Worst SciFi Candidates for a Remake
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Worst SciFi Candidates for a Remake

Vote the movie up if you think a remake should not be remade. Vote the movie down if you think it should.

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1 Alien
This Sigourney Weaver classic's stomach-exploding schtick never gets old, nor is it in need of refreshing. 272 462
2 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Jeff Daniels brings Steven Spielberg's dreamy vision to life in a movie that would only suffer from a modern facelift. 174 424
3 A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell's DeLarge is unparalleled as this movie's charismatic psychopath with a pleasure for rape. 148 430
4 Forbidden Planet
This Leslie Nielsen space drama won the Oscar for its pioneering special effects, a legacy worthy of hands-off respect. 21 349
5 Metropolis
Fritz Lang's subtle silent-film expression of industrialization fears would be lost on Generation Y. 14 346
6 Silent Running
It's hard to condone giving the remake treatment to this eco-minded vision of the future of Earth, directed by 2001 F/X talent Steven Trumbull. -23 295
7 Soylent Green
No modern actor could improve upon Charlton Heston's turn as the hero of this futuristic police procedural from director Robert Fleischer. -28 336
8 Slaughterhouse-Five
George Roy Hill's Kurt Vonnegut adaptation didn't make much sense in 1972, and there's no indication it would fare better today. -35 285
9 The Day of the Triffids
Steve Sekely's adaptation of the classic novel is an endearing low-budget effort best left that way. -55 283
10 Zardoz
John Boorman's eccentric trip into the future, as well as Sean Connery's red banana hammock, are best left in the annals of history. -68 284