[xp38]

True. Most remakes do not compare well with the originals. Occasionally there are exceptions. Ben Hur and The 10 Commandments are two of them. Granted the originals were from the silent era. That said I have seen the silent version of Ben Hur and it holds its own with the Heston version and I highly recommend seeking it out.

[RightWingAtheist]

Also The Maltese Falcon; the John Huston version is the third film based on the Hammet story. I also think Hitchcock got it right the second time when he remade his own The Man Who Knew Too Much.