20 The Italian Job, 2003

Original movie: The Italian Job, 1969; Director Peter Collinson

Led by John Bridger and Charlie Croker a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve, driven by greed and jealousy, arranges to take the gold for himself and eliminate the remaining members of the group.

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19 Vanilla Sky, 2001

Original movie: Abre los ojos, 1997; Director Alejandro Amenábar

David Ames, a womanizing playboy who finds romantic redemption when he falls in love with his best friend’s girlfriend Sofia. Before that relationship can begin, however, David is coaxed into a car driven by an ex-lover, Julie, who turns out to be suicidal. Driving her car off a bridge, Julie kills herself and horribly disfigures David. Reconstructive surgery and the loving support of Sofia seem to reverse David’s luck, but eerie incidents are soon making him question the reality of his existence and his control over his life, even while he is suspected of complicity in Julie’s death.

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18 King Kong, 2005

Original movie: King Kong, 1933; Directors Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

At the height of the Great Depression, the visionary but hard-pressed filmmaker, Carl Denham, talks the down-and-out New York City Vaudeville actress, Ann Darrow, into following him to Singapore for his upcoming movie extravaganza. Instead aboard a weather-beaten tramp steamer, along with the respected playwright, Jack Driscoll the unsuspecting crew find themselves at the back of beyond, in the impenetrable jungles of the obscure Skull Island: the home of ferocious primaeval relics, and the mysterious land of Kong, the all-powerful eight-metre-tall silverback gorilla.

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17 True Grit, 2010

Original movie: True Grit, 1969; Director Henry Hathaway

1870 Fort Smith, Arkansas. With nothing but revenge to keep her going after the murder of her father by a once-trusted, cowardly snake, plucky fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross entices the mean, one-eyed U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn with a reward to hunt down her father’s killer. As the excellent sharpshooter, Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, joins in, the unlikely trio forms a reluctant team and embarks on a peril-laden quest deep into the heart of the hostile Indian Territory to track down the murderer. However, the rugged wilderness is no place for a girl, and the odds are against them. Now, only vengeance matters. Is true grit enough to see justice served?

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16 3:10 to Yuma, 2007

Original movie: 3:10 to Yuma, 1957; Director Delmer Daves

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who’s awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

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15 Chicago, 2002

Original movie: Chicago, 1927; Director Frank Urson

In 1920s Chicago. Housewife Roxie Hart dreams of fame, Her dreams lead her to death-row, where she and another murdess, a vaudevillan named Velma Kelly, develop a rivalry while competing for for fame in the hope it will keep them from their fate.

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14 The Mummy, 1999

Original movie: The Mummy, 1932; Director Karl Freund

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreak havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

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13 I Am Legend, 2007

Original movie: The Last Man on Earth, 1964; Directors Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made in this post-apocalyptic action thriller. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague – the Infected – lurk in the shadows – watching Neville’s every move – waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered – and quickly running out of time.

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12 The Great Gatsby, 2013

Original movie: The Great Gatsby, 1974; Director Jack Clayton

Midwest native Nick Carraway arrives in 1922 New York in search of the American dream. Nick, a would-be writer, moves in next door to millionaire Jay Gatsby and across the bay from his cousin Daisy and her philandering husband Tom. Thus, Nick becomes drawn into the captivating world of the wealthy and as he bears witness to their illusions and deceits pens a tale of impossible love, dreams, and tragedy.

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11 Little Women, 2019

Original movie: Little Women, 1933; Director George Cukor

Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

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