Empire's 50 Remakes That Worked

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Remakes get a bad rep -- but the fact is that some of your favorite films are secretly remakes, twists on existing films that turned out better than they had any right to. Here Empire has assembled their best of the best.

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  1. 1 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    Cape Fear

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
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    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
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    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
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    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
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    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
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    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

    1979 — a.k.a. Nosferatu the Vampyre, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Thomas Crown Affair

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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    Sorcerer

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
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    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
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    Dawn of the Dead

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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    The Quiet American

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Vanilla Sky

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
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    War of the Worlds

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
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    Blow Out

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
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    Night and the City

    1992, in 1 top list Check
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    Insomnia

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    True Lies

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
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    3:10 to Yuma

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    Man on Fire

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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    The Mummy

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
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    Scent of a Woman

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
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    Outland

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Ring

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Saboteur

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    Disturbia

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté

    2005 — a.k.a. The Beat That My Heart Skipped, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Birdcage

    1996 — a.k.a. Birds of a Feather, in 3 top lists Check
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    Brothers

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Enemy Mine

    1985, in 1 top list Check
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    The Parent Trap

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    Quarantine

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
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    Funny Games

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    3 Men and a Baby

    1987 — a.k.a. Three Men and a Baby, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Italian Job

    2003, in 1 top list Check
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