time to put a fresh spin on those
beloved classics welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 best
movies based on a TV series two out of
three
for this list we’re looking at live
action film remakes or reboots of TV
series that did justice to the source
material and that are not considered a
continuation of the shows in question
that means they don’t feature the
original cast members unless it’s in a
different role than they originally
played or in a small cameo nice little
dweebs just ruined a five-year
investigation we had no idea you’re like
an amazing actor man want to see
something really scary
number 10 The Twilight Zone the movie
before being adapted into a feature film
this hit Rod Serling show terrified avid
Watchers on a weekly basis with its
series of unrelated and paranormal
stories
the movie doesn’t stray from its
original format and is presented in
multiple vignettes each helmed by a
different director including notable
names like John Landis and Steven
Spielberg hang the Coon son of a bitch
are you crazy you’re insane you’re all
crazy though the film is notorious for a
helicopter accident that killed actor
Vic Morrow and two child extras it’s
best remembered as a faithful retread of
its early 60s source material
I believe you two know each other
number nine Starsky and Hutch you two
deserve each other
make nice your partner’s an influx of TV
show remakes in the early 2000s brought
with it this comedy based on the
original late 70s buddy cop series hey
stars what
my car though the show took itself
somewhat seriously this film is the
no-holds-barred
zany action-adventure you’d expect from
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson I like your
style
I like the moves though the
personalities of the main characters are
swapped the movie is replete with all
kinds of subtle and overt references to
the show making sure Starsky and Hutch
is very much its own film and your stock
just went up in my book my friend here
pop the hood let me see what you got hey
hey hotshot what do you think you’re
doing
this is a Ford Gran Torino okay it’s not
some crappy camper slash apartment there
are rules
okay okay what did they call you I’m
Bret maverick and I’m pleased to meet
you number 8 maverick is this seat taken
it is now this Richard Donner directed
film started its life as a 1950s TV
series about two poker-playing brothers
and their experiences in the Old West
hey you in trouble already
what all right hey one similarity shared
by the show and its big-screen
adaptation is James Garner what did you
say Keith the actor played the main
character in the original maverick Bret
maverick and took a role among the
star-studded movie cast remove your
hands the lady sometimes when you least
expect it your hero arrives both rooted
in comedy and the western genre both
light-hearted and fun maverick is a
remake done right how ever did you
escape from those hostiles
I’m not exact
a whole man anymore war on drugs the war
that we have to win and a war that we
can win number seven traffic come on I
dream about this I have actually dreamed
about this about busting the top people
the rich people white people the world
of illegal drug trafficking is a dark
and seedy place as evidenced by both the
miniseries and the feature film versions
of traffic your try something you will
be disappointed its Pakistani 85 percent
pure originally produced as a 1989
British serial the movie remake explores
this criminal universe from different
perspectives in order to represent a
balanced view of the international
assembly line of narcotics from start to
finish hired drivers with nothing to
lose and throw a lot of product at the
problem some get stopped enough get
through it’s not difficult Steven
Soderbergh’s distinctive visual
separations of each different story want
him much acclaim we need to take down
one of these cartels either Juarez
Tijuana not because they’re a symbol but
he’ll they are some but because we need
to send a message
ah number six The Addams Family Showtime
in the mid-60s there seemed to be a
demand for out of the ordinary family
dynamics how do you think cousin Aimar
is gonna like his new sweater aired
during the same period as the Munsters
The Addams Family was about a
functionally dysfunctional family of
morbid individuals who Basten the idea
of death and misery lovely Morticia I
have such a way with roses and it’s 1991
film adaptation and its sequel were not
much different are you sure they’re real
lemons yes I’ll buy cup if you buy a
boxing my delicious Girl Scout cookies
are they leave some little Girl Scouts
dark and twisted but always ready with a
one-liner how can I compete you’re twice
the woman I earn the Adams family movies
