Yahoo Lifestyle 26 Movies That Are SO Good That You Can't Even Imagine Them Ever Being Remade
Is it just me or are there way too many remakes nowadays? I recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to share the movies that should never be remade because they're THAT good. Here's what they said:
"If they ever, and I mean EVER, try to remake The Princess Bride, I’m sending them all to the Pit of Despair. It just can't be done."
—Anonymous
"My mind immediately yelled The Princess Bride absolutely cannot be replaced. I honestly think it hasn't been done yet because everyone knows the outrage it would immediately cause. However, I would accept a Muppet remake."
—Kenzie from Alabama
"Chris Tucker’s performance can never be topped. Milla Jovovich was also perfect."
"They recast Eric Stoltz halfway through filming because no one could play Marty McFly like Michael J. Fox could, and they still can't. Aside from the perfect cast, a modern remake would strip every little thing that made it a classic in the first place. You don't need a remake when something is timeless!"
4.Alien
"The entire movie felt cramped and claustrophobic. Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley is irreplaceable."
5.Clue
6.Jaws
"I love a good (or bad!) shark movie, but I dread the day someone wants to remake Jaws with better special effects. It's a classic and holds up. There's no need to touch that."
7.The Shawshank Redemption
"It is regarded as one of the best films of all time and people love it. I certainly do! But it bombed at the box office."
8.The Sound of Music
"The Sound of Music has no flaws, please never try to remake it."
—Rob from San Francisco, California
9.The Big Lebowski
"Dude, no."
—Victoria from California
10.The Lord of the Rings trilogy
"This list cannot be made without it. It is timeless in every aspect, and you will never convince me otherwise. The passion that went into making those three films — from the acting to the screenplay, and even the sets and effects, was made with love. Good acting can always hold up over time. But when the story — which can stand alone even without films — stands up to the test of time because it is treated and performed with such care and love, and when the effects, even decades later, manage to hold up because they were made with such passion for the art, then the project can become timeless. It was said for years that a film adaptation of the Lord of the Rings was impossible because of the story's magnitude, yet Peter Jackson and all the lovely people who worked on the project made it possible. They treated it with such love that it has become timeless. We live in an age of money grabbing, but I honestly believe that any attempt at a remake will either be an utter failure, or at the least will never come close to achieving what they accomplished over 20 years ago."
—Anonymous
11.Pan's Labyrinth
"I love Pan's Labyrinth. Guillermo del Toro is a ridiculously good filmmaker."
12.The Nightmare Before Christmas
—Katy from California
13.The Goonies
"I still love it all these years later."
14.The Wizard of Oz
—Anonymous from North Carolina
15.Tangled
—Anonymous from North Carolina
16.Casablanca
"The first one that came to mind was Casablanca."
17.The Truman Show
"The concept couldn't be done with how technology has evolved. There's just too much content being churned out compared to the '90s. If something like that happened now, where a man was being raised in a fake town for TV, it wouldn't even hold America's attention — let alone the rest of the world. Also, with the physical comedy and dramatic scenes, no one could do that role like Jim Carrey."
18.Animal House
—Anonymous from Georgia
19.Singin' in the Rain
20.The Bodyguard
"No one can replace 'the voice' Whitney Houston."
21.Taxi Driver
"Robert De Niro's Bickle, and frightening, gut-wrenching performances by Harvey Keitel and Jodie Foster, make this film untouchable. The depiction of '70s Manhattan also couldn't be replicated."
22.The Breakfast Club
"It's my fave film of all time."
23.Elf
—Anonymous
24.E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
"Enough said."
—Curtis Smythe from Texas
25.10 Things I Hate About You
"No one can replace Heath Ledger."
—Maggie from Pennsylvania
26.Almost Famous
"I'd hate to see Almost Famous remade. That movie is pure magic — the music, the vibe, and the raw authenticity of that era — you can't replicate it without losing the soul."
—Nicole from New Orleans, Louisiana
Which movie should never become a remake? Share your thoughts in the comments!
Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.
