The Departed (2006)
Original Movie: Infernal Affairs (2002)
◄ IMDb Polls
Poll: Favorite Oscar Best Picture Remake or Reboot Nominee?
Which of these Best Picture Oscar-nominated remake or reboot movies, that are either directly based or indirectly based on a prior feature length movie, is your favorite?
For the purpose of this question, a remake must have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and will be defined as any movie that is either a direct remake (based on the same screenplay), an indirect remake (based on the same source material, historical figure, place or event) or a reboot of a prior movie franchise (relaunched in order to establish a new beginning of an existing franchise).
Make Your Choice
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True Grit (2010)
Original Movie: True Grit (1969) -
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Original Movie: Mad Max (1979) -
Ben-Hur (1959)
Original Movie: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) -
Les Misérables (2012)
Original Movies: Les Misérables (1934), Les Misérables (1935) and Les Misérables (1998) (non-musical movies), Les Misérables in Concert (1995) and Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010) (musical movies) and many others. (all movies inspired by Victor Hugo's novel, Les Misérables) -
Chicago (2002)
Original Movies: Chicago (1927) and Roxie Hart (1942) (non-musical movies also inspired by Maurine Dallas Watkins's play, Chicago) -
The Sound of Music (1965)
Original Movies: The Trapp Family in America (1958) and The Trapp Family (1956) (non-musical movies, also based on Maria Augusta von Trapp's memoir, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers) -
West Side Story (1961)
Original Movies: Romeo and Juliet (1936) and many others (non-musical movies also inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet) -
My Fair Lady (1964)
Original Movies: Pygmalion (1938) and Kitty (1945) (non-musical movies, also based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion) -
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Original Movie: The Lord of the Rings (1978) -
Seabiscuit (2003)
Original Movies: Seabiscuit (1939) (documentary) and The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) -
A Star Is Born (2018)
Original Movies: A Star Is Born (1937), A Star Is Born (1954) and A Star Is Born (1976) (all movies derivative of an original screen play by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Robert Carson) -
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Original Movies: Moulin Rouge (1952) (non-musical movie based on Pierre La Mure's novel, Moulin Rouge) and many others. * Moulin Rouge! (2001) is based indirectly on Alexandre Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias, but shares other similarities with the newer version. -
Cleopatra (1963)
Original Movies: Cleopatra (1917) and Cleopatra (1934) -
Little Women (2019)
Original Movies: Little Women (1949) and Little Women (1933) -
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Original Movie: The Wizard of Oz (1925) -
Gaslight (1944)
Original Movie: Gaslight (1940) -
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Original Movies: Robin Hood (1922) and Robin Hood (1913) -
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Original Movies: Romeo and Juliet (1936) and many others. (all movies inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet) -
Oliver! (1968)
Original Movie: Oliver Twist (1948) (non-musical movie also based on Charles Dickens' novel, Oliver Twist) -
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Original Movie: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Original Movies: The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916) and In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) -
Gigi (1958)
Original Movie: Gigi (1949) (non-musical movie also based on Colette's novella, Gigi) -
Hamlet (1948)
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Original Movies: The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916), In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) -
Quo Vadis (1951)
Original Movies: Quo Vadis? (1924) and Quo Vadis? (1913) -
Captain Blood (1935)
Original Movie: Captain Blood (1924) -
Dune (2021)
Original Movie: Dune (1984)Added 08 February 2022
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West Side Story (2021)
Original Movies: West Side Story (1961), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and many others (non-musical movies also inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet)Added 08 February 2022
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Nightmare Alley (2021)
Original Movie: Nightmare Alley (1947)Added 10 February 2022
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CODA (2021)
Original Movie: The Bélier Family (2014)Added 10 February 2022
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The King and I (1956)
Original Movie: Anna and the King of Siam (1946)Added 10 February 2022
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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The Thin Red Line (1998)
Original Movie: The Thin Red Line (1964)Added 10 February 2022
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Scent of a Woman (1992)
Original Movie: Scent of a Woman (1974)Added 10 February 2022
