Added by Rossjm

on 9 Jun 2011 01:58

Vote!

1433 Views 16 Comments

Films That Should Not Be Remade

Sort by:

Showing 50 items

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

American Beauty (1999)

Annie Hall (1977)

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Blow-Up (1966)

Blue Velvet (1986)

10.

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

11.

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

12.

Casablanca (1942)

13.

Chinatown (1974)

14.

Citizen Kane (1941)

15.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

16.

Double Indemnity (1944)

17.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Wo... (1964)

18.

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

19.

Eraserhead (1977)

20.

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

21.

Fargo (1996)

22.

GoodFellas (1990)

23.

The Godfather (1972)

24.

The Graduate (1967)

25.

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

26.

It Happened One Night (1934)

27.

Jaws (1975)

28.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

29.

La Strada (1954)

30.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

31.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the... (2001)

32.

M (1931)

33.

Memento (2000)

34.

Metropolis (1927)

35.

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

36.

Natural Born Killers (1994)

37.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

38.

Performance (1970)

39.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

40.

Raging Bull (1980)

41.

Rashomon (1950)

42.

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

43.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

44.

The Searchers (1956)

45.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

46.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

47.

The Third Man (1949)

48.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

49.

Vertigo (1958)

50.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

A list of films that should never be remade, even if a good modern cast and director were doing it. Some may have been remade in some form. Some may have been remade entirely that I don't know about. Either way, these are great films that should not be touched by the greedy hand of modern Hollywood. Alphabetical.

For Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, I have used the first film in the trilogy to represent all of the films. Except the new Star Wars trilogy, which I have not seen nor particularly care to right now.

Added to

Related lists

Films that should NEVER EVER be remade.
20 item list by SJMJ91
38 votes

9 comments

Remake? HELL NO!
18 item list by PvtCaboose91
95 votes

52 comments

Should Never, Ever Be Remade
3 item list by lonelyheart
3 votes

1 comment

30 Movies That'll Never Be Remade
30 item list by moviewatcher122
56 votes

16 comments

Upcoming Remakes
15 item list by dannyjai
7 votes

7 comments

My Alternate Oscar List
40 item list by santanu
2 votes

1 comment

ROME FILM FESTIVAL - VII EDITION
21 item list by Noodles
2 votes

Movies Remade by the Same Director
12 item list by Mr. Saturn
19 votes

12 comments

Books (that should be) Converted to Film
10 item list by Mr. Lays
4 votes

Foreign Films, American Counterparts
23 item list by sleepless101
46 votes

11 comments

View more top voted lists

Join listal and create your own lists and much more

People who voted for this also voted for

PK's 30 Video Games Meme

Favorite Lists

the giraffe's 30 Days lists

My Favourite Films Throughout the Years

Lists I'm following

Listal's Index List of Lists of Lists

2012- Best to Worst

2011 in Cinema: From Best to Worst

Comments

the giraffe

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 10 18:23

Agreed.

Aira

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 13:06

Usually I'm not against remakes, I always give "the benefit of the doubt" before starting screaming... But I agree with these titles. Great classics.

Abhi

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 13:19

Films should not be remade - at all. I can't think of a single re-make that improved on the originals in any way. What happened to original ideas?

Happy Vader

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 13:45

You are absolutely right!

moviewatcher122

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 14:28

The Wizard of Oz should be on there.

Bml93

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 14:46

I don't think anything should be remade, but once they are, I give them a chance.

Orphelia

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 14:54

kun you missed one babe, the fly :)

Orphelia

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 14:54

i think planet of the apes is the worst remake, lol

m08221196

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 16:00

amen

Malice

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 16:19

The goonies should be on there

Caíque Carvalho

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 16:28

Oh, can't even think in a Pulp Fiction remake D:

Abhi

Posted: 1 year, 11 months ago at Jun 28 18:15

The Departed was decent, no doubt, but it didn't improve on the original in any way. Reservoir Dogs was a remake?

Eesh

Posted: 1 year, 10 months ago at Jun 30 19:45

so true, but really no movie should be remade, it always ends up shit!

Last_Line

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Aug 1 23:35

I am not against remakes but I do agree that some titles should not be remade. Specifically from your list the only title that I would NOT appreciate a remake of is Pulp Fiction.
Other than that there are elements from most of those films that I would enjoy seeing portrayed by different actors or film makers.

Mackenzi

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Aug 15 0:13

Wow, I can't even imagine how different Bringing Up Baby would be now! Actually, I don't think I'd mind a remake. It's such a cute idea to begin with, and it's one of those that there's been so much time between, it would be a cool look at how things have changed. 70 years would make a very different movie.

Rossjm

Posted: 1 year, 9 months ago at Aug 15 11:15

Good point with Bringing Up Baby, although I think it is so perfect and funny as it is, a remake isn't necessary. I'd happily see a new version if they made one but personally, I think screwball comedy's fast-paced style was better achieved in the 30s and 40s. I think if they remade it now, it would get too bogged down on pointless exposition.