breathe life back into this undead
franchise you
beautiful pale and mysterious no one
even looked at the corpse
we’re reviving a canceled undercover
police program from the 80s and
revamping it from modern times number
five
21 Jump Street so are you saying you’re
gonna send us into like a child sex
slavery ring or something what started
off as a serious teen drama back in the
late 80s is that what they taught you in
the Academy thirty years ago there
wasn’t any Academy just the street was
transformed
maybe predictably into a budding action
comedy for contemporary audiences the
story in both cases centers on a team of
youthful-looking police officers who
infiltrate a high school student body in
order to bust an underground drug ring
you are here simply because you look
young use some Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus
looking mother the result is a zany
update of what used to be darker subject
matter with a little visit from a
familiar face you guys are Jump Street
yeah yeah that’s funny because we were
actually Jump Street what yeah
number four Star Trek live long and
prosper this contemporary update had a
mission to boldly go where no man has
gone before
again we’ve long and cross spa I shall
do neither JJ Abrams slick and stylish
update of Gene Roddenberry’s beloved
1960s series had diehard fans split down
the middle spaces disease and danger
around to darkness silence I had to
break this to you but Starfleet operates
in space while fans of the original
series may not have warmed up to it
quite as much as the younger audience it
was aimed at Star Trek does justice to
the classic characters we all know and
love creating a whole new generation of
trekkers in the process I like this ship
you know it’s exciting
number three Mission Impossible
notable for its familiar theme song and
self-destructing assignment tapes
Mission Impossible both the late 60
series and the movie franchise are about
specialized agents who take on missions
that are deemed well impossible your
mission should you decide to accept it
would be to remove both nuclear devices
from Santa cost in Brian De Palma’s
reimagined take the entire team of
agents is murdered and Tom Cruise’s
Ethan Hunt must clears name while
evading enemies on all sides it’s a
season hug they’re dead dead my team my
team is dead though many original cast
members express their displeasure with
the remake critics and audiences found
it impossible to get enough
The Untouchables the special unit that
had worked for 18 months to bring out
Capone to justice
number two The Untouchables your fellows
are untouchable is that the thing no one
can get to you
you took a pone hey everyone can be got
can I’ll see him in hell
another De Palma helmed remake the
untouchables tells the story of
incorruptible prohibition-era officers
who took the law to the streets I want
to hurt the man Malone you hear me
I want to start taking the battle to him
I want to hurt come on both the film and
the TV series are fictionalized
retellings of Eliot Ness is
autobiographical account and both were
wildly successful on him to watch the
mops to leave was Eliot Ness chief of
the unique federal squad known as the
untouchables with an all-star cast that
includes Kevin Costner and Sean Connery
as well as Robert De Niro as Al Capone I
grew up in a tough neighborhood we used
to say you can get further with a kind
word and a gun than you can with just a
kind word the film recaptures the time
perfectly and reminds people why they
love the early 60s series it’s based on
never stop fighting till the fight is
done
– not about a lot of talk in a bit here
endeth the lesson before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions I think it’s only fair to warn
you this facility is surrounded by a
highly trained team of 130 black ops
snipers I didn’t believe you would you
believe two dozen Delta Force commandos
no how about chuck norris with a BB gun
goodbye miss good morning angels
good morning charlie Dillon Alex Natalie
I hope you’re rested and ready for your
next assignment Thank You Brady Bunch
listen up ladies and gentlemen our
fugitive has been on the run for 90
minutes
number one the fugitive your fugitives
name is dr. Richard Kimble dr. Richard
Kimble is not a lucky man first his wife
is murdered he’s trying to kill me then
he’s convicted of the crime I have mercy
on your soul then his bus crashes
what follows is a frantic attempt to
find the real killer while also trying
to evade the law whereas the 1960s show
had ample time to breathe as Kimball
searched for the one-armed man
the movie was a succinct and super
successful retelling of the same story
the name dr. Richard Kimble
the destination ethros state prison
though there were some minor changes dr.
