Remakes of Best Picture Oscar Winners
Which of these remakes of a previous Oscar Best Picture winner are you most interested in watching, or is your favorite of those you have seen?
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- DirectorS. Sylvan SimonStarsLana TurnerJoan BlondellGeorge MurphyEddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the Producer named Chad, also has is eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chad who already has five ex-wives.Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929)
- DirectorEdward BergerStarsFelix KammererAlbrecht SchuchAaron HilmerA young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.Remake of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- DirectorAnthony MannCharles WaltersStarsGlenn FordMaria SchellAnne BaxterThe Oklahoma Land Run of April 1889 sets the stage for an epic saga of a frontier adventurer, his wife and family and their friends.Remake of Cimarron (1931)
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGinger RogersLana TurnerWalter PidgeonThe misadventures of a group of diverse guests at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan.Remake of Grand Hotel (1932)
- DirectorWill JasonStarsAnn MillerWilliam WrightRobert B. WilliamsRadio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.Remake of It Happened One Night (1934)
- DirectorDick PowellStarsJune AllysonJack LemmonCharles BickfordEllen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to Houston to be with her husband. Her father hires a private investigator to stop her. On the bus to Houston, a newspaper man (Jack Lemmon) figures out who she is. Instead of cashing in on the big story and the reward money he falls in love with her.Remake of It Happened One Night (1934)
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsAamir KhanPooja BhattAnupam KherRunaway heiress in search of her beloved falls in love with another man on the way.Remake of It Happened One Night (1934)
- DirectorLewis MilestoneCarol ReedGeorge SeatonStarsMarlon BrandoTrevor HowardRichard HarrisIn 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.Remake of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
- DirectorRoger DonaldsonStarsMel GibsonAnthony HopkinsLaurence OlivierFed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.Remake of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsHülya KoçyigitTarik AkanMünir ÖzkulA beaming girl from the slums receives a surprising love letter from the son of the manufacturer that she works for in the factory. Though the letter was actually fixed by her coworkers at the factory, her happy-go-lucky nature leads her into a love adventure with him in every improbable way.Remake of You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsLily JamesArmie HammerKristin Scott ThomasA young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.Remake of Rebecca (1940)
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghJulie ChristieDerek JacobiHamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.Remake of Hamlet (1948)
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsMel GibsonGlenn CloseAlan BatesHamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.Remake of Hamlet (1948)
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsNicol WilliamsonJudy ParfittAnthony HopkinsAcademy Award-winning director Tony Richardson brings Shakespeare's tragedy to the screen - with searing performances from Nicol Williamson as the melancholy Dane and future Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins as the deceitful Claudius.Remake of Hamlet (1948)
- DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsSean PennJude LawKate WinsletBased on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.Remake of All the King's Men (1949)
- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsRaj BabbarSanjay DuttAmrita SinghRanjit Verma is lawyer to criminal Veljibhai who gets involved with Ranjit's brother, Ravi. Veljibhai, with the help of Ravi, tries to steal the property of Ustad Ali.Remake of On the Waterfront (1954)
- DirectorVikram BhattStarsAamir KhanRani MukerjiRajit KapoorAn amateur boxer runs errands for a local gangster but revolts against him after the gangster kills his friend and his conscience is awakened.Remake of On the Waterfront (1954)
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsJohn CandyMaureen O'HaraAlly SheedyA Chicago cop must balance loyalty to his controlling mother and a relationship with a shy funeral home worker.Remake of Marty (1955)
- DirectorFrank CoraciStarsJackie ChanSteve CooganJim BroadbentTo win a bet, an eccentric British inventor embarks, with his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.Remake of Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- DirectorTimur BekmambetovStarsJack HustonToby KebbellRodrigo SantoroJudah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption.Remake of Ben-Hur (1959)
- DirectorBilly FederighiStarsMichael SeaterEmily MeadeBo BurnhamA virgin finds himself in an awkward love triangle after he gets into the habit of loaning out his van to his friends for their sexual encounters.Version of The Apartment (1960)
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsAnsel ElgortRachel ZeglerAriana DeBoseAn adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.Remake of West Side Story (1961)
- DirectorSomaratne DissanayakeStarsMalini FonsekaPooja UmashankarAshan DiasA woman leaves a convent to become a governess to the children of a Army officer widower.Remake of The Sound of Music (1965)
- DirectorMansoor KhanStarsAamir KhanManisha KoiralaMaster AdilAn estranged couple battle for the custody of their only son.Remake of Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- DirectorAnjum ShahzadStarsFeroze KhanSajal AliAlyy KhanIt's the story of a young couple struggling with challenges of life. Both are aggressive and follow their own thoughts which affect their relationship. Their reunion becomes complicated gradually.Remake of Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)