30 Best Movie Remakes (and Reboots) of the Past 30 Years
Hollywood may be in love with remakes, but critics don't usually share those warm feelings. Nevertheless, revisiting an old property can sometimes prove fruitful, and not just commercially. In the gallery above, you'll find the best-reviewed remakes and franchise reboots of the past three decades, ranked by Metascore. (Note that a movie must have at least 7 reviews from professional critics to be eligible.)
Original: The Age of Innocence (1924) directed by Wesley Ruggles, and The Age of Innocence (1934) directed by Philip Moeller
The first of two Martin Scorsese-directed remakes on our list, this 1993 period drama is the third big-screen adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel. Scorsese's version stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder and received five Academy Award nominations.