As we know, movie studio's are always keen to re-do a good idea. sometimes it works (Carpenters 'The Thing', 'The hills Have eyes', 'Dawn of the Dead'), and sometimes it doesn't (Van Sant's 'Psycho', 'The fog', 'the Wicker Man').

We shortly will have Rob Zombie's version of 'Halloween', of which I am quietly optimistic, and a new version of 'Escape from New York' will shoot with gerrard 'leonidas' Butler playing Pliskin.

There are, however, some films that I think it should be illegal to remake. Moments of cinematic perfection that must not be tampered with for a modern generation. I will start the list off, feel free to add or disagree as you see fit.

The Deer Hunter
The Exorcist
Evil Dead
The Good the Bad and The Ugly
The Longest Day
Blade Runner
Enter the Dragon
Butch cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Easy Rider
Night of the Hunter
Lawrence of Arabia
Dr Strangelove
Clockwork Orange
Alien/s

The above I consider unbeatable in their existing form, either for a specific performance, or due to having captured the culture of the period they were filmed in.

Whoever thought to re-do "The Shining" should have electrodes placed to sensitive parts of their body.

Totally agree about Enter the Dragon - off limits.

Others:

Apocalypse Now

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs

Should be off limits.

A fine list you have, Cord...

Any Indiana Jones/Star Wars
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
The WickerMan (oh, sorry... Nick cave beat me to it and it serves him right!)
A Fish called Wanda
Silence of the Lambs
Casablanca
Angels with Dirty Faces
Farewell my Concubine (especially with a Western cast)

the searchers
dirty harry
dances with wolves

agree matt, apocalypse now.

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black hawk down.
LOTR (that goes for games reinventing the look too)
predator 1
alien 1 & 2.
die hards.
gladiator
titanic. (shut up)

and a few I think NEED a remake -
Alien 3.
war of the worlds. (yes again it sucked)
predator 2.

The Hannibals should be left alone.
I agree with LotR.
I think it's about time we stop with the Dawn of the Dead type movies. I just saw a preview for one with Nicole Kidman. "The Invasion". Reminded me alll too much of DotD.

300 is perfect for the Spartan stories [300 Spartans...] No need for anything further.

I'm satsified with King Kong from the recent one, I think we should let the story be.

For the ones that DO need a remake:
Godzilla.
Godzilla.
Godzilla.

Goodfellas, Silence of the Lambs, anything by Monty Python, I'll second Star Wars (leave the original trilogy alone, burn the prequels in the hottest fire you can find ), Pleasantville (first original concept in years), The Majestic, Good Night and Good Luck.

The Last Samurai
The 13th Warrior
Days of Thunder
Top Gun
Alien movies
Transformers

Joe Dirt
SlingBlade
Dances with Wolves

Oh I forgot:

Scarface
Twelve Monkeys
The 6th Sense
Citizen Kane

Oh no, I didn't realise Star Wars has been remade... it's called Eragon. Imagine the Force has wings and a long tail and that'll give you an idea.

I was reminded that there was once a suggestion to remake 'Cinema Paradiso' with Bruce Willis and macauley Culkin (it was a few years ago).

Therefore I'd like to suggest NO European/non-Hollywood film with a scrawny, undernourished kid in it gets remade by Hollywood.

Buckaroo Bonzai.
Attack of the Killer Tomatos.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Classics.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High was actually good. At least one of the better high school/drug/sex movies.

And you have to give it a plus for Phoebe Cates....damn, she's cute!

the great escape
where eagles dare
heros of telemark
ice cold in alex
remake these and they deserve a slow painful death

Butterfly... you are sooo right about "Ice Cold in Alex" et al. Add to that "The Hill". The only really untouchable film with Sean Connery.

Death Wish.

Although, that seems to be the angle they're taking with "The Brave One".