30 13 Assassins (Jusan-nin no shikaku), 2010

Original movie: Jûsan-nin no shikaku, 1963; Director Eiichi Kudo

When his tyranny runs rampant, samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is charged with ensuring Naritsugu’s bloody reign ends. With the help of twelve samurai, Shinzaemon must set a trap for the Lord and his 200 men that will prevent him from ascending the throne.

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29 The Jungle Book, 2016

Original movie: The Jungle Book, 1967; Director Wolfgang Reitherman

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.

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28 Aladdin, 2019

Original movie: Aladdin, 1992; Directors Ron Clements, John Musker

A kind-hearted street urchin Aladdin vies for the love of the beautiful princess Jasmine, the princess of Agrabah. When he finds a magic lamp, he uses the genie’s magic power to make himself a prince in order to marry her. He’s also on a mission to stop the powerful Jafar who plots to steal the magic lamp that could make his deepest wishes come true.

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27 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005

Original movie: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971; Director Mel Stuart

When Willy Wonka decides to let five children into his chocolate factory, he decides to release five golden tickets in five separate chocolate bars, causing complete mayhem. The tickets start to be found, with the fifth going to a very special boy, called Charlie Bucket. With his Grandpa, Charlie joins the rest of the children to experience the most amazing factory ever. But not everything goes to plan within the factory.

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26 Godzilla, 2014

Original movie: Gojira, 1954; Director Ishiro Honda

In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody’s colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe’s son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster’s secret cause on the wreck’s very grounds. This enables them to witness the reawakening of a terrible threat to all of Humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival elsewhere. Against this cataclysm, the only hope for the world may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King of the Monsters will be great even as Humanity struggles to understand the destructive ally they have.

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25 It, 2017

Original movie: It, 1990; Director Tommy Lee Wallace

When young children in the little town Derry, Maine goes missing a group of seven kids find out that the killer is not a man. The killer is the evil clown Pennywise who can shapeshift into the thing you are most afraid of. The kids, also known as the Losers Club, decide to fight and kill It. But how can you fight something who knows all your biggest fears?

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24 The Ring, 2002

Original movie: Ringu, 1998; Director Hideo Nakata

A mysterious video tape is killing off anyone who watches it. Whenever the victim watches it, the phone rings, telling them they have only one week to live. A young reporter named Rachel is investigating these events, but after she and her small son watch the tape, it becomes a race against time to find out why the tape is killing everyone and how it could be stopped.

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23 Insomnia, 2002

Original movie: Insomnia, 1997; Director Erik Skjoldbjærg

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn’t set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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22 A Star Is Born, 2018

Original movie: A Star Is Born, 1937; Directors William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

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21 Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011

Original movie: Planet of the Apes, 1967; Director Franklin J. Schaffner

The Escapist director Rupert Wyatt takes the helm for this Planet of the Apes prequel centering on genetically engineered chimp Caesar, who was created in a San Francisco lab by an ambitious scientist, and who uses his powerful intellect to lead an ape uprising against all of humankind.

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