2. They Live
They Live is another film which has stood the test of time. It's cheap-ish production always feels dated, but in a purely nostalgic and charming way. Again, the source material is rich, and as long as the main backbone of the story is kept in tact, and of course that epic fist-fight scene too, it would be hard to mess this one up. John Carpenter has his very own style of filmmaking - he's an auteur in his own right. A Director who often works with B-Movie concepts, and gives them a splatter of Hollywood. This usually results in an incredibly entertaining, easy-going film, with social and political undertones which are there to be taken on board, but not forced down your throat. I wouldn't often say this, especially as I can still taste the sick in my mouth from Wrath of the Titans, but They Live would also provide the potential for a series of films. I'm not a big fan of decades between sequential films' productions, especially when technological advances break the visual continuity (see Star Wars and Alien/Prometheus). So a straight sequel to Carpenter's classic would feel wrong. But if a remake of this was to finish with a similar ending to the original, numerous narrative avenues would be available to explore thereafter.
Who should direct: Robert Rodriguez
Who should star: Ryan Phillippe and Idris Elba