Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell)
Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb)
Flight of the Phoenix (1965) / Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Psycho (Hitchcock); Psycho (Van Sant)
The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man (2006)
Rollerball (1975); Rollerball (2002)
The Ladykillers (1955 and 2004)
The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Jackal (1997)
The Vanishing (1988); The Vanishing (1993)
I’ve seen neither, but have read that the American remake of the Dutch original very much suffers by comparison (including having a tacked-on happy ending).
Seven Chances(silent, Keaton) The Bachelor(talky, O’Donnell)
Spider-Man (Raimi); The Amazing Spider-Man (Webb)
Flight of the Phoenix (1965) / Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Psycho (Hitchcock); Psycho (Van Sant)
The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man (2006)
Rollerball (1975); Rollerball (2002)
The Ladykillers (1955 and 2004)
The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Jackal (1997)
The Vanishing (1988); The Vanishing (1993)
Red Dawn, Point Break, Fame, RoboCop, The Crow, The Hitcher, Planet of the Apes, Total Recall, etc.
Stop making bad remakes!
Remakes where the story was changed dramatically
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami.
The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated paranoia.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami.
The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated
Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami.
The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated
Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common.
13 Ghosts - the 2001 remake of the original 1960 movie has the nephew’s wife dying prior to his family acquiring his uncle’s estate. The dead wife appears as one of the 12 captive ghosts, who are imprisoned and unable to roam freely, as the ghosts in the original could. Also the house maid is replaced by a outsider ghost hunter, who seeks the treasure along with the lawyer/executor.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami.
The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated
Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common.
13 Ghosts - the 2001 remake of the original 1960 movie has the nephew’s wife dying prior to his family acquiring his uncle’s estate. The dead wife appears as one of the 12 captive ghosts, who are imprisoned and unable to roam freely, as the ghosts in the original could. Also the house maid is replaced by a outsider ghost hunter, who seeks the treasure along with the lawyer/executor.
The Ladykillers - the 1955 original was set in industrial England and involved an armored car heist. The Coens 2004 film placed it in rural Mississippi and centered around a riverboat casino robbery.
Insomnia - Probably not the best example, but much like the aforementioned The Vanishing, the Norwegian version was darker, bleaker and Skarsgård’s detective was less sympathetic than Pacino’s.
Hamlet (Several screen adaptations) also “remade” as Strange Brew - Moving the action from Denmark to a brewery in Canada
Maleficent - In the live action remake, the evil fairy becomes Aurora’s true protective fairy godmother.
Romeo + Juliet - The movie updated the story and placed it in a modern setting and the two families are now rival gangs.
Scarface - Gangland Chicago replaced by Cocaine Miami.
The Thing from Another World and The Thing - The original features a plant-based humanoid alien; the remake had a shape shifting creature that assimilated other life forms and generated
Little Nellie Kelly - This 1940 film about a young woman whose father is a New York Irish police Captain and the 1922 stage musical of the same name have relatively little else in common.
13 Ghosts - the 2001 remake of the original 1960 movie has the nephew’s wife dying prior to his family acquiring his uncle’s estate. The dead wife appears as one of the 12 captive ghosts, who are imprisoned and unable to roam freely, as the ghosts in the original could. Also the house maid is replaced by a outsider ghost hunter, who seeks the treasure along with the lawyer/executor.
The Ladykillers - the 1955 original was set in industrial England and involved an armored car heist. The Coens 2004 film placed it in rural Mississippi and centered around a riverboat casino robbery.
A Guy Named Joe and Always - A Guy Named Joe takes place in WWII while Always involves aerial firefighters.
