Remakes sell one thing: Familiarity. People likedsomething once, so its likely theywill enjoy it a second time. More importantly, it stands to reason they might pay a second time for the opportunity to enjoy it a second time.But this is one of those catch-22 type situations just likethe one in that classic motion picture called, what was it? Oh yes,A Goofy Movie.Audiences want the comfort of familiarity, but they dontA Goofy Movie).I must admit, I am endlessly fascinated by remakes for this reason.Stick too close to the original and you wind up with something like Gus Van SantsPsycho. Thenaudiences everywhere scream That was exactly like the original but in color and in that one scene Vince Vaughn did something extremely pervy that was only implied in the Hitchcock version! What was the point of that?!? Go too far from the original and you wind up with ... well, you wind up with the dozen titles on the list below, movies that are technically remakes but often feel like extremely different stories than the ones that inspired them.That doesnt mean those remakes are necessarily good or bad; some of these movies are good; a few are classics that far exceeded their predecessors. Others are pieces of junk. Thats another strange quirk of remakes. The thing that gets them made, that commercial hook of familiarity, is not always the thing that makes them worth watching.Remakes That Were Drastically Different From the OriginalAlthough technically remakes, these movies took a lot of liberties with their source material.READ MORE: The Worst Movie Prequels Ever MadeGet our free mobile appThe Movies Nominated For the Most Oscars With Zero WinsThese movies were nominated for a slew of Oscars and won precisely none of them.