10 Remakes of Classic Movies No One Asked For!

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The 1959 Ben-Hur was a remake, too! There was a 1907 silent short film, and made feature-length Ben-Hur in 1925, and starred Ramon Navarro.

[@brettcoster4781]

And the 1925 version is the best one of all.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Y'know, that pisspoor 2004 remake of Manchurian Candidate should be on this list...!!

[@angel4everable]

Most remakes are so godawful that the exceptions are a welcome treat: 1. THE MALTESE FALCON (1940). After two failed tries, including SATAN MET A LADY, a comedy of all things, the genius of John Huston did right by the genius of Dashiell Hammett. 2. 3:10 TO YUMA (2007). Nothing can outdo the Van Heflin-Glenn Ford original, but Christian Bale and Russell Crowe energized the story for new audiences. 3. SORCERER (1977). William Friedkin reimagined the great WAGES OF FEAR for the Seventies. A low-grade American hood, Mexican hitman, Arab terrorist, and French embezzler all walk the terror of life and death without meaning and existential despair in a South American jungle hell. The cinematography and the score by Tangerine Dream alone are worth a view or three.

[@marsrocket]

Total Recall was the first one I thought of. The remake is just boring and unfun compared to the original. I’m waiting for a remake of Lawrence of Arabia. That’s when I’ll know Hollywood is creatively bankrupt and should be forgotten.

[@stevendimmock4791]

The original 'Arthur' is my favourite film of all time. I couldn't even imagine watching the remake.

[@MarcVanLaere-zr5im]

The Omen, The Amityville Horror, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Fog ...

[@BigD53]

The remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" was such a mistake. I bailed halfway through it.

[@justinlockyer9938]

The first Ben-Hur was in 1907, first full lenth was in 1925. The Charlton Heston version in 1959 was actully the second remake incuding the first silent film.

[@jkeegan154]

I'm very shocked the remake of Rollerball didn't make top of the list. Speaking of James Caan films, if you're going to remake a movie, remake a movie that didn't get the proper amount of praise, like 1981's Thief. BTW, I did like the remake of The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg.

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Rollerball...... 🎶 Jon-a-thon 🎶

[@l.salisbury1253]

How 'bout a list of classics that BETTER NOT BE REMADE! Wizard of Oz (itself a remake of an un successful silent film!) Citizen Kane Dr. Strangelove

[@MarkBurrows-o1p]

Thats a good list u have here yet id like to add a few more remakes that should never been of remade -- the Omen (Leiv Schreiber) --- Get Carter (Sylvester Stallone ---Fright Night (David Tennant) --- the magnificent seven (Denzel Washington) job done.

[@gunsort3242]

Some films are made solely to retain rights to characters and stories. If they make some money, so much the better.

[@mediumjohnsilver]

My nominee for failed remake: the 1973 made-for-TV remake of _Double Indemnity_ (1944).

[@Jagueyes1]

Although not exactly a remake, The Wild Wild West was a great example of very poor casting. John Stamos as Jim West and Oliver Platt as Artemus Gordon would have been perfect.

[@VonWenk]

The 1959 Ben-Hur was a remake of a movie in which, if I recall correctly, real horses were injured and killed. Movies are products, not living beings with souls. Ellen Burstyn dominated every scene of The Wicker Man she was in though, but what happened to the director of In the Company of Men?

[@mikegrossberg8624]

The Avengers, and Wild Wild West Both, because there was not a single drop of charisma between the main characters, as there was in the tv shows, were STINKERS!

[@DrFrankNStein-sf2ww]

Sorry, at first i thought about Marvels The Avengers. But you were referring to the aweful muvie with Uma Thurman. Both movies were cinematic adaptations of TV series, not sure if that counts as a remake, but igree with you. These movies were terrible. The A-Team and Starsky and Hutch are also fitting the list and Colt Seavers from The Fall Guy is next. Hollywood is creativly bankruped.

[@josephstewart16]

what about the west side remake ...oy

[@LilannB]

I am probably one of the few people who saw the Psycho remake in the theater. I liked the film, enjoyed both Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche in the film.

[@char1737]

The wicker man & psycho totally did not need remakes reboots

[@ErwinGiesemann]

What about "The Truth About Charlie"? Did they really think that Mark Wahlburg and Thandie Newton could outdo Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade?

[@TheSaltydog07]

_Psycho_ is laughable. Ridiculous.

[@MegaJackpinesavage]

Gold Star for VintageVerse! ---- I was so disappointed in each & every one of these films that I turned them all off &/or stopped watching. Am extremely wary now about "Nosferatu", Herzog's & Murnau's being vampire favorites of mine --- a dread I hadn't anticipated as I'm also a rabid Eggers fan....scary times indeed!

[@Joy-z6g]

Of the remakes mentioned, I only really know Ben-Hur and Wicker Man, and neither of them was as bad as I thought they would be. I have seen far worse remakes of classic TV series. Having said that, I wouldn’t want to watch these two again, whereas I have watched the Charlton Heston version many times. I wouldn’t watch the Edward Woodward version of The Wicker Man again for quite different reasons! But I do seek out the music score on KZbin from time to time.

