10 Movies Nobody Wanted To Admit Were Actually Remakes

10. Tom Cruise Does Wall-E In Oblivion

Joseph Kosinski's $120m sci-fi blockbuster marked a rare venture into sci-fi territory for star Tom Cruise, but by the time we'd reached the end credits it seemed like we'd already seen this story before, one that also starred a tiny-yet-lovable hero.

In adapting his own graphic novel for the big screen, Kosinksi probably had little idea that Oblivion was basically a live-action remake of WALL-E, but it definitely didn't go over the heads of the people that had seen both. Cruise's character spends most of his time alone on an inhabitable Earth while the survivors of humanity resides on a spaceship high above, waiting for him to finish his job so they can return to the planet.

Then a mysterious love interest appears out of nowhere, and our main character takes her back to his place and shows her his secret stash of miscellaneous trinkets that he's collected over the years, before the two are forced to work together to rebel against their orders after it becomes clear that all is not what it seems.

Despite the similarities in plot and aesthetics, WALL-E ironically has much more humanity and life than its live-action successor, which sucks out all of the potential fun that could be had from casting Tom Cruise as the only man on the planet, free to run really fast and jump off all the high things that he wants.