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The top ten best movie remakes

Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed has been named the best movie remake. The fil...
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11.10 29 Aug 2012


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The top ten best movie remakes

The top ten best movie remakes

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11.10 29 Aug 2012


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Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning The Departed has been named the best movie remake.

The film, based on the Hong Kong crime classic Infernal Affairs picked up a fifth of the votes in a poll of more than 4,500 movie fans.

Ocean’s Eleven is at number two.

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The crime thriller, which starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt, was a remake of a 1960 film starring Frank Sinatra.

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Top 10 Film Remakes
/> 1. The Departed – 20%

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style="text-align: left;">2. Ocean’s Eleven – 13%

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style="text-align: left;">3. True Grit – 12%

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style="text-align: left;">4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 10%

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style="text-align: left;">5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – 9%

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style="text-align: left;">6. Dawn of the Dead – 8%

style="text-align: center;"> width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/iZGLRIOQHOY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

style="text-align: left;">7. The Thomas Crown Affair – 7%

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style="text-align: left;">8. 3.10 to Yuma – 6%

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style="text-align: left;">9. Karate Kid – 5%

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style="text-align: left;">10. The Italian Job – 4%

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(poll was carried out by streaming and dvd rental service LOVEFiLM to mark the release of the new Total Recall film)

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