# The best movie remakes of all time

Remakes that outdid the original: the ones critics rank highest (Time Out, Collider, Stuff).

- 12 votes · 12 items
- Sep 20, 2024 · N. Clark
- https://even.best/en/l/1913/the-best-movie-remakes-of-all-time

## Top 12

1. **The Fly (1986)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — David Cronenberg reinvents the 1958 B-movie.
2. **Scarface (1983)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — De Palma and Pacino remake Howard Hawks' 1932 gangster film.
3. **The Thing (1982)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — John Carpenter remakes The Thing from Another World (1951).
4. **Ocean's Eleven (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soderbergh's slick version of the Rat Pack caper.
5. **Twelve Monkeys (1995)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Terry Gilliam expands Chris Marker's La Jetée.
6. **The Magnificent Seven (1960)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Seven Samurai moved to the Wild West.
7. **Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Philip Kaufman's paranoid San Francisco version.
8. **The Mummy (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Brendan Fraser turns the Universal monster into an adventure.
9. **A Star Is Born (1954)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Judy Garland's version, the best of four.
10. **The Departed (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Scorsese remakes Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs and wins the Oscar.
11. **Little Shop of Horrors (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The musical version of Roger Corman's cheap 1960 film.
12. **True Grit (2010)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — The Coen brothers return to Charles Portis' novel.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.