Poll: Directors Remaking Themselves

Results of 2,072 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Heat (1995)

    

   Director: Michael Mann, remake of L.A. Takedown (1989)
2. 2.
   

   Funny Games (2007)

    

   Director: Michael Haneke, remake of Funny Games (1997)
3. 3.
   

   The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

    

   Director: Alfred Hitchcock, remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
4. 4.
   

   The Grudge (2004)

    

   Director: Takashi Shimizu, remake of Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
5. 5.
   

   The Ten Commandments (1956)

    

   Director: Cecil B. DeMille, remake of The Ten Commandments (1923)
6. 6.
   

   Ghajini (2008)

    

   Director: A.R. Murugadoss, remake of Ghajini (2005) which in turn was a remake of Memento (2000)
7. 7.
   

   Frankenweenie (2012)

    

   Director: Tim Burton, remake of Frankenweenie (1984)
8. 8.
   

   Delivery Man (2013)

    

   Director: Ken Scott, remake of Starbuck (2011)
9. 9.
   

   The Ring Two (2005)

    

   Director: Hideo Nakata, remake of Ring 2 (1999)
10. 10.
    

    Bottle Rocket (1996)

     

    Director: Wes Anderson, remake of Bottle Rocket (1993)
11. 11.
    

    The Vanishing (1993)

     

    Director: George Sluizer, remake of The Vanishing (1988)
12. 12.
    

    Edge of Darkness (2010)

     

    Director: Martin Campbell, remake of Edge of Darkness (1985)
13. 13.
    

    Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

     

    Directors: Oxide Chun Pang and Danny Pang, remake of Bangkok Dangerous (2000)
14. 14.
    

    And God Created Woman (1988)

     

    Director: Roger Vadim, remake of ...And God Created Woman (1956)
15. 15.
    

    THX 1138 (1971)

     

    Director: George Lucas, remake of Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967)
16. 16.
    

    Floating Weeds (1959)

     

    Director: Yasujirô Ozu, remake of A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
17. 17.
    

    13 (2010)

     

    Director: Géla Babluani, remake of 13 Tzameti (2005)
18. 18.
    

    Scum (1979)

     

    Director: Alan Clarke, remake of Scum (1991)
19. 19.
    

    Nightwatch (1997)

     

    Director: Ole Bornedal, remake of Nightwatch (1994)
20. 20.
    

    Just Visiting (2001)

     

    Director: Jean-Marie Poiré, remake of The Visitors (1993)
21. 21.
    

    An Affair to Remember (1957)

     

    Director: Leo McCarey, remake of Love Affair (1939)
22. 22.
    

    The Children's Hour (1961)

     

    Director: William Wyler, remake of These Three (1936)
23. 23.
    

    Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

     

    Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura, remake of Genkai jinkô keisû (1995)
24. 24.
    

    The Grudge 2 (2006)

     

    Director: Takashi Shimizu, remake of Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003)
25. 25.
    

    A Song Is Born (1948)

     

    Director: Howard Hawks, remake of Ball of Fire (1941)
26. 26.
    

    The Shaft (2001)

     

    Director: Dick Maas, remake of The Lift (1983)
27. 27.
    

    Three Fugitives (1989)

     

    Director: Francis Veber, remake of The Fugitives (1986)
28. 28.
    

    Sword of the Valiant (1984)

     

    Director: Stephen Weeks, remake of Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
29. 29.
    

    The Last American Virgin (1982)

     

    Director: Boaz Davidson, remake of Lemon Popsicle (1978)
30. 30.
    

    Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

     

    Director: Frank Capra, remake of Lady for a Day (1933)
31. 31.
    

    Colorado Territory (1949)

     

    Director: Raoul Walsh, remake of High Sierra (1940)
32. 32.
    

    Mark of the Vampire (1935)

     

    Director: Tod Browning, remake of London After Midnight (1927)
33. 33.
    

    Jesus Henry Christ (2011)

     

    Director: Dennis Lee, remake of Jesus Henry Christ (2003)
34. 34.
    

    Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)

     

    Director: Tommy O'Haver, remake of Catalina (1994)