10 Films Hollywood Should Actually Remake

10. Electric Dreams (1984)

This strange, quirky little film first found its footing in the early 80s, weaving the story of a lonely man named Miles (played by Von Dohlen) who buys a computer that gains sentience after champagne is spilt on it (bit of an oddball descriptor but hey, it was the 80s).

The computer, Edgar (voiced by Bud Court), goes on to "fall in love" with Miles' neighbour and the story progresses with both man and machine trying to woo the beautiful cellist (played by Virginia Madsen) upstairs.

Electric Dreams (1984) is a weird film, much like Her (2013), but it demonstrates the modern dilemma of being too codependent on technology and looks through an introspective lens at what loneliness means to us as human beings. At surface level, it masquerades as a niche, sci-fi rom-com: underneath the aged graphics and 80s nostalgia, though, it's very much a narrative that follows personal reflection and growth.

A director who is hot off the heels of such themes is Greta Gerwig. She has demonstrated with Lady Bird (2017) an eye for beautiful cinematography, structured yet believable dialogue and flawed characters rooted in the mumblecore genre (wherein natural speech and relationships between characters are emphasised and focused on).

No doubt a modernisation of Electric Dreams by Gerwig would not only explore how dependent we are on big corporations now but how this affects our human connections as well.