Rotten Tomatoes: Best Remakes: 50 years, 50 movies
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Some movies are so nice, they've got to make them twice. Or three times. Or four…
The best remakes offer new filmmakers their chance to deliver a unique vision just as audiences discover new appreciations on classic stories.
These are the 50 best remakes of the past 50 years. On this list, you'll find your old favorites and new movies that are screaming to be added to your future watching list.
Enjoy!
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True Grit
2010, in 6 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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Angst essen Seele auf
1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check -
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Casino Royale
2006, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Departed
2006, in 20 top lists Check -
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Assault on Precinct 13
1976, in 6 top lists Check -
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
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A Little Princess
1995, in 2 top lists Check -
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No Way Out
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Victor/Victoria
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Hairspray
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
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Jûsan-nin no shikaku
2010 — a.k.a. 13 Assassins, in 1 top list 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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Insomnia
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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Let Me In
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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The Fly
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
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3:10 to Yuma
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969, in 21 top lists Check -
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Pale Rider
1985, in 1 top list Check -
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Little Shop of Horrors
1986, in 3 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1983, in 19 top lists Check -
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007, in 6 top lists Check -
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Freaky Friday
2003, in 1 top list Check -
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Scent of a Woman
1992, in 4 top lists Check -
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King Kong
2005, 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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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988, in 1 top list Check -
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Heaven Can Wait
1978, in 3 top lists Check -
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Zatôichi
2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check -
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
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Xiao cheng zhi chun
2002 — a.k.a. Springtime in a Small Town, in 3 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 Parent Trap
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ocean's Eleven
2001, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Manchurian Candidate
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992, in 6 top lists Check -
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Enchanted April
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
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War of the Worlds
2005, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Good Thief
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dawn of the Dead
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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12
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
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Peter Pan
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cape Fear
1991, in 5 top lists Check -
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Piranha 3D
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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The Birdcage
1996 — a.k.a. Birds of a Feather, in 3 top lists 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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Rio Lobo
1970, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on May 2, 2012; source