I think the dawn of the dead remake is better than the original

I enjoyed the 90s remake of the mummy...

101 Dalmatians remake because of this having a Home Alone flavour to it and Glenn Close is by far the best Cruella.

Thirteen Ghosts was pretty good (at making me laugh)

Originally posted by CrazyDave5000:

Nowadays, film remakes are usually watered down versions of their original counterpart, but I was wondering if anyone knows any that are good or even better than the original.

I can only think of one; 12 Monkeys, which is a remake to a 1962 short film from France, 'La Jetée' (with some changes here and there).

the fly

ben hur

the blob

the bounty

spit on your grave

technically superman christopher reeve is remake

The Thing
Scarface
Little Shop of Horrors
Dredd
The Departed

there are a plethora of good horror remakes

- the crazies
- evil dead
- nosferatu
- let me in (let the right one in)
- fright night
- dawn of the dead
- the fly (cronenberg)
- john carpenters the thing (it is a remake)
- the blob
- house on haunted hill
- the hills have eyes (avoid 2, it sucks)
- invasion of the body snatchers (the 1978 one, it is a remake)
- suspiria

Dawn of the dead (2000s)
Night of the living dead (1990s)
Body snatchers (1990s)
The thing
Total recall
Conan the barbarian

These are just ones I enjoyed. I'm not going to argue with anyone about them.

Carpenter's "The Thing" duuuuuh

E.g. Dredd wasn't bad imo. Better? idk, but different. Was the first came in mind.

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

The Thing
Scarface
Little Shop of Horrors
Dredd
The Departed

funny games us

Originally posted by ♱:

funny games us

its fine. it is technically a shot for shot and (nearly) word for word remake, so it is tough to complain. but the performances in the original are massively superior

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Scarface

wtf i didn't know

Originally posted by ♱:

spit on your grave

the "spit on your grave" remake is pretty great, and then they made a bunch of crappy sequels. original remake is still good though. on that note, the "last house on the left" remake is pretty class too.

Originally posted by ♱:

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Scarface

wtf i didn't know

Scarface is a remake?!