[@keithedwinsmith9416]

I’ve never seen a remake that didn’t make me wish that I was re-watching the original!

[@TackJorrance]

That is true almost always. But there are a few exceptions where the remake is as good, or better, than the original. Night of the Living Dead 1990 The Fly 1986 The Thing 1982 Suspiria 2018 True Grit 2010 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 The Blob 1988 Cape Fear 1991 The Hills Have Eyes 2006 Heat 1995 Man on Fire 2004 Scarface 1983 Fatal Attraction 1987

[@blackamerican40]

Since Gus did a step by step, word for word remake of Psycho, may Julianne Moore outlive everyone connected to the remake, like Vera Miles. Anne Heche not included. 😢

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

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[@kiskaloo6843]

Every single Disney 'reimagination' of its classic animations. The Ben Hur is a remake of a remake. The silent Ben Hur is also magnificent. I do find your failure to pronounce names and words a tad annoying by the way.

[@suzanneroberge494]

I still have to look away at the end scene in the original Carrie when Carrie reaches out of the grave for Sue. Comoletely freaked me out at the 1st viewing, still bothers me.

[@TheloniousCube]

Isn't the original Ben Hur a silent film?

[@DrFrankNStein-sf2ww]

Yes.Ben Hur with Charlton Henston was already a remake, so was The Magnificent Seven. But these movies are classics and they are classics for a reason.

[@TheSaltydog07]

Yes. And brilliant. The chariot scene in the remake rivals the original.

[@bored1ca]

@@DrFrankNStein-sf2wwif you want to get technical The Magnificent Seven was actually a re-imagining of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, as was Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars a re-imagining of Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

[@OldFatTank]

​@@bored1caAnd as my dad said walking out of the theater in 1977 after watching Star Wars, "I've seen this already, The Magnificent Seven and it was better."

[@brucebezold2714]

Bun Hur both silent and 1959 remake was directed by the same director.

[@TheTonyahawk]

No one truly wants any movie to be remade. The top brass in any of the studios go with the remake because they believe it’s easy money. For every Thing, Blob or Fly we get dozens of horrible unwanted garbage. Biggest problem is that we still go to watch them.

[@TheloniousCube]

Add Nightmare Alley to this list

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

Has the digital age killed the imagination of writers and film producers?....It sure does look like it!..... Remakes are the result... The sad easy way out...thats killing the movie industry.

[@zosometalgod]

That's why I hope they never remake Jaws! It will be all CGI bullshit and all green screen and no real filming on the Ocean!

[@DrFrankNStein-sf2ww]

What about "The Magnificent Seven" ? Yes, the movie was a remake itself, but it still didn't need another one. Nothing will ever top Yul Brunner, Charles Bronson and all the other. Don´t get me wrong, the remake from 2016 was good. But it didn't improve something or brought new ideas to the story. Nothing about the 2016 Magnificent Seven movie was ... magnificent. There are very good remakes out there, like "The Blob" from 1988 or John Carpenter's "TheThing" ... but they are the exception and not the rule.

[@arthurwaite976]

Yes, you have created a new category: Movies that are Remakes but still OK. I'd select Stagecoach and True Grit, but I'm a Wayne fan.

[@billmurray7473]

I'd just as soon Forget These So-called Movies Were Ever Made.

[@davidcraig8805]

2 film that shouldnt have had a remake, ben hur and mag 7

[@paulkenneally789]

The Italian Job is a British classic… forget the Wahlberg nonsense.

[@bradytom5468]

It's time for tootsie the remake.... Mr. Robinson , trading places , silence of the lambs too

[@tracysteele7652]

I thought the carrie remake was good

[@darrenkoglin3423]

The remake of Ben Hur would be nearly as bad as a remake of Lawrence of Arabia DONT DO IT

[@DrFrankNStein-sf2ww]

Ben Hur from 1959 already IS a remake. 😉 The first one was a silent movie from 1925.

[@NoosaHeads]

Keanu Reeves is NOT a good actor. In fact, he's one of the worst A-list actors out there. He plays certain, highly specific roles adequately, but he's as one-dimensional an actor as currently exists.

[@l.salisbury1253]

When he reads your comment I'm sure he'll cry all the way to the bank...!

[@danielmaher7108]

Gus Van Sant should have been jailed for what he did to Psycho. IMHO Van Sant only made one great movie, Drugstore Cowboy. After that it was all downhill.

[@VonWenk]

That's one opinion. At one, point I thought every other movie he made was good, the best being To Die For.

[@blackamerican40]

Sadly, all we think about is Nicolas Cage and the bees in the Wicker Man remake more than Equalizer getting burned alive by Dracula/ Saruman. 😮

[@tonynegron1927]

🤔 Good lord! They should make remakes of terrible movies not the classics. What a stupid idea.