Kimble was the same man on the big
screen and small intelligent kind and
desperate
do you agree with our list zseries
always what’s your favorite big-screen
remake of a TV show let me see your
belly button for more epic top 10s
published daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
beloved classics welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 best
movies based on a TV series two out of
three
for this list we’re looking at live
action film remakes or reboots of TV
series that did justice to the source
material and that are not considered a
continuation of the shows in question
that means they don’t feature the
original cast members unless it’s in a
different role than they originally
played or in a small cameo nice little
dweebs just ruined a five-year
investigation we had no idea you’re like
an amazing actor man want to see
something really scary
number 10 The Twilight Zone the movie
before being adapted into a feature film
this hit Rod Serling show terrified avid
Watchers on a weekly basis with its
series of unrelated and paranormal
stories
the movie doesn’t stray from its
original format and is presented in
multiple vignettes each helmed by a
different director including notable
names like John Landis and Steven
Spielberg hang the Coon son of a bitch
are you crazy you’re insane you’re all
crazy though the film is notorious for a
helicopter accident that killed actor
Vic Morrow and two child extras it’s
best remembered as a faithful retread of
its early 60s source material
I believe you two know each other
number nine Starsky and Hutch you two
deserve each other
make nice your partner’s an influx of TV
show remakes in the early 2000s brought
with it this comedy based on the
original late 70s buddy cop series hey
stars what
my car though the show took itself
somewhat seriously this film is the
no-holds-barred
zany action-adventure you’d expect from
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson I like your
style
I like the moves though the
personalities of the main characters are
swapped the movie is replete with all
kinds of subtle and overt references to
the show making sure Starsky and Hutch
is very much its own film and your stock
just went up in my book my friend here
pop the hood let me see what you got hey
hey hotshot what do you think you’re
doing
this is a Ford Gran Torino okay it’s not
some crappy camper slash apartment there
are rules
okay okay what did they call you I’m
Bret maverick and I’m pleased to meet
you number 8 maverick is this seat taken
it is now this Richard Donner directed
film started its life as a 1950s TV
series about two poker-playing brothers
and their experiences in the Old West
hey you in trouble already
what all right hey one similarity shared
by the show and its big-screen
adaptation is James Garner what did you
say Keith the actor played the main
character in the original maverick Bret
maverick and took a role among the
star-studded movie cast remove your
hands the lady sometimes when you least
expect it your hero arrives both rooted
in comedy and the western genre both
light-hearted and fun maverick is a
remake done right how ever did you
escape from those hostiles
I’m not exact
a whole man anymore war on drugs the war
that we have to win and a war that we
can win number seven traffic come on I
dream about this I have actually dreamed
about this about busting the top people
the rich people white people the world
of illegal drug trafficking is a dark
and seedy place as evidenced by both the
miniseries and the feature film versions
of traffic your try something you will
be disappointed its Pakistani 85 percent
pure originally produced as a 1989
British serial the movie remake explores
this criminal universe from different
perspectives in order to represent a
balanced view of the international
assembly line of narcotics from start to
finish hired drivers with nothing to
lose and throw a lot of product at the
problem some get stopped enough get
through it’s not difficult Steven
Soderbergh’s distinctive visual
separations of each different story want
him much acclaim we need to take down
one of these cartels either Juarez
Tijuana not because they’re a symbol but
he’ll they are some but because we need
to send a message
ah number six The Addams Family Showtime
in the mid-60s there seemed to be a
demand for out of the ordinary family
dynamics how do you think cousin Aimar
is gonna like his new sweater aired
during the same period as the Munsters
The Addams Family was about a
functionally dysfunctional family of
morbid individuals who Basten the idea
of death and misery lovely Morticia I
have such a way with roses and it’s 1991
film adaptation and its sequel were not
much different are you sure they’re real
lemons yes I’ll buy cup if you buy a
boxing my delicious Girl Scout cookies
are they leave some little Girl Scouts
dark and twisted but always ready with a
one-liner how can I compete you’re twice
the woman I earn the Adams family movies
breathe life back into this undead
franchise you
