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of classic beloved movies that are
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this list we’re looking at times that
classic films were remade into fantastic
modernized versions some of these
entries are even head and shoulders
above the originals
number 10 Dawn of the Dead you do not
want to go that way
what’s that way George a Romero’s
landmark zombie opus got a modern update
back in 2004 courtesy of director Zack
Snyder and in many ways the remake was
just as influential as the original
Snyder’s film took the same basic
premise as the first one following a
group of survivors taking shelter from a
zombie outbreak in a shopping mall but
added some new wrinkles these changes
particularly the addition of zombies
that are able to run set the trend for
later zombie films but then again it
also started the still ongoing slow
zombies versus fast zombies argument a
heated debate among zombie aficionados
when a terrifying criminal is released
from prison he targets the lawyer who
helped put him away a dedicated family
man who must protect his wife and
children at all costs while the 1962
original is heavily inspired by the
works of Alfred Hitchcock the remake
from the early 90s positively uses with
Martin Scorsese’s trademark atmosphere
giving it an identity all its own add in
an all-star cast including Robert DeNiro
Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange it’s no
wonder the remake has come to overshadow
its predecessor in the public
consciousness after all the original
didn’t have an entire Simpsons episode
dedicated to parodying it well but any
last request
you know number eight hairspray I don’t
want to be a laundress I want to be
famous
based on the 1988 movie of the same name
by John Waters this glitzy remake added
a ton of star power including John
Travolta Christopher Walken and Michelle
Pfeiffer following the story of a young
girl rallying her fellow students
against racial segregation in 1960s
America the film takes as much from the
Broadway show adapted from the original
film as the original itself with color
energy and camp despair the film is a
surefire hit for musical fans who
flocked to see the film upon release the
movie shattered records when it hit
theaters becoming one of the most
number seven Ocean’s eleven ten oughta
do it don’t you think do you think we
need one more do you think we need one
more alright we’ll get one more how do
you possibly top a lavish heist movie
starring Frank Sinatra Dean Martin and
Sammy Davis jr. with a lavish heist
movie starring George Clooney Brad Pitt
Matt Damon and a whole slew of other
a-list names both films follow a crew of
debonair master thieves 11 to be exact
as they pull off the heist of a lifetime
in a Las Vegas casino while the classic
capers starring the Rat Pack themselves
will always hold a special place in our
hearts the remake by director Steven
Soderbergh is just too much fun to pass
up with a snappy dialogue
upbeat pace and infectious energy so are
you sure you’re ready to do this if you
ever ask me that question again Daniel
you will not wake up the following
morning number 6 the fly what am i
working on I’m working on something that
will change the world
and human life as we know it this
classic sci-fi horror begins when a
scientist is horribly mutated after a
normal house fly interferes in a
teleportation experiment in the original
the fly and the scientists becomes
scrambled with the fly’s head and mind
on top of the body of the scientist and
vice versa
the remake takes this premise and uses
it as a vehicle for some fantastic
special-effects work as Jeff Goldblum
slowly transforms into a horrifying
creature that’s neither fly nor men but
something in between fans of practical
effects Creature Features shouldn’t pass
this one up as the special effects are
as amazing as they are disgusting I’m
mr. number five Little Shop of Horrors
do anything like what I see you get
everything the original iteration of
this cult favorite is fairly typical if
exceptionally fun creature feature by
b-movie icon Roger Corman so naturally
it got adapted into an off-broadway
musical makes sense to us in 1986 the
musical was brought to the big screen in
a lavish horror comedy musical starring
Rick Moranis and Steve Martin with a
slew of cameos by comedy legends like
Bill Murray the songs by the great
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken make this
the most toe-tapping horror movie you’ve
ever seen and as much fun as the
original is the remake is superior in
pretty much every regard oh and did we
mention it’s directed by Frank Oz also
[Applause]
[Music]
number four true great that town diamond
is running them she killed on me again I
thought you were gonna say the Sun was
in your eyes when it was announced that
the Coen brothers the directing duo that
brought us No Country for Old Men Fargo
and others were remaking the classic
John Wayne Western with Jeff Bridges in
the lead we were excited to say the
least
the Cohens definitely put their sample
in the film bringing a massive dose of
grit and their signature intense
violence to the classic tale of revenge
on the frontier the dude has a long way
