MRQE Ranks: MRQE Ranks: Cinema’s Best Remakes

1

The Departed (2006)

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen

Director: Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized... [MORE]

2

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, Art Hindle

Director: Philip Kaufman

Synopsis: This remake of the 1956 horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers moves the action from small-town USA to 1970s San Francisco and replaces at l... [MORE]

3

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Eli Wallach

Director: John Sturges

Synopsis: Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai (1954) is westernized as The Magnificent Seven. Yul Brynner plays Chris, a mercenary hired to... [MORE]

4

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia

Director: Frank Oz

Synopsis: It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan ... [MORE]

5

King Kong (2005)

Cast: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks

Director: Peter Jackson

Synopsis: One of the greatest adventure stories in Hollywood history gets a new interpretation in this action drama from Academy Award-winning director Peter... [MORE]

6

Scarface (1983)

Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia

Director: Brian De Palma

Synopsis: Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, an exiled Cuban criminal who goes to work for Miami drug lord Robert Loggia. Montana rises to the top of Florida's... [MORE]

7

Hairspray (2007)

Cast: John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken

Director: Adam Shankman

Synopsis: Adam Shankman's adaptation of the stage musical Hairspray, itself an adaptation of the non-musical John Waters film of the same name, stars Nikki B... [MORE]

8

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Sieghardt Rupp

Director: Sergio Leone

Synopsis: By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached th... [MORE]

9

Scent of a Woman (1992)

Cast: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip S. Hoffman

Director: Martin Brest

Synopsis: Driven by an extravagant, tour-de-force performance by Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman is the story of Frank Slade (Pacino), a blind, retired army colo... [MORE]

10

Cape Fear (1991)

Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker

Director: Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's Good... [MORE]

11

Insomnia (2002/I)

Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan

Director: Christopher Nolan

Synopsis: Director Christopher Nolan follows up his breakthrough sophomore film Memento with this remake of a stylish Norwegian thriller. Al Pacino stars as ... [MORE]

12

Let Me In (2010)

Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas

Director: Matt Reeves

Synopsis: John Ajvide Lindqvist's celebrated vampire novel makes the leap to the big screen once again with the second feature adaptation in so many years (T... [MORE]

13

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor

Director: Tim Burton

Synopsis: Director Tim Burton brings his unique vision and sensibility to Roald Dahl's classic children's story in this lavish screen interpretation. Willy W... [MORE]

14

The Ring (2002/I)

Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander

Director: Gore Verbinski

Synopsis: A disturbing videotape appears to hold the power of life and death over those who view it in this offbeat thriller. A strange videotape begins maki... [MORE]

15

Freaky Friday (2003)

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray

Director: Mark S. Waters

Synopsis: A high-strung mom and her punky daughter learn what it's like to walk in each other's shoes -- literally -- in Disney's second update of their 1977... [MORE]

16

True Lies (1994)

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere

Director: James Cameron

Synopsis: Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing... [MORE]

17

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

18

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright

Director: Jonathan Demme

Synopsis: Jonathan Demme directed this updated remake of John Frankenheimer's 1962 cult favorite The Manchurian Candidate, a pioneering examination of politi... [MORE]

19

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell

Director: Zack Snyder

Synopsis: The feature-film debut of director Zack Snyder, Dawn of the Dead is a modern retelling of George Romero's 1978 horror classic, which was actually t... [MORE]

20

An Affair to Remember (1957)

Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Cathleen Nesbitt, Matt Moore

Director: Leo McCarey

Synopsis: An Affair to Remember, director Leo McCarey's scene-for-scene remake of his own 1939 film Love Affair, isn't really an improvement on the original... [MORE]

21

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Cast: George Clooney, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Synopsis: A rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons team up for the heist to end all heists in this high-profile remake of the 1960 Rat Pack favorite. As wi... [MORE]

22

The Parent Trap (1998)

Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix, Lisa Ann Walter

Director: Nancy Meyers

Synopsis: The husband-and-wife team of Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, who scored with their 1991 remake of the 1950 Father of the Bride, returned for this u... [MORE]

23

The Ladykillers (2004)

Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Synopsis: One of the best-loved films from the idiosyncratic British film studio Ealing Pictures gets an update from the equally idiosyncratic filmmaking tea... [MORE]

24

Solaris (2002)

Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Synopsis: A therapist travels to a distant space station to treat a group of astronauts traumatized by mysterious entities -- and ends up having to deal with... [MORE]

25

Sabrina (1995)

Cast: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, John Wood, Nancy Marchand

Director: Sydney Pollack

Synopsis: A remake of a 1954 Billy Wilder romance, this updated version of the play +Sabrina Fair was directed by Sydney Pollack. Julia Ormond stars as Sabri... [MORE]

26

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Cast: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, William Butler

Director: Tom Savini

Synopsis: Makeup wizard Tom Savini's color remake of George A. Romero's 1968 classic follows the original almost shot-for-shot, so quality comparisons are so... [MORE]

27

Brothers (2009/I)

Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Mare Winningham

Director: Jim Sheridan

Synopsis: Jim Sheridan's film, adapted from Susanne Bier's 2004 movie, concerns Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire), a Marine who receives orders to ship out ... [MORE]

28

You've Got Mail (1998)

Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Jean Stapleton

Director: Nora Ephron

Writer: Miklos Laszlo

Synopsis: Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron originally made a name for herself as the writer of romantic comedies such as Heartburn and When Harry Me... [MORE]

29

Fright Night (2011)

Cast: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant

Director: Craig Gillespie

Synopsis: A suburban teenager realizes that his new neighbor is a charismatic vampire in this remake of the 1985 horror comedy hit. After years of climbing t... [MORE]

30

The Crazies (2010)

Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Christie Lynn Smith

Director: Breck Eisner

Synopsis: Sahara director Breck Eisner teams with screenwriters Ray Wright (Pulse) and Scott Kosar (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) to give George A. Romero's u... [MORE]

31

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Faye Dunaway, Ben Gazzara

Director: John McTiernan

Synopsis: When a priceless Monet painting is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the police find themselves wondering which world-class art thief pul... [MORE]

32

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart

Director: Michael Haneke

Synopsis: Notoriously nihilistic filmmaker Michael Haneke revisits one of his most controversial works in this remake of 1997's Funny Games starring Naomi Wa... [MORE]

33

The Karate Kid (2010)

Cast: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han, Rongguang Yu

Director: Harald Zwart

Synopsis: When a 12-year-old from Detroit moves to China with his mother and incurs the wrath of the class bully at his new school, he makes an unlikely ally... [MORE]

34

Disturbia (2007)

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo

Director: D.J. Caruso

Synopsis: Salton Sea director D.J. Caruso travels from the shore to the suburbs for this suspenseful tale of a high-school senior who suspects that his neigh... [MORE]

35

Piranha (2010)

Cast: Adam Scott, Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Ving Rhames, Jessica Szohr

Director: Alexandre Aja

Synopsis: Haute Tension and Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja pays homage to the films that made him fall in love with the horror genre by helming this ... [MORE]

36

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Cast: Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd

Director: Alexandre Aja

Synopsis: Alexandre Aja directs this remake of Wes Craven's film The Hills Have Eyes. In this update, a family is taking a cross-country road trip when their... [MORE]

37

The Nutty Professor (1996)

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle

Director: Tom Shadyac

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy gives one of Jerry Lewis' best-remembered vehicles a 1990s overhaul in this hit comedy. Sherman Klump (Murphy) is a college professor ... [MORE]

38

Psycho (1998)

Cast: Anne Heche, Vince Vaughn, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore

Director: Gus Van Sant

Synopsis: Independent film director Gus Van Sant attempts a first in American film history: a shot-by-shot remake of the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film P... [MORE]

39

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Jeffrey 'Ja Rule' Atkins

Director: Jean-Francois Richet

Synopsis: This action-packed remake of the John Carpenter classic tells the tale of an under-manned Detroit police precinct on its last day of operation that... [MORE]

40

A Perfect Murder (1998)

Cast: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Sarita Choudhury

Director: Andrew Davis

Synopsis: A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play +Dial M for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Married to commodities trader Stephen T... [MORE]

41

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti

Director: Tim Burton

Synopsis: This big budget "re-imagining" of the 1968 original departs somewhat from both that classic science fiction film and the source novel by author Pie... [MORE]

42

Death at a Funeral (2010)

Cast: Keith David, Loretta Devine, Peter Dinklage, Ron Glass, Danny Glover

Director: Neil Labute

Synopsis: Frank Oz's 2007 black comedy Death at a Funeral is given the remake treatment with an urban spin in this Chris Rock-produced production. When a dys... [MORE]

43

The Lake House (2006)

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dylan Walsh, Christopher Plummer

Director: Alejandro Agresti

Synopsis: Two people develop an unusual relationship that bends the boundaries of time and place in this romantic fantasy. Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock) is a... [MORE]

44

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Cast: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour

Director: Marcus Nispel

Synopsis: One of the most infamous horror films of the 1970s is revisited in this remake produced by action-spectacle maven Michael Bay. In the summer of 197... [MORE]

45

101 Dalmatians (1996)

Cast: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie

Director: Stephen Herek

Synopsis: There are more puppies than you can shake a rolled up newspaper at in this live-action remake of the Disney animated favorite 101 Dalmatians. Roger... [MORE]

46

Bad News Bears (2005)

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Sammi Kane Kraft, Ridge Canipe

Director: Richard Linklater

Synopsis: A washed-up ballplayer is put in charge of a pack of kids scarcely more mature than himself in this remake of the 1976 comedy hit. Morris Buttermak... [MORE]

47

The Next Three Days (2010)

Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Brian Dennehy

Director: Paul Haggis

Synopsis: His wife convicted of a murder she swears she did not commit, a college professor plots to break her out of prison in this thriller starring Russel... [MORE]

48

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, John Turturro, Luis Guzman

Director: Tony Scott

Synopsis: A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's ... [MORE]

49

Quarantine (2008)

Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short

Director: John Erick Dowdle

Synopsis: Jay Hernandez, Jennifer Carpenter, and Johnathon Schaech star in this remake of Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza's successful, Spanish-language horro... [MORE]

50

King Kong (1976)

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, John Randolph

Director: John Guillermin

Synopsis: Famed producer Dino De Laurentiis tries to steal the thunder from Jaws, then the top-grossing film of all-time, in this big budget remake of King K... [MORE]

51

Poseidon (2006)

Cast: Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Andre Braugher, Mia Maestro

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Synopsis: Set adrift in the vast waters of the North Atlantic for a luxury New Year's Eve party staged in the ship's magnificent ballroom, the massive ocean-... [MORE]

52

The Producers (2005)

Cast: Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell, Gary Beach

Director: Susan Stroman

Synopsis: After transforming his first motion picture into a smash Broadway musical, Mel Brooks brings the story of two would-be theatrical moguls turned con... [MORE]

53

The In-Laws (2003/I)

Cast: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Robin Tunney, Lindsay Sloane, Maria Ricossa

Director: Andrew Fleming

Synopsis: Lots of people have misgiving about their in-laws, but in this offbeat comedy, a man discovers that his new son-in-law's father is significantly st... [MORE]

54

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, T.J. Cross, Robert Duvall

Director: Dominic Sena

Synopsis: In this action thriller, a master car thief has his skills pushed to the limit. Randall "Memphis" Raines (Nicolas Cage) can steal practically any c... [MORE]

55

Godzilla (1998)

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Arabella Field

Director: Roland Emmerich

Synopsis: Dedicated to Tomoyuki Tanaka (1910-1997), who produced the 1954 original and sequels, the Devlin/Emmerich interpretation displays a redesign of God... [MORE]

