For me, it has to be “Old Boy” which is originally a Korean movie but the US version sucks so much that it remains incomparable. Another contender is “The Ring” again a Japanese movie (the ending differs between both versions, as the original one refers to the protagonist’s father sacrificing himself but the remake states that the cursed tape is being sent to someone else, passing the omen towards another stranger).
The Ring was pretty good. I’ve seen both and I prefer the US version.
Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. Initial D is much better.
Force Majeur with fucking Will Ferrell was certainly a choice
The eye
Korean horror. The u.s one is bad like how the old boy remake is bad.
The original was a Pang Brothers film. Like. The audacity to think they could do better.
The only answer here is all of them…
I never saw The Departed but it won Martin Scorsese his only oscar so it must be good. I’ve only seen the original Infernal Affairs and I quite enjoyed it.
Nah, Funny Games was an English language version of the Euro version.
That film is dark AF though.
Funny Games shouldn’t really count because it’s the same director with an actual budget to do what he wanted to do in the first place.
I didn’t realise that. But I agree.
I never realised. And I still like the original better.
It was also made by Haneke himself because he thought the message was important to give to Americans whom he perceive as loving violence.
Oh, that explains that one then.
Yeh :3
It also helps that he had the foresight to cast Naomi Watts. She is, to this day, one of the most underrated actresses in Hollywood. I will always give a movie a chance if she’s in it. She always delivers even if the movie is trash.
I didn’t know they remade that one. I watched the original for the first time a few months ago.
Excellent film, but yikes-a-rooni
“The Upside” is really shitty US-remake of the beautiful film “The Intouchables”
“Les Intouchables” but yes, agreed. Why did they need to do that ?
I don’t know if it’s the worst, but Speak No Evil (2022) has to be up there. It’s a bleak Danish-Dutch horror movie about the dangers of being a people-pleaser and ignoring red flags out of politeness. The 2024 American remake turned it into a pretty typical Hollywood horror movie with a happy ending, which completely undermines the whole point of the original.
Iron Man. I watched Tetsuo, and… If you know, you know.
Was definitely disappointed they didn’t give Tony Stark a drill for a dick like in the original.
Iron man without a gay metal fetishist romance is a crime
Probably Old Boy for me. I didn’t bother watching it though so.
Really, the original is pretty much perfect. Why would anyone try to make a remake of that is beyond me.
Netflix Death Note movie if you consider the Japanese Live Action Death Note movies as the original, but technically the anime is the original.
Point of No Return from LA Femme Nikita
Can’t remake Luc Besson
Remember TAXI and the one they remake with Latifa and Fallon 👌
Absolutely not even remotely watchable (avoided that movie like my life depended on it)
Good advice
The Magnificent Seven is fine.
Seven Samurai, however, blows it out of the water.
Every Kurosawa film blows it’s Western counterpart out of the water
I dunno, seven samurai is the kurosawa film for me. But the magnificent seven stands on its own as a classic of the same caliber.
I’ve seen both dozens of times (more for SS tbh), and I don’t know that I can point to one or the other as better, not in totality.
I disagree.
I love both movies, and think that the american version can stand on its own.
Solaris, the new version is decent but it’s a totally different movie and just can’t do the original justice.
Second place for me is girl with the dragon tattoo. The original is just better.
The book is worth a read. Lem is one of the titans of science fiction.
Amazing, came here to basically say the same thing about these two. Thanks kind stranger!
I don’t disagree, but have to say that I love the new Solaris’ soundtrack.
Battle Royale. The US remake was called something like the hunger games and wasn’t as good…
Christ the hunger games was bad
Probably an unpopular opinion, but The Departed. They dumbed down Infernal Affairs for western audiences. The shot of the rat at the end wasn’t clever and the entire movie was like an unnecessary terrible Disney remake of an original that didn’t need remaking.
I watched Departed twice, not knowing it was a remake and I enjoyed it quite a bit. But after seeing Inferal Affairs I have to agree the Departed is a bit too “extra”, and the original is way more rewatchable than the remake
