25 Perfect Movies That Should Never Be Remade

1.

Back to the Future

2.

You've Got Mail

There's no way that concept works in any year outside of the 1997-1999 range.

3.

Goodfellas

4.

Shawshank. There are no advances in technology, cinematography, writing, or acting that could possibly add anything to that movie.

5.

A remake of Airplane? Surely, you can’t be serious!

6.

Alien (1979). It’s still so good 40+ years later.

7.

Big Trouble in Little China. It’s already about as close to perfect as a movie can be and is also very much a movie of its time.

8.

Groundhog Day

But it would be hilarious to re-release it and pretend it’s a new movie

9.

Labyrinth. I like to think that David Bowie didn’t realize they were making a movie and thought it was all real.

10.

The Princess Bride.

11.

Pulp Fiction. Fortunately, Tarantino makes movies that I don't think anyone would even attempt to try to remake.

12.

Mr. Bean. No one will ever be able to recreate the character as well as Rowan Atkinson. Really anything from Rowan Atkinson can never be remade. Blackadder for instance

13.

Mrs. Doubtfire

14.

Jaws! The shark was huge but nothing in the movie was unbelievable. It was paced beautifully. The "we delivered the bomb" scene is incredible.

15.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Gondor has no remakes. Gondor needs no remakes.

16.

The Goonies

17.

Galaxy Quest. “By Grabthar’s hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged.”

18.

The Big Lebowski

19.

The Fifth Element

Everything about it was perfect

20.

The Truman Show. Jim Carrey was the perfect actor for a movie that’s both slightly comedic and tragic at the same time.

21.

Stand By Me

That combo of young actors just worked so well, and I just can’t imagine it would work so well again

22.

Requiem for a Dream.

Great movie. Watched it once. Won’t watch again.

23.

Besides the fact that Tom Hanks was perfect, I don’t see a modern remake of Forrest Gump being received well based on cultural shifts alone

24.

Beetlejuice. There's really no beating the casting of that movie as it was.

25.

Anything by Monty Python. They can't be improved on and the dodgy special effects only add to the humor.