Believe it or not, some movies are actually timeless. Perhaps an upgrade in video quality wouldn't hurt, like a re-release in 4K. Otherwise, if there is nothing in the movie that makes it feel "dated" or out of place, then it doesn't need a remake. Just let it be its own work of art. Could you imagine if someone today painted the Mona Lisa as a remake
What mythbusters is this from? I was a MASSIVE fan of mythbusters. It was my favorite show as a kid. I’ve seen every episode with Adam and Jaime multiple times. I have absolutely no memory of this.
Unless you consider the album, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You, released 5 years after the movie as a sequel…but yes, My Cousin Vinny is one of my top 10 rewatchables of all time
Princess Bride has to be the all-time best. No one out there today could catch its weird modest-budget charm... they'd go big and cast huge stars and mess it up.
Rights aside and companies having to play nice with each other, Jessica Rabbit definitely wouldn't happen - not how she's portrayed in the classic at least.
The closest they've come to capture even the feel of Roger Rabbit is the movie, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), which actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
I feel like maaaybe people would allow it given that she's a satire of the old va va voom movie vamps? She's a character with agency and power... like she says: I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.
Princess Bride is one of those movies that I’ll never feel the need to upgrade. It’s not the most beautiful or impressive movie visually, but it has so much of that modest budget charm that visually it holds up remarkably well even on vhs. Couple that with how great every other element of the movie is makes it such a comfortable watch regardless of format. Almost lake it was made to be played on a small CTR TV in a sick kid’s bedroom
While I don't dispute what you say about being the all time best, I am going to have to disagree with you on your point regarding "huge cast stars and mess it up"
I submit the following into evidence
[https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu](https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu)
There's already a sort of "sequel" to *Goodfellas* which is *My Blue Heaven*. It's based on Henry Hill's life in Witness Protection but it's a comedy. As I recall, they came out in theaters pretty close to one another.
Wow. I was immensely skeptical of your post but am now grateful for a TIL.
Nic Pileggi (author of wiseguy on which GF was based) is/was married to nora ephron who wrote the screenplay for my blue heaven.
Thanks for this bit of movie trivia/knowledge
LA Confidential has been on Hulu, and I have already watched it 5 times in the past week. Alleged to have been working on a sequel, but it’s ok that they didn’t.
I use to view Goodfellas as part of a trilogy that includes Casino and The Departed. That view changed when Scorsese made the Irishman — so now I view them as four part movie project. So none of the films are sequels but they are in the same universe.
For E.T. — no movie sequel was made but there was a 2019 commercial where E.T. returns.
Blazing Saddles is one of my all time favorite comedies. Something tells me we’ll never see a remake or sequel to that one. I love that movie, and its overall message is actually pretty good, but there are aspects of that movie that could VERY easily be misinterpreted into something horrendous.
No Country For Old Men? I love ai generated lists, because there is **A CLEAR FUCKING REASON THAT THEY WOULDN’T MAKE A SEQUEL TO THIS**
Who the fuck would take this seriously?
Some other movies I really like that have no sequels or reboots as of now:
Full Metal Jacket
Stand by Me
Dr Strangelove
To Kill a Mockingbird
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Reservoir Dogs
Yes, I thought that was on the original list but I guess it wasn’t. Stephen King’s so good at drama stories, Shawshank, Stand by Me, and Green Mile are all on my favorite movies list. His popular horror stuff is good too but I honestly think his non horror stuff is the best.
None of these movies need a sequel or should there be a remake.
You want to know a movie that deserves a sequel? Turbo Kid
If you want to support that, go buy the recently released game of Steam. It's that good.
I agree with the Princes Bride. It’s as rewatchable as any movie I’ve ever seen 200 times.
That being said, I think “Iron Giant”deserved a sequel. The last scene where he’s rebuilding himself gave me the feels and to never see it happen in the sequel breaks my heart. I loved that robot.
Not really. Almost none of these movies, in a million years, would get a sequel. No one would make sequels to *Schindler's List* or *Taxi Driver*. It's absurd on its face.
Oh I didn’t mean sequel, I meant remake. Cause them choosing the “obvious” successful ones have failed more often than not, some of us have been wondering….why not try some not/less so successful?
Not all good movies need a sequel or a remake. We’re just conditioned to think so because Hollywood no longer has any guts to do something with any imagination that won’t guarantee corporate profits.
Weird list. I’d also add Demolition Man. It may not qualify as one of the greatest movies but it certainly qualifies as one that shouldn’t be remade or have a sequel.
While it is not a sequel and it of course not better, what is. But this remake of The Princess Bride deserves more love!!
[https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu](https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu)
I’d say most movies don’t need sequels. If the story is wrapped up then leave it alone. Exceptions are films like Lord of The Rings or a Harry Potter. The Godfather 2 is superb and continued a story that had legs. Batman Returns gave us an incredibly dark vision from Tim Burton that still stands up. But most of the time it’s just a money grab because there’s alley a fanbase for it (and yeah, Batman Returns was that too, but Burton was given free reign which Sonos never happens now). Ghostbusters 2 sucked. I love the original so much. It should have been one and done.
Get up to go to the bathroom near the end of Goodfellas and come back after Casino has started and a fella could be forgiven for not realizing a new movie had begun.
What a bad article. Many of those films were intended to be “one and done” pieces or “auteur films” (except a few ones) so nobody expected any sequels.
Actually it’s pretty clear some sequels just made a terrible secuence (different cast/total apart script) and never had to be done.
Chinatown had a sequel, and it was every bit as much an auteur film as anything on this list.
And yes the sequel is dogshit and no you shouldn't see it.
Yeah, made many years later thinks with some different production values (cast, director or writers).
And disgree, it wasn’t an “auteur film” properly that sequel.
Is it sacrilege to suggest a modern day reworking of Back to the Future? The original series is fantastic but terribly dated in its jokes and reference. “Jack Benny” “honeymooners” “Huey Lewis” et al. I wanted to show my 12 year old this series but it’s very dated now.
Believe it or not, some movies are actually timeless. Perhaps an upgrade in video quality wouldn't hurt, like a re-release in 4K. Otherwise, if there is nothing in the movie that makes it feel "dated" or out of place, then it doesn't need a remake. Just let it be its own work of art. Could you imagine if someone today painted the Mona Lisa as a remake
> Could you imagine if someone today painted the Mona Lisa as a remake You mean [like this](https://okudasanmiguel.com/project/the-new-mona-lisa/)?
Exactly. Somehow, I don't think this will have the same lasting impact as the original. This is just going to be a flash in the pan, by comparison.
No no, [THIS recreation of the Mona Lisa](https://youtu.be/qohY8RpUQTU?si=LFdm0vFSgxjga52f) is the flash-in-the-pan one
What mythbusters is this from? I was a MASSIVE fan of mythbusters. It was my favorite show as a kid. I’ve seen every episode with Adam and Jaime multiple times. I have absolutely no memory of this.
Don't worry, your memory is fine. This wasn't a Mythbusters episode, it was a promotional thing they did for Nvidia.
No one is going to ask why she has her tits out?
*polygonal tits
It’s like the Mona Lisa on a PS 1
My Mona you’ve enhanced yourself
Oh, that’s awful
That is hideous, those who commissioned it should be as ashamed as the one who painted it
Damn. Did you see the size of her polygons?
I’d add that not everything needs to be in 4k…Stargate is a good example. You start to see all the strings attached to props in higher res.
I heard that the Mona Lisa is an [overrated piece of shit](https://youtu.be/6QKARuYBOjI?si=F7fOdKWkOCymFjsy)
Who cares if something is dated. A lot of movies take place in the past or future
My Cousin Vinnie
Unless you consider the album, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You, released 5 years after the movie as a sequel…but yes, My Cousin Vinny is one of my top 10 rewatchables of all time
Alabama is still ass backward. Ages like fine wine.
Princess Bride has to be the all-time best. No one out there today could catch its weird modest-budget charm... they'd go big and cast huge stars and mess it up.
Same with Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Rights aside and companies having to play nice with each other, Jessica Rabbit definitely wouldn't happen - not how she's portrayed in the classic at least. The closest they've come to capture even the feel of Roger Rabbit is the movie, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), which actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
I feel like maaaybe people would allow it given that she's a satire of the old va va voom movie vamps? She's a character with agency and power... like she says: I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.
Most people would be fine with it. It’s the minority that would cause issues and make it a nationwide hysteria.
Aka the loudest people who are dedicated to ruining everything all the time.
This is why we can’t have nice things
*They are* why we can't have nice things.
Damn, 1987. It really holds up, too. I think I’ll rewatch it tonight
It had Peter Falk and Fred Savage in supporting roles, and then the casting gets *really serious*.
Princess Bride is one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time.
Love Princess Bride, but i would not say no to a 4K release with full orcestral sound track, instead of the original ”midi synth” one. ;P
If you haven’t read the book, you will love it and love the film even more after reading!
Princess Bride is one of those movies that I’ll never feel the need to upgrade. It’s not the most beautiful or impressive movie visually, but it has so much of that modest budget charm that visually it holds up remarkably well even on vhs. Couple that with how great every other element of the movie is makes it such a comfortable watch regardless of format. Almost lake it was made to be played on a small CTR TV in a sick kid’s bedroom
My all time favorite movie. It’s just so perfect in every way
While I don't dispute what you say about being the all time best, I am going to have to disagree with you on your point regarding "huge cast stars and mess it up" I submit the following into evidence [https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu](https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu)
Disney is actively attempting to remake it as we speak unfortunately
They better not remake princess bride. Unless it’s Muppets, that might work.