to go if he wants to supplant the Duke
in our hearts but his turn as Rooster
Cogburn definitely does justice to the
original and blazes its own trail at the
same time number three
invasion of the Body Snatchers released
in 1956 this sci-fi classic drew on Cold
War paranoia to weave a terrifying story
of a covert alien invasion that slowly
replaces normal humans with exact
duplicates that are grown in mysterious
pods the film became an instant classic
and was remade over 20 years later to
critical acclaim the remake stars donald
sutherland and pretty much turns all of
the creepiness and paranoia of the
original up to 11 with the alien
doppelgangers now even more sinister
than ever thanks to their tendency to
let a horrifying shriek when they
identify a regular human well no more
sleep for us
perhaps one of the most quoted movies of
all time most people don’t even know
that Brian De Palma’s coke-fueled
gangster epic is even a remake at all
the original by the great Howard Hawks
and produced by Howard Hughes follows an
especially brutal gangland bosses rides
to power and subsequent fall the remake
replaces the Prohibition era gangster
action with the tale of an 80s drug lord
plead with legendary gusto by Al Pacino
bursting at the seams with a be success
and De Palma’s usual stylistic flair the
new original has become a massive
cultural touchstone since its release
overshadowing the original in most if
not all regards this country you gotta
make the money first
then when you get the money you get a
pow
then we gonna power then you get the
woman before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
are you a vampire
I need bud you know dear that I’m in
love with you
[Music]
watches I dive in I’ll never meet the
ground
number one the thing thousands of years
ago it crashes and this thing gets
thrown out or crawls out and it ends up
freezing in the ice years before John
Carpenter brought his core filled magnum
opus to screens a very similar story was
told in the thing from another world
this 1951 horror sci-fi flick was
adapted from the novella who goes there
telling the story of an Arctic station
beset by an alien creature while the
original has its fans
the 1982 remake by the director of
Halloween is undisputably more well
known and popular and is often cited as
one of the greatest horror films ever we
can’t really argue with that assessment
given the film’s incredible effects
paranoid atmosphere and absolutely
world-class facial hair on star Kurt
Russell it really is the stuff of horror
movie legends do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten remakes
of classic beloved movies that are
actually good
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at times that
classic films were remade into fantastic
modernized versions some of these
entries are even head and shoulders
above the originals
number 10 Dawn of the Dead you do not
want to go that way
what’s that way George a Romero’s
landmark zombie opus got a modern update
back in 2004 courtesy of director Zack
Snyder and in many ways the remake was
just as influential as the original
Snyder’s film took the same basic
premise as the first one following a
group of survivors taking shelter from a
zombie outbreak in a shopping mall but
added some new wrinkles these changes
particularly the addition of zombies
that are able to run set the trend for
later zombie films but then again it
also started the still ongoing slow
zombies versus fast zombies argument a
heated debate among zombie aficionados
when a terrifying criminal is released
from prison he targets the lawyer who
helped put him away a dedicated family
man who must protect his wife and
children at all costs while the 1962
original is heavily inspired by the
works of Alfred Hitchcock the remake
from the early 90s positively uses with
Martin Scorsese’s trademark atmosphere
giving it an identity all its own add in
an all-star cast including Robert DeNiro
Nick Nolte and Jessica Lange it’s no
wonder the remake has come to overshadow
its predecessor in the public
consciousness after all the original
didn’t have an entire Simpsons episode
dedicated to parodying it well but any
last request
you know number eight hairspray I don’t
want to be a laundress I want to be
famous
based on the 1988 movie of the same name
by John Waters this glitzy remake added
a ton of star power including John
Travolta Christopher Walken and Michelle
Pfeiffer following the story of a young
girl rallying her fellow students
against racial segregation in 1960s
America the film takes as much from the
Broadway show adapted from the original
film as the original itself with color
energy and camp despair the film is a
surefire hit for musical fans who
flocked to see the film upon release the
movie shattered records when it hit
theaters becoming one of the most
number seven Ocean’s eleven ten oughta
do it don’t you think do you think we
need one more do you think we need one
more alright we’ll get one more how do
you possibly top a lavish heist movie
starring Frank Sinatra Dean Martin and
Sammy Davis jr. with a lavish heist
movie starring George Clooney Brad Pitt
Matt Damon and a whole slew of other
a-list names both films follow a crew of
