re: Name a Good Remake

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a great remake. Technically, the original The Thing is a remake, but really, just in name only. Of course, both of those are over 30 years old. Little Shop of horrors is exactly 30 years old, I think. Also a great remake.

Recently, the Evil Dead remake was pretty great. The Ring is one of the best horror movies of recent years, and its a remake of a Japanese film, Ringu, that people claimed to like after The Ring became popular The Grudge, OTOH, was pretty famous before the American remake... and Pulse is probably the best J-horror film with an unnecessary US remake).

True Grit is terrific remake, probably better than the original, and a proper adaptation of the book. Oldboy is also unnecessary, but not awful.