beautiful pale and mysterious no one
even looked at the corpse
we’re reviving a canceled undercover
police program from the 80s and
revamping it from modern times number
five
21 Jump Street so are you saying you’re
gonna send us into like a child sex
slavery ring or something what started
off as a serious teen drama back in the
late 80s is that what they taught you in
the Academy thirty years ago there
wasn’t any Academy just the street was
transformed
maybe predictably into a budding action
comedy for contemporary audiences the
story in both cases centers on a team of
youthful-looking police officers who
infiltrate a high school student body in
order to bust an underground drug ring
you are here simply because you look
young use some Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus
looking mother the result is a zany
update of what used to be darker subject
matter with a little visit from a
familiar face you guys are Jump Street
yeah yeah that’s funny because we were
actually Jump Street what yeah
number four Star Trek live long and
prosper this contemporary update had a
mission to boldly go where no man has
gone before
again we’ve long and cross spa I shall
do neither JJ Abrams slick and stylish
update of Gene Roddenberry’s beloved
1960s series had diehard fans split down
the middle spaces disease and danger
around to darkness silence I had to
break this to you but Starfleet operates
in space while fans of the original
series may not have warmed up to it
quite as much as the younger audience it
was aimed at Star Trek does justice to
the classic characters we all know and
love creating a whole new generation of
trekkers in the process I like this ship
you know it’s exciting
number three Mission Impossible
notable for its familiar theme song and
self-destructing assignment tapes
Mission Impossible both the late 60
series and the movie franchise are about
specialized agents who take on missions
that are deemed well impossible your
mission should you decide to accept it
would be to remove both nuclear devices
from Santa cost in Brian De Palma’s
reimagined take the entire team of
agents is murdered and Tom Cruise’s
Ethan Hunt must clears name while
evading enemies on all sides it’s a
season hug they’re dead dead my team my
team is dead though many original cast
members express their displeasure with
the remake critics and audiences found
it impossible to get enough
The Untouchables the special unit that
had worked for 18 months to bring out
Capone to justice
number two The Untouchables your fellows
are untouchable is that the thing no one
can get to you
you took a pone hey everyone can be got
can I’ll see him in hell
another De Palma helmed remake the
untouchables tells the story of
incorruptible prohibition-era officers
who took the law to the streets I want
to hurt the man Malone you hear me
I want to start taking the battle to him
I want to hurt come on both the film and
the TV series are fictionalized
retellings of Eliot Ness is
autobiographical account and both were
wildly successful on him to watch the
mops to leave was Eliot Ness chief of
the unique federal squad known as the
untouchables with an all-star cast that
includes Kevin Costner and Sean Connery
as well as Robert De Niro as Al Capone I
grew up in a tough neighborhood we used
to say you can get further with a kind
word and a gun than you can with just a
kind word the film recaptures the time
perfectly and reminds people why they
love the early 60s series it’s based on
never stop fighting till the fight is
done
– not about a lot of talk in a bit here
endeth the lesson before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions I think it’s only fair to warn
you this facility is surrounded by a
highly trained team of 130 black ops
snipers I didn’t believe you would you
believe two dozen Delta Force commandos
no how about chuck norris with a BB gun
goodbye miss good morning angels
good morning charlie Dillon Alex Natalie
I hope you’re rested and ready for your
next assignment Thank You Brady Bunch
listen up ladies and gentlemen our
fugitive has been on the run for 90
minutes
number one the fugitive your fugitives
name is dr. Richard Kimble dr. Richard
Kimble is not a lucky man first his wife
is murdered he’s trying to kill me then
he’s convicted of the crime I have mercy
on your soul then his bus crashes
what follows is a frantic attempt to
find the real killer while also trying
to evade the law whereas the 1960s show
had ample time to breathe as Kimball
searched for the one-armed man
the movie was a succinct and super
successful retelling of the same story
the name dr. Richard Kimble
the destination ethros state prison
though there were some minor changes dr.
Kimble was the same man on the big
screen and small intelligent kind and
desperate
do you agree with our list zseries
always what’s your favorite big-screen
remake of a TV show let me see your
belly button for more epic top 10s
published daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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