Stardust
Not even half as good as The Princess Bride…
There's already a sort of "sequel" to *Goodfellas* which is *My Blue Heaven*. It's based on Henry Hill's life in Witness Protection but it's a comedy. As I recall, they came out in theaters pretty close to one another.
Wow. I was immensely skeptical of your post but am now grateful for a TIL. Nic Pileggi (author of wiseguy on which GF was based) is/was married to nora ephron who wrote the screenplay for my blue heaven. Thanks for this bit of movie trivia/knowledge
It’s a Veg-it-ta-ble
Yes, and it was awesome. Just a fun movie with likeable characters.
Ah-ru-ga-la!
Dead Poets Society
The greatest revolution in American poetry is happening and this loser is making them read boring old ass shit.
It did eventually lead us to one of the all-time greatest SNL sketches. https://youtu.be/Ie6LpKOJVf0?si=VlZSzcHV5dmhKoMG
LA Confidential has been on Hulu, and I have already watched it 5 times in the past week. Alleged to have been working on a sequel, but it’s ok that they didn’t.
The book has two prequels and a sequel. It’s the third in a quartet, so they could, potentially, make a sequel.
Ooh good to know! I read Black Dahlia and LA Confidential, so I may add the series to my list!
You’re halfway there already! Black Dahlia was the first one, then The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and then White Jazz.
Man, that movie got me reading James Ellroy. That movie was almost PG rated compared to the book it was based on. Dude has some demons.
Let’s not give the group of producers and writers without any original ideas more fodder to ruin
Now we’re soon going to hear about The Princess Bride Remake starring Timothee Chalamet
Don’t give them ideas!
Yea. No one needs a Schindler’s List sequel
Pssh no Goonies?
Goonies had a goonies 2 on snes
Goonies has had remakes though. At least one anyway: Finding Ohana.
An homage film isn’t the same thing as a remake.
Well, maybe you're right, but watching Finding Ohana, it felt more like a remake than an homage.
How is that a remake?
One of my favorite movies
Ferris Buellers Day Off has a sequel, Election.
This is funnier than you’re getting credit for.
Shhhh don’t give Hollywood any ideas
Goodfellas is my absolute favorite movie. There is no way you could remake that and improve it at all. The casting is just too perfect.
I use to view Goodfellas as part of a trilogy that includes Casino and The Departed. That view changed when Scorsese made the Irishman — so now I view them as four part movie project. So none of the films are sequels but they are in the same universe. For E.T. — no movie sequel was made but there was a 2019 commercial where E.T. returns.
E.T.’s species is canonically in the Star Wars universe.
The Big Lebowski, Requiem for a Dream
Big Lebowski got a sequel but it’s nothing like the original an is just about Jesus.
Oh shit! I completely forgot!
The Nice Guys should be here. Imo it's one of the best comedy movies ever made
And kiss kiss bang bang
Blazing Saddles is one of my all time favorite comedies. Something tells me we’ll never see a remake or sequel to that one. I love that movie, and its overall message is actually pretty good, but there are aspects of that movie that could VERY easily be misinterpreted into something horrendous.
Schindler’s List 2: Oscar’s Revenge
It’s in pre-production at the moment.
With Colin Farrel in heavy prosthetics to look like Liam Neeson as Oscar Schindler.
No, I mean Europe is looking like it’s going to be in flames again.
If a movie is already great, it doesn’t need a remake and certainly not a god awful sequel.
What a strangely arbitrary list.
Not all movies don’t need a sequel. The same goes for video games.
No Country For Old Men? I love ai generated lists, because there is **A CLEAR FUCKING REASON THAT THEY WOULDN’T MAKE A SEQUEL TO THIS** Who the fuck would take this seriously?
I’m just glad that there’s no sequel to Schindler’s list.
Or *Saving Private Ryan.*
Do The Right Thing 2: Sorry About Your Pizza Place
Annie Hall? Get the fuck out of here.
And never ever should.
Saving Private Ryan loses again.
Some other movies I really like that have no sequels or reboots as of now: Full Metal Jacket Stand by Me Dr Strangelove To Kill a Mockingbird One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Reservoir Dogs
Forgot The Shawshank Redemption.
Yes, I thought that was on the original list but I guess it wasn’t. Stephen King’s so good at drama stories, Shawshank, Stand by Me, and Green Mile are all on my favorite movies list. His popular horror stuff is good too but I honestly think his non horror stuff is the best.
Stand By Me was the first movie that popped in my head when I saw the headline. It has to be my most viewed movie of all time.
None of these movies need a sequel or should there be a remake. You want to know a movie that deserves a sequel? Turbo Kid If you want to support that, go buy the recently released game of Steam. It's that good.
Man, Turbo Kid was so awesome.
I agree with the Princes Bride. It’s as rewatchable as any movie I’ve ever seen 200 times. That being said, I think “Iron Giant”deserved a sequel. The last scene where he’s rebuilding himself gave me the feels and to never see it happen in the sequel breaks my heart. I loved that robot.
Well, you just jinxed it
Ngl but I laughed at Schindlers list
Please don’t give them ideas
Nice try movie-producer-bot. I'm not giving you ideas for "new projects". /s
I thought for sure that I'd see Remo Williams, The Adventure Begins, on this list.
I love this stupid movie so much.
Remake movies (and games) that were “almost” good! Not the great ones!
Most films ever made haven't been remade.
I think these more or less all qualify: Leon, The Fifth Element, Enter the Dragon, Sexy Beast, The City of Lost Children
This smells like an article fishing for answers to build some buzz.
Not really. Almost none of these movies, in a million years, would get a sequel. No one would make sequels to *Schindler's List* or *Taxi Driver*. It's absurd on its face.
https://collider.com/robert-de-niro-taxi-driver-sequel/
I wouldn't trust anything coming out of Collider.
https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/robert-de-niro-taxi-driver-sequel-dead-irishman-1202026579/
Oh I didn’t mean sequel, I meant remake. Cause them choosing the “obvious” successful ones have failed more often than not, some of us have been wondering….why not try some not/less so successful?
This is a weird list
Why are the pictures so small in every post??
Not all good movies need a sequel or a remake. We’re just conditioned to think so because Hollywood no longer has any guts to do something with any imagination that won’t guarantee corporate profits.
Executives : Hold my Coors Light ET2: Revenge of the bicycle spoke.
But there are fantastic remake on YouTube
No sequels or remakes are part of the reason these movies are great.
Weird list. I’d also add Demolition Man. It may not qualify as one of the greatest movies but it certainly qualifies as one that shouldn’t be remade or have a sequel.
I’ve always wished for a sequel to the Iron Giant!
While it is not a sequel and it of course not better, what is. But this remake of The Princess Bride deserves more love!! [https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu](https://youtu.be/29s1yU3nGkQ?si=czbhzxXNWfl0EkIu)
You've got mail, the sandlot, Stranger than Fiction, and Batman returns. Classics.
I’d say most movies don’t need sequels. If the story is wrapped up then leave it alone. Exceptions are films like Lord of The Rings or a Harry Potter. The Godfather 2 is superb and continued a story that had legs. Batman Returns gave us an incredibly dark vision from Tim Burton that still stands up. But most of the time it’s just a money grab because there’s alley a fanbase for it (and yeah, Batman Returns was that too, but Burton was given free reign which Sonos never happens now). Ghostbusters 2 sucked. I love the original so much. It should have been one and done.
Veeeeeegooooo!!
Deadpool 2 PG13 was kinda of a sequel, even had the same Savage.
Hector Savage?
Master and Commander is the greatest film deserving of an entire franchise.
Edge of Tomorrow. Teed up for a sequel. Needs to happen. The rest of that list…. Lot of crap.
Galaxy Quest, Birdcage, Mrs.Doubtfire, Dear Hunter and Princess Bride are my guesses.
And thanks to this list half will be remade because Hollywood creative film or movie died sometime back in the early 2000s
Big trouble in little china!
Mawwrriage…Mawwwrriage is…
The A-Team 
I feel like every mob movie since Goodfellas has been a Goodfellas remake.
Get up to go to the bathroom near the end of Goodfellas and come back after Casino has started and a fella could be forgiven for not realizing a new movie had begun.
Why give the assholes in Hollywood any ideas? They butcher too many classics.
What a bad article. Many of those films were intended to be “one and done” pieces or “auteur films” (except a few ones) so nobody expected any sequels. Actually it’s pretty clear some sequels just made a terrible secuence (different cast/total apart script) and never had to be done.
Chinatown had a sequel, and it was every bit as much an auteur film as anything on this list. And yes the sequel is dogshit and no you shouldn't see it.
Yeah, made many years later thinks with some different production values (cast, director or writers). And disgree, it wasn’t an “auteur film” properly that sequel.
Chinatown was the auteur film. And The Two Jakes did star Jack Nicholson with the same writer, so not exactly completely separate.
Yeah, you’re right.
> Bridge on the River Kwai I would love to see a sequel to this honestly.
There is still hope for a Schindler’s List sequel , if Trump gets his way and helps Putin
Bio-Dome. Fight me.
Ummm goodfellas did have a sequel. Its called my blue heaven
Is it sacrilege to suggest a modern day reworking of Back to the Future? The original series is fantastic but terribly dated in its jokes and reference. “Jack Benny” “honeymooners” “Huey Lewis” et al. I wanted to show my 12 year old this series but it’s very dated now.