'80s Comedies That Should Be Adapted for TV
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'80s Comedies That Should Be Adapted for TV

Don't call it a comeback. Which of these flicks would you most like to see remade for the small screen?

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1 Big
With just a few tweaks to the boy-in-man's-body premise, the possibilities for this beloved Tom Hanks classic are endless. 11 201
2 Gremlins
Re-cast Billy, dust off Gizmo, and the pair could easily gremlin-splatter and audience-charm their way to ratings gold. 11 195
3 Crocodile Dundee
Whether the action is set in New York or the Outback, the plotlines for a TV remake would practically write themselves. 3 189
4 Back to School
The late, great Rodney Dangerfield may have passed on, but his old-guy-goes-to-college shtick is tailor-made for TV. 0 174
5 Good Morning, Vietnam
There hasn't been a TV comedy about war since China Beach; give this Robin Williams flick an update and it'll be just the thing. -1 181
6 Coming to America
Surely one of the Wayans brothers would like to sink his teeth into an updated version of Eddie Murphy's Prince Akeem. -10 182
7 Three Men and a Baby
Replace the original bachelors with Kevin James, Dane Cook, and Demetri Martin, and you've got a hit on your hands. -13 177
8 The Secret of My Success
There'll never be another Michael J. Fox, but a country boy hitting it big on Wall Street would especially appeal to audiences now. -21 171
9 Twins
All this Schwarzenegger-DeVito comedy needs is a new pair of mismatched actors to fit right in with the modern comedy landscape. -22 166
10 Risky Business
A hot young teenager running a brothel out of his parents' place would be a stroke-of-genius plot for an edgy sitcom. -35 163