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  1. Apr 18, 2019 · We're ranked the greatest examples of such redos that were equally good as (if not better than) their originals, in order from worst to best. 30. Ocean’s Eleven. It’s hard to beat a cast quite ...

    • Floating Weeds (1959) Film. The original: A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) It’s always interesting when directors remake their own film, but for the legendary Yasujiro Ozu, whose wistful dramas already so closely resemble each other, revisiting the plots of his previous work was never much of a radical idea.
    • His Girl Friday (1940) Film. Comedy. The original: The Front Page (1931) Famously, director Howard Hawks gave this tale of dueling reporters a sex change, swapping the gender of ace reporter Hildy Johnson from male to female and casting Rosalind Russell against Cary Grant.
    • A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Film. Action and adventure. The original: Yojimbo (1961) It’s impossible to contest the importance of Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars, the movie that popularized the spaghetti Western worldwide, launched the big-screen career of Clint Eastwood, and inspired a wave of future filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino.
    • Some Like it Hot (1959) Film. Comedy. The original: Fanfare of Love (1935) Some Like it Hot has become synonymous with the singular wit of Billy Wilder, but the classic Marilyn Monroe vehicle was actually the result of a bizarre game of Hollywood telephone.
  2. 1. Some Like It Hot. 1959 2h 1m Approved. 8.2 (284K) Rate. 98 Metascore. After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. Director Billy Wilder Stars Marilyn Monroe Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon. Based on: Fanfaren Der Liebe (1951) 2. The Maltese Falcon.

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    • The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor. - IMDb user rating: 8.1. - Metascore: 92.
    • His Girl Friday (1940) - Director: Howard Hawks. - IMDb user rating: 7.8. - Metascore: data not available. - Runtime: 92 minutes. It's hard to believe a movie that came out in 1940 could be a remake, but "His Girl Friday" was the second film adaptation of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's play, "The Front Page."
    • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock. - IMDb user rating: 7.4. - Metascore: 76. - Runtime: 120 minutes. Not only is "The Man Who Knew Too Much" a remake but it's also a remake made by the same director.
    • Imitation of Life (1959) - Director: Douglas Sirk. - IMDb user rating: 7.8. - Metascore: 87. - Runtime: 125 minutes. Douglas Sirk's version of "Imitation of Life" came out 25 years after the original film.
  4. 6 days ago · Ranker Community. Updated May 15, 202482.7K views114 items. Ranked By. 51.6K votes. 3.3K voters. 11 reranks. Voting Rules. Only remade films based on (or copying) earlier movies, including short films and foreign movies. Latest additions: Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, The Wages of Fear, Road House. Most divisive: War of the Worlds.

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