Which Version of a Movie to Watch

Original...the re-make...the re-make's re-make...which one to watch.  I rank different versions of the same film.


Alice in Wonderland:

WATCH:

Disney's Alice in Wonderland (animated 1951)

SKIP:

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010)

All Quiet on the Western Front:

WATCH:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) 

SKIP:

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Anastasia:

WATCH:

Anastasia (animated 1997)

SKIP:

Anastasia (1956) 

Arthur:

WATCH BOTH:

1. Arthur (1981)

2. Arthur (2011)

Babes in Toyland:

WATCH:

March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

SKIP:

Babes in Toyland (1986)

The Big Sleep:

WATCH:

The Big Sleep (1946)

SKIP:

The Big Sleep (1978) 

Carrie:

WATCH:

Carrie (1976)

SKIP:

Carrie (2013)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

WATCH:

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

SKIP:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2003) 

Charlotte's Web:

WATCH:

Charlotte's Web (animated 1973)

SKIP:

Charlotte's Web (2006) 

A Christmas Carol:

WATCH:

1. A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

2. Mickey's Christmas Carol (animated 1983)

3. Scrooged (1988) 

4. Disney's A Christmas Carol 3D (animated 2009) 

5. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (animated 1962)

6. A Christmas Carol (1951) 

7. A Christmas Carol (1984) 

8. A Christmas Carol (1999)

SKIP:

1. A Christmas Carol (1938) 

2. Scrooge (1935)

3. Scrooge (1970) 

4. A Christmas Carol (animated 2001)
5. All American Christmas Carol (2013)

6. Scrooge (2022)

A Christmas Memory:

WATCH:

A Christmas Memory (1966)

SKIP:

A Christmas Memory (1997)

Cinderella:

WATCH:

1. Disney's Cinderella (animated 1950) 

2. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

SKIP:

Cinderella (1965)


Dawn of the Dead

WATCH:

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

SKIP:

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas:

WATCH:

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated 1966)

SKIP:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

The Great Gatsby:

WATCH:

The Great Gatsby (2013)

SKIP:

The Great Gatsby (1974)

Gulliver's Travels:

WATCH:

1. Gulliver's Travels (animated 1939) 

2. Gulliver's Travels (1995)

SKIP:

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

Halloween:

WATCH BOTH:

1. Halloween (1978)

2. Halloween (2007) 

Hamlet:

WATCH:

1. Hamlet (1996)

2. Hamlet (2000)

SKIP:

Hamlet (1948) 

Hamlet (1990) 

The House on Haunted Hill:

WATCH:

1. The Haunting of Hill House (mini-series, 2018)
2. House on Haunted Hill (1999)

SKIP:

House on Haunted Hill (1958)


IT:

WATCH:

IT (mini series, 1990)

SKIP:

 IT (2017)

 IT pt. 2 (2019)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World:

WATCH BOTH:

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World (1963)

Rat Race (2001)

Les Miserables:

WATCH:

Les Miserables (1997)

SKIP:

Les Miserables (2012) 

Little Women:

WATCH:

 Little Women (1994)

SKIP:

Little Women (2019)

Lord of the Flies:

WATCH:

Lord of the Flies (1990)

SKIP:

Lord of the Flies (1963)


Miracle on 34th Street:

WATCH:

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

SKIP:

Miracle on 34th Street (1973)

Mortal Kombat:

WATCH:

Mortal Kombat (2021)

SKIP:

Mortal Kombat (1995)

A Nightmare on Elm Street:

WATCH BOTH:

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Poltergeist:

WATCH:

Poltergeist (1982)

SKIP:

Poltergeist (2015)

Oliver:

WATCH:

1. Oliver! (1968)

2. Disney's Oliver and Company (animated 1988)

SKIP:

Oliver Twist (2005)

The Omen:

WATCH BOTH:

1. The Omen (1976)

2. The Omen (2006) 

101 Dalmatians:

WATCH BOTH:

1. Disney's 101 Dalmatians (animated 1961) 

2. 101 Dalmatians (1996)

The Parent Trap:

WATCH BOTH:

1. The Parent Trap (1961) 

2. The Parent Trap (1998) 

Pet Samatary:

WATCH BOTH:

1. Pet Samatary (1989)

2. Pet Samatary (2019)

Peter Pan:

WATCH:

1. Disney's Peter Pan (animated 1953)
2. Hook (1991)

SKIP:

Peter Pan (1960) 

Pinocchio:

WATCH:

Disney's Pinocchio

SKIP:

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 

Piranha:

WATCH:

Piranha (1978)

SKIP:

Piranha 3D (2010)

The Producers:

WATCH BOTH:

The Producers (1967)

The Producers (2005)

Psycho:

WATCH:

Psycho (1960)

SKIP:

Psycho (1998) 

Robin Hood:

WATCH:

1. Disney's Robin Hood (animated 1973)

2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

3. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

SKIP:

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

The Shining:

WATCH:

The Shining (1980)

SKIP:

The Shining (mini-series, 1997) 

Snow White:

WATCH:

1. Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (animated 1937) 

2. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

SKIP:

 Snow White: a Tale of Terror (1997) 

The Stand:

WATCH:

The Stand (2020) (mini-series)

SKIP:

The Stand (1994) (Mini-series)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:

WATCH BOTH:

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 

2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) 

The Thing:

WATCH BOTH:

1. The Thing (1982)

2. The Thing (2011)

Trap For a Single Man:

WATCH BOTH:

1. One of My Wives is Missing (1976)

2. Vanishing Act (1986) 

True Grit:

WATCH:

True Grit (2010)

SKIP:

True Grit (1969)

The War of the Worlds:

WATCH:

War of the Worlds (2005)

SKIP:

The War of the Worlds (1953)