56

The Wolfman (2010)

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Art Malik

Director: Joe Johnston

Synopsis: Universal Studios resurrects the classic lycanthrope with this tale of a man who experiences an unsettling transformation after he returns to his a... [MORE]

57

The Longest Yard (2005)

Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, James Cromwell, Walter Williamson

Director: Peter Segal

Synopsis: One of the toughest and best-remembered sports movies of the 1970s gets a humorous makeover in this comedy. Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Adam Sandler) wa... [MORE]

58

Village of the Damned (1995)

Cast: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare, Meredith Salenger

Director: John Carpenter

Synopsis: This film is a remake of the classic 1960 science-fiction thriller, Village of the Damned, which was based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John... [MORE]

59

Mean Machine (2001)

Cast: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Ralph Brown, Vas Blackwood

Director: Barry Skolnik

Synopsis: The classic Burt Reynolds football-behind-bars flick The Longest Yard crosses the pond and gets an appropriate British accent in the process in thi... [MORE]

60

House of Wax (2005)

Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Brian Van Holt, Paris Hilton, Jared Padalecki

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Synopsis: A bunch of college students are stranded in a small town where suffering for art takes on a whole new meaning in this tale of terror. Carly (Elisha... [MORE]

61

The Amityville Horror (2005)

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloe Grace Moretz

Director: Andrew Douglas

Synopsis: One of the most celebrated horror films of the late '70s is given a new look in this remake, produced by blockbuster filmmaker Michael Bay. George ... [MORE]

62

Fame (2009)

Cast: Kristy Flores, Asher Book, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill

Director: Kevin Tancharoen

Synopsis: This remake of the '80s classic focuses on a group of young students attending a high school for the performing arts. Classmates study various aspe... [MORE]

63

The Tourist (2010)

Cast: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Synopsis: American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets a mysterious beauty who drags him into a dangerous world of intrigue and espionage while traveling throu... [MORE]

64

The Stepford Wives (2004)

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken

Director: Frank Oz

Synopsis: Ira Levin's best-selling novel about a town where great wives aren't born but made gets a second screen adaptation in this darkly satirical comedy ... [MORE]

65

The Shaggy Dog (2006)

Cast: Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Robert Downey Jr., Zena Grey, Danny Glover

Director: Brian Robbins

Synopsis: An unexpected transformation helps a workaholic attorney learn that there's more to life than the courtroom in this remake of the 1959 Disney canin... [MORE]

66

Halloween (2007)

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe, Udo Kier

Director: Rob Zombie

Synopsis: The Devil's Rejects director Rob Zombie resurrects one of the most notorious slashers in screen history with this re-imagining of the 1978 John Car... [MORE]

67

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Gemma Arterton

Director: Louis Leterrier

Synopsis: The 1981 mythological fantasy adventure Clash of the Titans is resurrected in this remake from Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier. Discovered... [MORE]

68

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm

Director: Scott Derrickson

Synopsis: Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derric... [MORE]

69

Flubber (1997)

Cast: Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Raymond Barry, Clancy Brown

Director: Les Mayfield

Synopsis: Although "flub" is defined as "to make a mess of," the word "flubber" is a contraction from "flying rubber." In this remake of the 1961 comedy-fant... [MORE]

70

The Jackal (1997)

Cast: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Tess Harper

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Synopsis: In Moscow, after FBI deputy director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and scarred Russian intelligence officer Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora) brin... [MORE]

71

School for Scoundrels (2006)

Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan, Horatio Sanz

Director: Todd Phillips

Synopsis: Old School director Todd Phillips takes the reins for an updated remake of the 1960 comedy, this time starring Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder as Rog... [MORE]

72

Death Race (2008)

Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Robin Shou

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Synopsis: The Transporter star Jason Statham takes the wheel in director Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of the Roger Corman classic about a hyper-violent cross-... [MORE]

73

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, Thomas Dekker

Director: Samuel Bayer

Synopsis: Platinum Dunes revives the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise with this reworking of slasher film legend Freddy Krueger, a deceased child killer who... [MORE]

74

Mr. Deeds (2002)

Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Jared Harris

Director: Steven Brill

Synopsis: One of Frank Capra's best-loved stories gets a modernized and wildly slapstick reinterpretation in this romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler. When... [MORE]

75

When a Stranger Calls (2006)

Cast: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty

Director: Simon West

Synopsis: A teenage girl becomes a demented serial killer's prey in this big-budget remake of the 1979 thriller that became a TV late-show favorite. When a S... [MORE]

76

The Stepfather (2009)

Cast: Cheryl Anderson, Penn Badgley, Sean Moran, Jon Tenney, Marcuis Harris

Director: Nelson McCormick

77

The Wicker Man (2006)

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker

Director: Neil Labute

Synopsis: A young child has gone missing and it's up to a haunted but determined policeman to travel to the remote island community where she was last seen a... [MORE]

78

Sorority Row (2009)

Cast: Briana Evigan, Carrie Fisher, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge, Jamie Chung

Director: Stewart Hendler

Synopsis: A sorority prank gone wrong leads to a bloody murder spree in this slasher film featuring Rumer Willis, Audrina Patridge, and Carrie Fisher. It was... [MORE]

79

Taxi (2004/I)

Cast: Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon, Henry Simmons, Jennifer Esposito, Ann-Margret

Director: Tim Story

Synopsis: An inept cop suddenly gets a new partner in the person of a cabbie with attitude in this high-rolling comedy. Washburn (Jimmy Fallon) is a police o... [MORE]

80

One Missed Call (2008)

Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancon, Ray Wise, Azura Skye

Director: Eric Valette

Synopsis: Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns star in director Eric Valette's remake of Takashi Miike's frightful tale about a cell-phone call from the future that... [MORE]

81

The Fog (2005)

Cast: Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis, Kenneth Welsh

Director: Rupert Wainwright

Synopsis: John Carpenter's well-remembered thriller gets an update in this remake from director Rupert Wainwright. Nick Castle (Tom Welling) is a charter-boa... [MORE]

82

Rollerball (2002)

Cast: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Naveen Andrews

Director: John McTiernan

83

A Star Is Born (1976)

Cast: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark, Vanetta Fields

Director: Frank Pierson

Synopsis: The third remake of the 1932 drama What Price Hollywood?, this adaptation of A Star Is Born moved the story into the mid-1970's and changed the mi... [MORE]

84

The Lost Patrol (1934)

Cast: Wallace Ford, Boris Karloff, Victor McLaglen, Reginald Denny, J.M. Kerrigan

Director: John Ford

85

Carnival of Souls (1998)

Cast: Larry Miller, Shawnee Smith, Bobbie Phillips, Cleavant Derricks

Director: Adam Grossman

86

Rio Lobo (1970)

Cast: John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam

Director: Howard Hawks

Synopsis: John Wayne, in the last of his Civil War characterizations, portrays Cord McNally, a Union Army colonel who loses a gold shipment in a Confederate ... [MORE]

87

Lost Horizon (1973)

Cast: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Olivia Hussey

Director: Charles Jarrott

88

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)

Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor, Walter Ladengast

Director: Werner Herzog

Synopsis: For Werner Herzog's 1979 remake of F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 silent horror-fest Nosferatu, star Klaus Kinski adopts the same makeup style used by ... [MORE]

89

A Star Is Born (1954)

Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tom Noonan

Director: George Cukor

Synopsis: The 1954 musical remake of A Star is Born could have been titled A Star is Reborn, in that it represented the triumphal return to the screen... [MORE]

90

House of Wax (1953)

Cast: Vincent Price, Carolyn Jones, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Paul Picerni

Director: Andre De Toth

Synopsis: This simplified (but lavish) remake of the 1933 melodrama The Mystery of the Wax Museum was the most financially successful 3-D production of the 1... [MORE]