“Remake” might be a dirty word in the eyes (or ears?) of some, and if you feel that way, then fair enough. If remakes didn’t exist, then the world wouldn’t have to deal with the likes of The Wicker Man and all those Disney live-action remakes that never work as well as the animated originals. But then again, you also wouldn’t have the likes of Scarface (1983) or The Magnificent Seven in a world without remakes, so you have to take – and appreciate – the good with the bad here. Also, some remakes have worked well enough that they happened to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Granted, it hasn’t happened a lot, in almost 100 years of Oscar history, but there are three remakes that won the biggest award of the night for the years they came out in, and those three remakes will be ranked below.


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