2. Airplane!
What It Is: A 1980 film satirizing the trend of the day, disaster movies. On a routine flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, many people suddenly start developing terrible illnesses, including the entire crew in the cockpit. The lone doctor on the plane, played by Leslie Nielsen, determines that they all need immediate medical attention or they could die. Fortunately, the stewardesses are able to find a non-sick passenger who used to fly in the Air Force, but was traumatized by the war and is left with a fear of flying. The movie was a huge hit on release, garnering good reviews and a box office gross over 20 times it's small budget. Additionally, it gave new life to the careers of many actors involved, and revolutionized parody films. Why A Remake Wouldn't Work: Because modern audiences are sick to death of parody movies. It worked for a long time, with Mel Brooks, Jim Abrahams and the Zuckers, even more recent like the original Scary Movie. But now? We've been assaulted by a seemingly endless stream of parody films that are slapped together, have no plot, and are just a barrage of meaningless pop culture reference and potty jokes (see Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, or Vampires Suck, among others).
The Only Way It Could Work: Don't let Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer make it. Please, just don't. If a remake must be done, give it to someone who realizes even the funniest movies should have a good storyline and likeable characters.