And that sequel was horrid.
The worst part about the sequel is the Aykroyd originally wrote it with what became the first movie. It was supposed to come out mid 80s. But after John died, that ish sat on the shelf and had to be rewritten...by the time it came out, it's a rehash.
Let's see:
The Breakfast Club - so simple, yet impossible to replicate. They're probably working on it.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Goodfellas
Kill Bill
Django
The Hateful 8
The Warriors
The Prestige
The Usual Suspects
The Rock
Con Air
Terminator 1 & 2
Most of the book source material will be remade at some point. But should not be touched
LOTR - there's no way in hell thy can make it better
Willy Wonka - they tried and Depp (Charlie) was actually closer to the book
Stand By Me - good luck with that
Gone with the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Princess Bride
The Godfather
As we learned with Psycho (98), don't touch Hitch. That ish was damn near shot for shot, verbatim and still was trash.
Social Commentary flicks:
The Network
Robocop
They Live
Gattaca
Thank You for Smoking
Comedies:
Trading Places - even though it's The Prince and the Pauper
Coming to America - I know, it's already coming
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Airplane
Black Dynamite - I'll throw that in there as well, even though it's I'm Gonna Git You + Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Fear of a Black Hat
The Blues Brothers