The Best Movies that have been Remade, Ranked!

Did you realize many of the movies coming out nowadays were adapted from an origianl film? Some movies on this list have been remade multiple times (see number 2 on this list), while still maintaining the original plotline. Would you rather watch the very original or a newer version with added plot twists? Let us know.

1

The Departed

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
Martin Scorsese
2006

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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8.5 IMDB
2

Blade Runner 2049

Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas
Denis Villeneuve
2017

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

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8 IMDB
3

Little Women

Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson
Greta Gerwig
2019

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

7.9 IMDB
4

Pride & Prejudice

Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike
Joe Wright
2005

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

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7.8 IMDB
5

Ocean's Eleven

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
Steven Soderbergh
2001

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

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7.8 IMDB
6

12 Monkeys

Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Barbara Sukowa
2015

The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

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7.7 IMDB
7

True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
2010

Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

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7.6 IMDB
8

The Jungle Book

Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley
Jon Favreau
2016

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

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7.4 IMDB
9

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Patton Oswalt
Ben Stiller
2013

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

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7.3 IMDB
10

Christopher Robin

Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael
Marc Forster
2018

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

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7.3 IMDB
11

The Great Gatsby

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan
Baz Luhrmann
2013

An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

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7.2 IMDB
12

King Kong

Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody
Peter Jackson
2005

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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7.2 IMDB
13

Beauty and the Beast

Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans
Bill Condon
2017

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

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7.1 IMDB
14

Aladdin

Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott
Guy Ritchie
2019

A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

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7 IMDB
15

Cinderella

Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden
Kenneth Branagh
2015

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

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6.9 IMDB
16

The Lion King

Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, James Earl Jones
Jon Favreau
2019

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

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6.9 IMDB
17

Mary Poppins Returns

Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw
Rob Marshall
2018

In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

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6.7 IMDB
18

Pete's Dragon

Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley
David Lowery
2016

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

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6.7 IMDB
19

Hairspray

John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Adam Shankman
2007

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.

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6.6 IMDB
20

Alice in Wonderland

Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway
Tim Burton
2010

Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.

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6.4 IMDB
21

Dumbo

Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito
Tim Burton
2019

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

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6.3 IMDB
22

Lady and the Tramp

Tessa Thompson, Justin Theroux, Kiersey Clemons
Charlie Bean
2019

The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show her to live her life footloose and collar-free.

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6.3 IMDB
23

Ben-Hur

Jack Huston, Pilou Asbæk, Rodrigo Santoro
Timur Bekmambetov
2016

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him.

5.7 IMDB