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A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Special Edition [DVD] [1974]
1.  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Special Edition [DVD] [1974] DVD ~ Marilyn Burns
The list author says:
  "Tobe Hooper's cult-classic was not in need of a remake. Turning it into a stock US teen slasher film with visible nipples is not the answer...."
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The Kingdom [DVD] [1996]
2.  The Kingdom [DVD] [1996] DVD ~ Ernst-Hugo Järegård
The list author says:
  "Why remake this wonderful TV series? Why let Stephen King do it? Have you seen his version of The Shining or Maximum Overdrive??????"
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The Haunting [DVD] [1963]
3.  The Haunting [DVD] [1963] DVD ~ Julie Harris
The list author says:
  "Brilliant original that did not to be remade by the bloke behind Speed 1 & 2...."
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Dawn of the Dead [Directors Cut] [VHS] [1980]
4.  Dawn of the Dead [Directors Cut] [VHS] [1980] VHS David Emge
The list author says:
  "Romero's classic was not in need of remaking, reimagining, or whatever focus-group terminology used to pitch remaking perfectlty fine films. Even if the remake does have Ms Polley in it..."
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Manhunter--Special Edition [DVD]
5.  Manhunter--Special Edition [DVD] DVD ~ William Petersen
The list author says:
  "Red Dragon, like Hannibal, was just a franchise movie trying to milk the Lecter-thang...It was an insult to Mann's own chestnut, possibly better than Silence/Lambs...."
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Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky) [DVD]
6.  Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky) [DVD] DVD ~ Natalya Bondarchuk
The list author says:
  "OK, Soderbergh was just doing another adaptation of Lem's SF-classic, but really, why bother? Tarkovsky's film was much more on one..."
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Insomnia [1998] [DVD]
7.  Insomnia [1998] [DVD] DVD ~ Stellan Skarsgård
The list author says:
  "Christopher Nolan's remake was OK, but really the original was fine. Are you too lazy to read subtitles??????"
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Out of the Past [VHS]
8.  Out of the Past [VHS] VHS Robert Mitchum
The list author says:
  "Remade as the dire Against All Odds (the one with the Phil Collins song in). One of the great noirs alongside Detour, In a Lonely Place & The Big Sleep..."
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Nikita [DVD] [1990]
9.  Nikita [DVD] [1990] DVD ~ Anne Parillaud
The list author says:
  "Remade as The Assassin- which is as bad as it gets until you look at the idiotic TV series La Femme Nikita, which casts her as a standard blonde-model..."
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Open Your Eyes [DVD]
10.  Open Your Eyes [DVD] DVD ~ Eduardo Noriega
The list author says:
  "Not as good as Lost Highway, but not as silly as Vanilla Sky might make you think this is..."
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The Vanishing aka Spoorloos [DVD] [1988]
11.  The Vanishing aka Spoorloos [DVD] [1988] DVD ~ Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
The list author says:
  "Here they got the director of the original to remake it US-stylee- the remake, apart from Jeff Bridges, is excerable...."
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Rollerball [1975] - Special Edition [DVD]
12.  Rollerball [1975] - Special Edition [DVD] DVD ~ James Caan
The list author says:
  "I'm so glad the dumb remake flopped."
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Wings Of Desire [1987] [DVD]
13.  Wings Of Desire [1987] [DVD] DVD ~ Bruno Ganz
The list author says:
  "City of Angels was beyond irritating...Let's hope Meg Ryan doesn't decide to remake The Marriage of Maria Braun..."
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Ring (1998) [DVD] [2000]
14.  Ring (1998) [DVD] [2000] DVD ~ Nanako Matsushima
The list author says:
  "This Japanese horror classic did not to be remade as an American film."
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L'appartement [DVD] [1997]
15.  L'appartement [DVD] [1997] DVD ~ Romane Bohringer
The list author says:
  "One of my faves & they've remade it as 'Wicker Park' (???) with Josh Hartnett in the lead!!! From the plankton what made Gangster#1..."
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Shaft [DVD] [1971]
16.  Shaft [DVD] [1971] DVD ~ Richard Roundtree
The list author says:
  "What's the point in making films of a certain age? All they had was Samuel Jackson and an idea of him playing Shaft. Which was not enough...."
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Lady Killers [VHS] [1955]
17.  Lady Killers [VHS] [1955] VHS Alec Guinness
The list author says:
  "Why have the Coen Brothers remade this? What was the point? What next?- Dr Strangelove? The Great Dictator? Some Like It Hot?"
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Jules Et Jim [DVD]
18.  Jules Et Jim [DVD] 
The list author says:
  "Remade as the ponderous Willie & Phil, which was bad- even if it did have Margot Kidder in it...."
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Planet of the Apes (Special Edition) [DVD] [1968]
19.  Planet of the Apes (Special Edition) [DVD] [1968] DVD ~ Planet of the Apes (1968)
The list author says:
  "Again, a film reflecting a certain zeitgeist. The Tim Burton movie was an abomination- Burton is now pointlessly remaking Willy Wonka...."
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La Jette/Sans Soleil [DVD] [1966]
20.  La Jette/Sans Soleil [DVD] [1966] DVD ~ Étienne Becker
The list author says:
  "12 Monkeys was very hit & miss (& The Terminator is almost a remake of La Jetee!). Less is much more...."
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The Return Of Martin Guerre [1982] [DVD]
21.  The Return Of Martin Guerre [1982] [DVD] DVD ~ Gérard Depardieu
The list author says:
  "Sommersby was average & not the first time Gere had been in a remake (Breathless- which I quite like!!) or would be the last (The Jackal)...."
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The Thomas Crown Affair [DVD]
22.  The Thomas Crown Affair [DVD] DVD ~ Steve McQueen
The list author says:
  "Like the remake of The Getaway, the Pierce Brosnan-remake was pointless. Why bother? Did someone remake Citizen Kane in the 70s????"
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Psycho (1960) [DVD]
23.  Psycho (1960) [DVD] DVD ~ Anthony Perkins
The list author says:
  "The Gus Van Sant remake is a good post-modern joke. Not a funny one mind you..."
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Dune -- Two-disc Special Edition [DVD]
24.  Dune -- Two-disc Special Edition [DVD] DVD ~ Kyle MacLachlan
The list author says:
  "Lynch's film is flawed but is what it is and not as naff as the TV-version of Dune..."
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Logan's Run [VHS] [1976]
25.  Logan's Run [VHS] [1976] VHS Michael York
The list author says:
  "Yes, they're remaking this- The Wicker Man too!! The horror, the horror!!!!!"
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