Topic: Remake

Direction Yasuhiro Irie · Hiroshi Iketomi · Kazuo Miyake · Kiyomitsu Sato

Synopsis TV Series (2009-2012). 1 season. 64 episodes. Two brothers lose their mother to an incurable disease. With the power of "alchemy", they use taboo knowledge to resurrect her. The process fails, and as a toll for using this type of...

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Marilyn Monroe · Jack Lemmon · Tony Curtis · George Raft

Synopsis Some Like It Hot (1959) follows two struggling musicians, Joe and Jerry, who witness a mob hit in 1920s Chicago. To escape the gangsters, they disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band heading to Florida. As "Josephine" and...

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Joan Bennett · Dan Duryea · Jess Baker

Synopsis Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson), a mild mannered bank clerk, celebrates his 25 years of service, but he is unhappy with his dead end job and his shrieking harpy of a wife. The only pleasure he finds in his life...

Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast Henrik Malberg · Emil Hass Christensen · Preben Lerdorff Rye · Cay Kristiansen

Synopsis Ordet (The Word) (1955) is a profound drama set in rural Denmark, exploring themes of faith, family, and miracles. The story revolves around the Borgen family, whose members grapple with differing beliefs and personal struggles. Morten, the patriarch, is a...

Direction Brian De Palma

Cast Al Pacino · Steven Bauer · Michelle Pfeiffer · Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Synopsis Scarface (1983) follows Tony Montana, a Cuban immigrant who arrives in Miami with nothing and rises to power in the drug trade. Driven by ambition and greed, Tony builds a criminal empire, navigating violence, betrayal, and his own moral descent....

Direction Hiroshi Koujina

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2014). 148 episodes. Gon Frecks is a youth who lives on Kujira Isle. His dream is to become a Hunter like his father, to search out lost treasures, artefacts, and mythical creatures. Determined to become a professional Hunter...

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Jack Lemmon · Walter Matthau · Susan Sarandon · Vincent Gardenia

Synopsis The Front Page (1974) is a comedic tale set in the bustling world of 1920s Chicago journalism. The story follows Hildy Johnson, a sharp-witted reporter eager to leave the newspaper business for a quieter life with his fiancée. However, on...

Direction George Cukor

Cast Charles Boyer · Ingrid Bergman · Joseph Cotten · Dame May Whitty

Synopsis In Gaslight (1944), a young woman named Paula moves into her late aunt's London home with her charming new husband, Gregory. As time passes, Paula begins to experience strange occurrences: missing items, mysterious footsteps, and flickering gaslights. Gregory insists she's...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Cary Grant · Rosalind Russell · Ralph Bellamy · Gene Lockhart

Synopsis His Girl Friday (1940) is a fast-paced screwball comedy that follows ace reporter Hildy Johnson as she plans to leave journalism to marry her fiancé and start a new life. However, her charismatic and scheming ex-husband and editor, Walter Burns,...

Direction John Huston

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Mary Astor · Gladys George · Peter Lorre

Synopsis The Maltese Falcon (1941) follows private detective Sam Spade as he becomes entangled in a dangerous quest for a priceless artifact. When his partner is murdered and a mysterious woman seeks his help, Spade navigates a web of deceit, betrayal,...

Direction Steven Zaillian · Richard Price · James Marsh

Cast Riz Ahmed · John Turturro · Michael Kenneth Williams · Bill Camp

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2016). 8 Episodes. After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Direction William Wyler

Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet

Synopsis In Ben-Hur (1959), Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince, is betrayed by his Roman friend Messala and sentenced to slavery. After years of hardship, he survives and returns to Jerusalem seeking vengeance. Along the way, his path crosses with Jesus...

Direction Beau Willimon · David Fincher · James Foley · Robin Wright

Cast Kevin Spacey · Robin Wright · Michael Kelly · Kate Mara

Synopsis House of Cards (TV Series) (2013) follows the ruthless and ambitious politician Frank Underwood, a Democratic congressman from South Carolina, and his equally cunning wife, Claire. After being denied a promised promotion, Frank orchestrates an elaborate plan of manipulation, betrayal,...

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Leonardo DiCaprio · Matt Damon · Jack Nicholson · Mark Wahlberg

Synopsis The Departed (2006) follows a gripping tale of deception and loyalty within the Boston police force and the Irish-American mob. A young cop, Billy Costigan, goes undercover to infiltrate the mob, while Colin Sullivan, a mob mole, rises through the...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Ganjiro Nakamura · Haruko Sugimura · Hiroshi Kawaguchi · Machiko Kyô

Synopsis Komajuro (Ganjiro Nakamura) leads a traveling acting troupe that performs cut-rate kabuki in the provinces. His mistress, Sumiko, is loyal to him, as are the other veteran actors. The troupe arrive to a town on the seaside. Komajuro goes to...

Direction Greg Daniels · Ricky Gervais · Stephen Merchant · Paul Feig

Cast Steve Carell · Rainn Wilson · John Krasinski · Jenna Fischer

Synopsis The Office (TV Series) (2005) is a mockumentary-style comedy that follows the daily lives of employees at Dunder Mifflin, a mundane paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Led by the socially awkward and often cringe-worthy manager Michael Scott, the series explores...

Direction Paul McGuigan

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch · Martin Freeman · Rupert Graves · Una Stubbs

Synopsis Sherlock: A Study in Pink (TV) (2010) follows Dr. John Watson, a war veteran, as he returns to London and meets the enigmatic detective Sherlock Holmes. The two form an unlikely partnership when a series of mysterious suicides catches Sherlock's...

Direction Paul Abbott · Mark Mylod · Mimi Leder · John Wells

Cast William H. Macy · Emmy Rossum · Ethan Cutkosky · Shanola Hampton

Synopsis TV Series (2011-2021). 11 Seasons. 134 Episodes. Meet the fabulously dysfunctional Gallagher family. Dad's a drunk, Mom split long ago, eldest daughter Fiona tries to hold the family together. Eldest son Philip (Lip) trades his physics tutoring skills for sexual...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Chishu Ryu · Kuniko Miyake · Yoshiko Kuga · Koji Shidara

Synopsis Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Direction William Wyler

Cast Audrey Hepburn · Shirley MacLaine · James Garner · Miriam Hopkins

Synopsis The Children's Hour (1961) follows two close friends, Karen and Martha, who run a private school for girls. Their lives are upended when a spiteful student, Mary, spreads a malicious rumor about their relationship. As the false accusation grows, it...