Rotten Tomatoes: Best Remakes: 50 years, 50 movies

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Some movies are so nice, they've got to make them twice. Or three times. Or four…
The best remakes offer new filmmakers their chance to deliver a unique vision just as audiences discover new appreciations on classic stories.
These are the 50 best remakes of the past 50 years. On this list, you'll find your old favorites and new movies that are screaming to be added to your future watching list.
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  1. 1 -

    True Grit

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 9 top lists Check
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    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
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    Casino Royale

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
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    Assault on Precinct 13

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 8 -

    A Little Princess

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
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    No Way Out

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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    Victor/Victoria

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
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    Hairspray

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

    1979 — a.k.a. Nosferatu the Vampyre, in 5 top lists Check
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    Insomnia

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  14. 15 -

    Let Me In

    2010, in 1 top list Check
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    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    3:10 to Yuma

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
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    Pale Rider

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  19. 20 -

    Little Shop of Horrors

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 21 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 23 -

    Freaky Friday

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  23. 24 -

    Scent of a Woman

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 25 -

    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
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    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 27 -

    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  27. 28 -

    Heaven Can Wait

    1978, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 29 -

    Zatôichi

    2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 30 -

    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 31 -

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 32 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    2002 — a.k.a. Springtime in a Small Town, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 33 -

    De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté

    2005 — a.k.a. The Beat That My Heart Skipped, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 34 -

    The Parent Trap

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Manchurian Candidate

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 37 -

    Down and Out in Beverly Hills

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 39 -

    Enchanted April

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    War of the Worlds

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Good Thief

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dawn of the Dead

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  43. 44 -

    12

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 45 -

    Peter Pan

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cape Fear

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 47 -

    Piranha 3D

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  47. 48 -

    The Birdcage

    1996 — a.k.a. Birds of a Feather, in 3 top lists Check
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    3 Men and a Baby

    1987 — a.k.a. Three Men and a Baby, in 2 top lists Check
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    Rio Lobo

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
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