 miniMo  | 17 Aug 2025 1:49 p.m. PST |
What movie remakes do you enjoy watching both versions of? For purposes of this poll, 'remake' is limited to same title and general setting, changing to a more contemporary time setting is allowed. This does not include re-use of plots in different settings, even if they're both very good, like the various Kurosawa ronin films transposed to Westerns. Here are some to pairs get started, nominate others if you enjoy both of them: Cape Fear 1962/1991
Cat People 1942/1982
Dawn of the Dead 1978/2004
The Fly 1958/1986
Godzilla 1954/1984
King Kong 1933/2005
The Lost World 1925/1960
The Maltese Falcon 1931/1941
Oceans Eleven 1960/2001
Scarface 1932/1983
A Star is Born 1954/2018 |
| Grelber | 17 Aug 2025 2:23 p.m. PST |
The 1954 and 1995 versions of Sabrina are both enjoyable. Not sure what to think about Disney bringing out live versions of their cartoons, like Beauty and the Beast, Grelber |
 Herkybird | 17 Aug 2025 2:38 p.m. PST |
I honestly cannot think of any remake that is as good as the original, sorry! |
| miniMo | 17 Aug 2025 3:22 p.m. PST |
Herkybird, most folks think the 1941 Maltese Falcon is better than the original, but I don't blame you for preferring the 1931 version, it certainly has its strong points!
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Irwin Allen did a bang-up job on The Lost World, but the 1925 one is stunning. n.b. there's no requirement to like both versions equally, as long as you enjoy both to some degree. |
| glengarry6 | 17 Aug 2025 3:24 p.m. PST |
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 John the OFM | 17 Aug 2025 4:54 p.m. PST |
I misread the title.
Last of the Mohicans, but I never saw the "original". |
| John the OFM | 17 Aug 2025 5:02 p.m. PST |
The Alamo. Both the hokey John Wayne version and the later Billy Bob Thornton version. |
| Perris0707 | 17 Aug 2025 8:04 p.m. PST |
I enjoy both versions of The Lost World. |
| smithsco | 17 Aug 2025 8:05 p.m. PST |
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| Major Mike | 18 Aug 2025 9:09 a.m. PST |
Beau Geste (1926, 1939, 1966, 1982)
Four Feathers (1921,1929,1939,1978,2002)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930,1979,2022)
Red Badge of Courage (1951,1974)
Magnificent Seven (western) (1960,2016)
El Dorado/Rio Bravo (1959,1966) Almost the same plot with a few different tweeks between them. |
 KimRYoung | 18 Aug 2025 10:05 a.m. PST |
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| miniMo | 18 Aug 2025 11:27 a.m. PST |
Henry V (1944/1989)
I prefer Branagh's version by a wide margin, but will still watch Olivier from time to time for the colour and the pageantry. |
| John the OFM | 18 Aug 2025 1:02 p.m. PST |
Agree about Henry V.
Olivier was being a Shakespearean actor.
Branagh was dirty and grubby and fighting a war. |
| Mister Tibbles | 18 Aug 2025 5:23 p.m. PST |
Hamlet (any version) / The Lion King. |
 Parzival | 18 Aug 2025 9:07 p.m. PST |
The better remake of Godzilla is Godzilla Minus One. Absolutely superb, and should have been nominated for Best Picture. |
| miniMo | 19 Aug 2025 5:48 a.m. PST |
G-1 is a reboot, not a remake, quite different than the original — but the best G movie so far! |
| robert piepenbrink | 19 Aug 2025 8:06 a.m. PST |
Actually, Wikipedia lists four movies based on The Maltese Falcon, the Bogart version being third.
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And along with Rio Bravo and El Dorado there should be Rio Lobo. Me? Always the Bogart Falcon. I enjoy both Rio Bravo and El Dorado, but am more often inclined to watch El Dorado. |
| DeRuyter | 19 Aug 2025 10:16 a.m. PST |
The Italian Job 1969/2003 Kinda hard to beat Charlize Theron in the remake! +1 For True Grit – Jeff Bridges did a great job as Cogburn – "Fill your hand you son of a …." |
| dBerzerk | 19 Aug 2025 6:12 p.m. PST |
Death Wish 1974 and Death Wish 2018 |
| miniMo | 20 Aug 2025 7:08 a.m. PST |
1941 is the only actual remake of Maltese Falcon.
Satan Met a Lady is an entertaining comedic knock-off. The Black Bird is a spoof.
Theoretically, the question is for movies with the same title and characters without diving into the wide wide world of re-used plots. |
| KimRYoung | 21 Aug 2025 8:14 p.m. PST |
How did we miss Planet of the Apes? KIm |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 09 Sep 2025 12:05 a.m. PST |
Infernal Affairs/ The Departed. |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 09 Sep 2025 1:16 a.m. PST |
Sorry, I missed the "same title" bit. |
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