Best Movie Remakes (and Reboots)


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

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

Jusan-nin no shikaku

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.

Director: Takashi Miike
Writers: Kaneo Ikegami, Shoichirou Ikemiya, Daisuke Tengan
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya
Budget: $6 000 000
Box office: $18 689 000

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29 The Jungle Book, 2016

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

The Jungle Book

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.

Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Justin Marks, Rudyard Kipling
Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley
Budget: $175 000 000
Box office: $966 550 000

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28 Aladdin, 2019

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

Aladdin

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.

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: John August, Guy Ritchie
Starring: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith
Budget: $183 000 000
Box office: $1 050 693 000

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27 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005

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

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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.

Director: Tim Burton
Writers: John August, Roald Dahl
Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter
Budget: $150 000 000
Box office: $474 968 000

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26 Godzilla, 2014

Original movie: Gojira, 1954; Director Ishiro Honda

Godzilla

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.

Director: Gareth Edwards
Writers: Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata, Shigeru Kayama
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe
Budget: $160 000 000
Box office: $524 976 000

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25 It, 2017

Original movie: It, 1990; Director Tommy Lee Wallace

It

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?

Director: Andres Muschietti
Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
Budget: $35 000 000
Box office: $700 381 000

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24 The Ring, 2002

Original movie: Ringu, 1998; Director Hideo Nakata

The Ring

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.

Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kôji Suzuki
Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman
Budget: $83 000 000
Box office: $249 348 000

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23 Insomnia, 2002

Original movie: Insomnia, 1997; Director Erik Skjoldbjærg

Insomnia

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.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Hillary Seitz, Nikolaj Frobenius, Erik Skjoldbjærg
Starring: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank
Budget: $66 000 000
Box office: $113 714 000

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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

A Star Is Born

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.

Director: Bradley Cooper
Writers: Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters
Starring: Lady GaGa, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott
Budget: $36 000 000
Box office: $436 188 000

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21 Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 2011

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

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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.

Director: Rupert Wyatt
Writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Pierre Boulle
Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow
Budget: $93 000 000
Box office: $481 800 000

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