debonair master thieves 11 to be exact
as they pull off the heist of a lifetime
in a Las Vegas casino while the classic
capers starring the Rat Pack themselves
will always hold a special place in our
hearts the remake by director Steven
Soderbergh is just too much fun to pass
up with a snappy dialogue
upbeat pace and infectious energy so are
you sure you’re ready to do this if you
ever ask me that question again Daniel
you will not wake up the following
morning number 6 the fly what am i
working on I’m working on something that
will change the world
and human life as we know it this
classic sci-fi horror begins when a
scientist is horribly mutated after a
normal house fly interferes in a
teleportation experiment in the original
the fly and the scientists becomes
scrambled with the fly’s head and mind
on top of the body of the scientist and
vice versa
the remake takes this premise and uses
it as a vehicle for some fantastic
special-effects work as Jeff Goldblum
slowly transforms into a horrifying
creature that’s neither fly nor men but
something in between fans of practical
effects Creature Features shouldn’t pass
this one up as the special effects are
as amazing as they are disgusting I’m
mr. number five Little Shop of Horrors
do anything like what I see you get
everything the original iteration of
this cult favorite is fairly typical if
exceptionally fun creature feature by
b-movie icon Roger Corman so naturally
it got adapted into an off-broadway
musical makes sense to us in 1986 the
musical was brought to the big screen in
a lavish horror comedy musical starring
Rick Moranis and Steve Martin with a
slew of cameos by comedy legends like
Bill Murray the songs by the great
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken make this
the most toe-tapping horror movie you’ve
ever seen and as much fun as the
original is the remake is superior in
pretty much every regard oh and did we
mention it’s directed by Frank Oz also
[Applause]
[Music]
number four true great that town diamond
is running them she killed on me again I
thought you were gonna say the Sun was
in your eyes when it was announced that
the Coen brothers the directing duo that
brought us No Country for Old Men Fargo
and others were remaking the classic
John Wayne Western with Jeff Bridges in
the lead we were excited to say the
least
the Cohens definitely put their sample
in the film bringing a massive dose of
grit and their signature intense
violence to the classic tale of revenge
on the frontier the dude has a long way
to go if he wants to supplant the Duke
in our hearts but his turn as Rooster
Cogburn definitely does justice to the
original and blazes its own trail at the
same time number three
invasion of the Body Snatchers released
in 1956 this sci-fi classic drew on Cold
War paranoia to weave a terrifying story
of a covert alien invasion that slowly
replaces normal humans with exact
duplicates that are grown in mysterious
pods the film became an instant classic
and was remade over 20 years later to
critical acclaim the remake stars donald
sutherland and pretty much turns all of
the creepiness and paranoia of the
original up to 11 with the alien
doppelgangers now even more sinister
than ever thanks to their tendency to
let a horrifying shriek when they
identify a regular human well no more
sleep for us
perhaps one of the most quoted movies of
all time most people don’t even know
that Brian De Palma’s coke-fueled
gangster epic is even a remake at all
the original by the great Howard Hawks
and produced by Howard Hughes follows an
especially brutal gangland bosses rides
to power and subsequent fall the remake
replaces the Prohibition era gangster
action with the tale of an 80s drug lord
plead with legendary gusto by Al Pacino
bursting at the seams with a be success
and De Palma’s usual stylistic flair the
new original has become a massive
cultural touchstone since its release
overshadowing the original in most if
not all regards this country you gotta
make the money first
then when you get the money you get a
pow
then we gonna power then you get the
woman before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
are you a vampire
I need bud you know dear that I’m in
love with you
[Music]
watches I dive in I’ll never meet the
ground
number one the thing thousands of years
ago it crashes and this thing gets
thrown out or crawls out and it ends up
freezing in the ice years before John
Carpenter brought his core filled magnum
opus to screens a very similar story was
told in the thing from another world
this 1951 horror sci-fi flick was
adapted from the novella who goes there
telling the story of an Arctic station
beset by an alien creature while the
original has its fans
the 1982 remake by the director of
Halloween is undisputably more well
known and popular and is often cited as
one of the greatest horror films ever we
can’t really argue with that assessment
given the film’s incredible effects
paranoid atmosphere and absolutely
world-class facial hair on star Kurt
Russell it really is the stuff of horror
movie legends do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe
and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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