It’s almost human nature to complain about remakes, but sometimes you need a second take to get it right. From shot-for-shot remakes to wildly different spins on familiar stories and everything in between, these are the 5 best remakes of all time.

The Movies:

Shot-for-shot: Funny Games & Funny Games
Upgrade: LA Takedown & Heat
Same Story, Different Interpretation: Nosferatu & Nosferatu: The Vampyre
Same Premise, New Direction: The Thing From Another World & The Thing
Just the Seed of the Idea: La Jetee & 12 Monkeys

[CineFix]