As movie lovers we’ve grown accustomed to collectively wincing every time we hear that a favourite classic is being remade. The same might be true for the upcoming The Magnificent Seven (2016), but let’s not forget that the original Magnificent Seven (1960) was too a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai (1954). There’s no question that many remakes aren’t all too remarkable, but some (given the right direction and some updates) become great and sometimes greater films than the original. The original Magnificent Seven has been preserved and lauded as a classic for over a half-century, here are ten others remakes that have accomplished similar feats.
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