With the recent release of 1933's King Kong and the up-coming release of Peter Jackson's remake, I thought about originals and re-makes. I currently own ONE original-remake set: The Nordic and US versions of Insomnia. The second will be King Kong.

So ... How many of you DVD Talkers own both the original and the re-make of films - and which ones do you think are worth owning?

I have Dawn of the Dead Ultimate Edition and the 2004 version.

Insomnia
Dawn of the Dead

Forgot about:
Scarface
Ring
Grudge
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Oceans 11
Ben Hur
Willy Wonka/ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Around the World in 80 Days

War of the Worlds
Mancurian Candidate
Flight of the Phoenix

that's off the top of my head .. I'll check later for more.

Dawn of the Dead
Ocean's 11

Ben-Hur
The Mummy
Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Dead
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (3 versions)
Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven
The Wizard of Oz (Not sure if this counts since the '25 version hardly relates to the '39)

The Fog
Insomnia
Dawn of the Dead
Scarface
Cape Fear
Psycho
The Italian Job
Ocean's 11
Solaris
The Ring
Vanilla Sky
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Assault on Precinct 13
Bad News Bears

I'm sure I have more too, but these were off the top of my head.

EDIT - Some more to add:

Around the World in 80 Days
The Manchurian Candidate
The Grudge
Guess Who('s coming to dinner)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dawn of the Dead
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Night of the Living Dead

I have the original and the remake of The Vanishing, the original because it's a fantastic film and the remake because I often pair them in my intro to film studies course (definitely not because it's a good film).

Does The Office count?

Planet of the Apes
Scarface

Solaris, but Soderburgh's is hardly a remake of Tarkovsky's

Amityville Horror
Assault on Precinct 13
Dawn of the Dead
Frankenstein
House on Haunted Hill
The Manchurain Candidate
The Mummy
Night of the Living Dead
Planet of the Apes
Willie Wonka / Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

If we're also counting tv shows, I have the old and new versions of Outer Limit and Twilight Zone (at least all that are available for each title).

I'd say that Dead Zone counts, as the movie was made and then the TV series is essentially a long re-make. Buffy wouldn't count, because the TV series picks up after the movie.

Do the numerous Batman films count as remakes? Not the sequels, but the Adam West one, the Michael Keaton one and the Chrsitian Bale one.

Willie Wonka/Charlie and Chocolate Factory
War of the Worlds
The Fly
The Stepford Wives
The Shop Around the Corner/You've got Mail
Romeo and Juliet
Robin Hood
Planet of the Apes
Peter Pan
The Mummy
Meet Joe Black
The Mask of Zorro
Manhunter/Red Dragon
The Manchurian Candidate
Little Women
The Lathe of Heaven
The King and I/Anna and the King of Siam/Anna and the King
Ju-on/Grudge
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Insomnia
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Freaky Friday
La Femme Nikita/Point of No Return
Father of the Bride
Dune
Dracula
Dawn of the Dead
D.O.A.

Dawn of the Dead
Night of the Lving Dead
Assault on Precint 13
Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
War of the Worlds

I'm sure there are others.

Dawn of the Dead
Ocean's 11
Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven

Dawn Of The Dead
Nosferatu
Frankenstein (1931 version and Terror Of Frankenstein, not really a remake of the movie though...also does Young Frankenstein count?)


and I plan on buying the new King Kong

There are probably others, but this is what I can think of.

Vanilla Sky/Abre Los Ojos
Dawn of the Dead
Robin Hood (2 movies and the animated one)
Romeo and Juliet
Scarface
Ben Hur
Tombstone/My Darling Clementine/Gunfight at the OK Corral/Wyatt Earp
Manhunter/Red Dragon
The Mummy
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
La Femme Nikita/Point of No Return
Dune
House on Haunted Hill
Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven
Fistful of Dollars/Yojimbo
The Thing/The Thing From Another World (although not that similar)
The Shining
Salem's Lot
Last Man on Earth/The Omega Man
Thunderball/Never Say Never Again

Ordered, not yet here
Ten Commandments
War of the Worlds (had the old one for a while, new one's on the way)

Not sure if this counts, but they're really close.
28 Days Later/Day of the Dead

Sabrina
Scarface

Dawn of the Dead
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ju-On/The Grudge
The Ring
The Fog
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Manhunter/Red Dragon
Night of the Living Dead
Bad News Bears
Psycho
Assault on Precinct 13

Here's my list:

Romeo & Juliet / Romeo + Juliet / West Side Story
Hamlet / The Lion King / Strange Brew
Taming of the Shrew - Elizabeth Taylor / 10 Things I Hate About You
Emma-Paltrow / Emma-BBC / Clueless
Pride & Prejudice-BBC / Pride & Prejudice-Knightley / Bridge Jones Diary
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory / Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
War of the Worlds
Peter Pan - Disney / Live-Action
The Parent Trap
The Swiss Family Robinson / The Wilderness Family
The Nutty Professor
Thunderball / Never Say Never Again
MASH - movie / MASH - TV series


Does Batman count? if so, then Batman/Batman Begins

I know there is more, I gotta get up and actually check my titles... sigh...

The only one I own is Willy Wonka/Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Not a remake.

There were more:

Godzilla
King Kong
Notorious / Mission Impossible 2
My Man Godfrey
Tarzan - Disney / Tarzan - the box set

The only one I have is the Italian Job

Only a few:

Assault on Precinct 13
Ben Hur
Dawn of the Dead
Dune
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy