Top 10 Movie Remakes of All Time

The movie Christmas Carol has been remade more than a dozen times. A few sources claim that there are about 56 adaptions of the novel.

"Old is Gold" is what we say. However, when it comes to the entertainment industry, this saying doesn't hold true. Over the last few decades, a number of movies that are Remakes of the Original ones have been released.

The Remake has new actors and a production unit but retains the heart of the Original classic, i.e., its Basic Plot. These movies had the money registers ringing at the box office.

However, not all Remakes are the exact adaptations of the Original movie. The movie, The Italian Job just shares its movie title with the Original one but the plot and the characters are entirely different. Such movies cannot be compared with the Original ones.

This story enlists only those movies whose plots are more or less identical to the Original one. We present to you ten such movie Remakes that made it big the second time around as well.

* Movies are not listed according to their ranks.

Basic Plot
The father of the young, soon-to-wed bride becomes nervous about the fact that his little child is now a young woman, who is going to get married soon. He develops an instant dislike towards his potential son-in-law. The wedding preparations and the father's insecurities create hilarious moments that form the rest of the movie plot.

Basic Plot
Two friends watch a cursed videotape, and one of them dies a mysterious death seven days after watching the tape. The other friend who has also viewed the tape realizes that even she is cursed and will die in a week's time. Her attempt to save herself and her family and also to find out the truth of the cursed tape forms the rest of the story.

Basic Plot
This movie taps the popular superstition of Friday the 13th. A mother-daughter duo keep on arguing over petty things. The consequences of one such disagreement leads them to switch into each other's bodies. 

The rest of the story tells the various experiences the duo have in each other's bodies and eventually how they get to understand one another better.

Original
Year: 1976
Director: Gary Nelson
Starring -
Barbara Harris
Jodie Foster
John Astin
Screenplay -
Mary Rodgers
Box Office - $25,942,000

Remake
Year: 2003
Director: Mark Waters
Starring -
Jamie Lee Curtis
Lindsay Lohan
Screenplay -
Heather Hach
Leslie Dixon
Box Office - $160,846,332

Basic Plot
Two undercover moles who are unaware of each other's existence in the police department, set out to complete the tasks assigned to them. However, when one of them escapes a sting operation, both come to know of each other's presence. Their attempt to expose the real enemy forms the plot for the rest of the movie.

Box Office - $289,847,354

Basic Plot
A heart-warming tale of a blind retired army Colonel and his aide, Scent of a Woman showcases human emotions in a wonderful way. The Colonel is determined to commit suicide but before doing so, he along with the aide set out on a journey.

It is during this trip that the aide finds out about the Colonel's real intentions. His attempt to save the Colonel forms the rest of the story.

Original
Year: 1974
Director: Dino Risi
Starring -
Vittorio Gassman
Alessandro Momo
Agostina Belli
Screenplay -
Rugger Maccari
Dino Risi
Box Office - N.A.*

Remake
Year: 1992
Director: Martin Brest
Starring -
Al Pacino
Chris O'Donnell
James Rebhorn
Gabrielle Anwar
Screenplay -
Bo Goldman
Box Office - $134,095,253

Basic Plot
The tale of power and greed to become the undisputed gangster forms the plot of the movie. An overly ambitious gangster leaves the gang of a famous kingpin to form one of his own. He then kills the kingpin and becomes the undisputed gangster, taking over the latter's empire. 

The remaining plot revolves around his quest in escaping the law and protecting his family from his crime-filled life.

Basic Plot
A filmmaker decides to cast an unemployed girl as the heroine for his new venture. For shooting the film, they set sail to a mysterious location known for its strange creatures. When the film crew's ship is left stranded on the mysterious island, the girl gets captured by native tribes, who want to offer her as a sacrifice to the giant Kong. 

The crew sets out to rescue her but encounter many giant creatures in their journey. Their attempts to rescue the girl forms the rest of the plot.

Box Office - $550.5 million

Basic Plot
The film traces the lives of people, who hide in a mall to escape the "deceased people turned zombies", only to find out that they are captured by zombies. The survivors find out that the zombie infection spreads by biting. 

Even after several attempts to save their lives, many of the initial survivors are bitten and turn into zombies. The survival attempts of the remaining people takes the story forward.

Box Office - $55,000,000

But, his guilt gives him insomnia, and his fight over his guilt and his attempts to save himself builds the climax of the movie.

Basic Plot
When a teenage girl is found murdered, two detectives are sent to assist the police in their investigation. However, in an unfortunate event, one of the detectives ends up killing his partner. A new cop is appointed to find the culprit who killed the detective. 

Original
Year: 1997
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Starring -
Stellan Skarsgård
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Bjørn Floberg
Screenplay -
Erik Skjoldbjærg
Nikolaj Frobenius
Box Office - N.A.*

Remake
Year: 2002
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring -
Al Pacino
Robin Williams
Hilary Swank
Screenplay -
Hillary Seitz
Christopher Nolan (uncredited)
Box Office - $113,714,830

Basic Plot
A wealthy financier is bored of his life and decides to steal a famous painting from a museum. His robbery is successful, but the detective appointed by the police department suspects him to be the culprit. However, following a series of events, the two end up falling for each other. The unveiling of the truth forms the rest of the movie plot.

There are many Remakes that have surpassed the Original ones, in terms of popularity and box-office collections, like Ocean's Eleven. Be it the Original flick, or the Remake, what counts is its entertainment quotient!