The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
The 1991 version of "Point Break" starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze is regarded as a classic action movie. An FBI agent breaks into surfing in order to follow a bunch of bank robbers. However, the remake depended a little too heavily on the extreme sport's plot, and the action was too overdone.
The Wiz (1978)
Sidney Lumet directed this jazz-inspired spin-off of "The Wizard of Oz" in 1978. However, it's arguable that no adaptation is more successful than "Wicked," but oh does "The Wiz" try. Diana Ross and Michael Jackson even played roles in this feature, and while the movie initially did extremely poorly in theaters, it's stood the test of time as a classic.
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