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4038

7.2

7.3

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Taming of the Shrew in a modern Seattle High School. A great translation.

Elfflame's rating:

873

6.3

6.6

The 13th Warrior (1999)

Elfflame's rating:

341

5.9

6.4

Always (1989)

Elfflame's rating:

8.7

8.3

Angoor (1982)

1101

7.1

7.5

August Rush (2007)

Oliver Twist in Modern day with Music.

Elfflame's rating:

1876

4.6

4.8

Bewitched

Elfflame's rating:

959

6.6

7.2

The Birdcage

Elfflame's rating:

5.9

5.3

The Bride (1985)

Elfflame's rating:

336

6.1

Bride & Prejudice (2004)

Elfflame's rating:

3456

6.4

6.7

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

2823

5.9

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

Elfflame's rating:

1658

5.7

Chicken Little (2005)

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2539

6.3

6.8

Clueless (1995)

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

6.8

6.7

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)...

Elfflame's rating:

355

5.8

Dragnet (1987)

Not the original pair, but the nephew of the original and his new partner. I like this take on the idea. Not really a remake, but more a sequel. It's a good way to go about the remake idea.

Elfflame's rating:

2433

6.5

7.1

Enchanted

A truly modern-day fairy tale.

Elfflame's rating:

1436

6.6

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

A new, more realistic version of Cinderella.

Elfflame's rating:

494

7.4

7.6

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Elfflame's rating:

580

6.9

7.3

Frankenweenie (1984)

Elfflame's rating:

302

5.1

5.7

Get Over It (2001)

878

7.1

7.2

The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Elfflame's rating:

207

5.6

Hamlet (2000)

Elfflame's rating:

6.9

Hamlet Goes Business (1987)

3798

6.4

6.8

Hook (1991)

What if Peter Pan finally did grow up? What sort of adult would he be?

Elfflame's rating:

2998

7.5

7.8

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Elfflame's rating:

1950

7.3

7.5

The Hours (2003)

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4338

6.5

7.1

I, Robot (2004)

Elfflame's rating:

291

6.2

Jabberwocky (1977)

Monty Python does Lewis Carroll.

Elfflame's rating:

2490

5.6

5.8

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Elfflame's rating:

119

6.1

6.4

The Banquet (2006)

7615

7.9

8.5

The Lion King

Elfflame's rating:

7.3

8.2

Maqbool (2003)

3670

6.3

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Elfflame's rating:

311

5.9

5.8

Mary Reilly

2723

6.2

6.8

The Mask of Zorro

Most Zorro stories these days start with an heir taking over the Zorro name, but this did it in an intriguing way by making the "heir" not only someone unrelated to the original, but also rather a clutz at first.

Elfflame's rating:

4.9

5.1

A Midsummer Night's Rave (2002)...

3774

8.1

8.2

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

King Arthur and the Knights search for the Holy Grail...sort of. Monty Python takes on Arthurian times and legends.

Elfflame's rating:

2621

7.8

8.1

Life of Brian (1979)

The rediculousness of the Christ tale, as told by Monty Python.

Elfflame's rating:

1356

7.6

7.8

My Fair Lady (1964)

Elfflame's rating:

338

5.5

6.1

O (2001)

Elfflame's rating:

2585

7.5

7.7

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

1073

6.4

6.7

Oliver & Company (1988)

Elfflame's rating:

7.3

8.1

Omkara (2006)

1955

6.7

7.3

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Elfflame's rating:

297

7.4

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Elfflame's rating:

1073

8.3

8.2

Ran (1985)

748

6.7

6.9

Rent (2005)

Elfflame's rating:

2014

7.2

7.6

Robin Hood

The traditional Robin Hood tale, but portrayed by animals.

An interesting side-note here. For a bit of time in the medieval ages, there were a set of animal stories that were extremely popular among the common folk, and the main character was a fox. So this movie is almost a blending of the two ideas, in a way.

Elfflame's rating:

3653

6.5

6.7

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

The language was Shakespeare, but the setting was pure modern-day. Baz Luhrmann did an excellent job translating the Shakespearean English in a way that even modern-day teenagers could take interest in.

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

412

7.6

7.4

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) (1990)

Hamlet as told from the POV from Rosencratz and Guildenstern. An incredible and hilarious take on what happens to characters of a play when they're not "onstage."

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A list of movies where the story is well-known and shown from a new point of view, or in a new setting, or otherwise provides new details to the story that existed before.

Fairy tales with a new twist.
Shakespeare's tales told in a new way.
A remake that adds a new twist to the original story.

Any ideas welcome.

Related list:
Modern Shakespeare by Abhijeet