just plain gross.

Originally posted by EvilAngel
Best remakes are;

The Fly - (1986 from the 1958)
Cape Fear - (1991 from the 1962)
Ocean's Eleven - (2001 from the 1960)
The Thing - (1982 from the 1951)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964 from 1961 Yojimbo)
Man on Fire (2004 from 1987)




good list Id also say...,

King Kong (2005)
Night of the living dead
Dawn of the Dead
3 10 to Yuma
Last house on the left
The Wolfman

Let Me In, The Thing, Dawn Of The Dead

Originally posted by tazzzdo
Let Me In

Whoa? What? Really?

Originally posted by Mr Parker
agreed except for THE FLY. no way,not even close,that was horrible.The origianl is far superiour and better than the remake.thats another remake thats a disgrace to the original.

B-b-b-b-but Jeff Goldblum... I'll say it again, Jeff GOLDBLUM!

In terms of reboots, Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Casino Royale were superb.

Originally posted by EvilAngel
Whoa? What? Really?
Yeah I don't know why exactly. I just took a liking to it a lot more.

me too. I think let me is better than let the right one in.

Originally posted by Korto Vos
In terms of reboots, Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Casino Royale were superb. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was superb. I myself never much got into the james bond flicks.

You can't really classify the James Bond films as remakes.

It's more of a franchise that's had various actors playing the lead.

Certainly not Assault on Precinct 13, the re-make was rubbish in my opinion.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
You can't really classify the James Bond films as remakes.

It's more of a franchise that's had various actors playing the lead.

very true.the thing that sucks about it is as long as people are making movies in hollywood,they will keep makig them.

Originally posted by Korto Vos
In terms of reboots, Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Casino Royale were superb.

Nolans Batman films were the one and only true Batman films,the others were a disgrace to the comicbook.