Return to Oz is arguably better than the Judy Garland masterpiece. It isn’t nearly as significant to the history of cinema, but as a movie, I’d watch RtO before WoO anytime.
This is the one movie they can endlessly remake and never get wrong :P
The originals Ghostbusters movies suck. There, I said it. The first one is just okay and the second one is Not Good.
The real mojo was in the cartoon and toys.
Here are some remakes that are unquestionably better than the originals. I will die on these hills.
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Heat
The Last of the Mohicans
The Thing
12 Monkeys
IT: Chapter 1 and 2
City of Angels
You’ve Got Mail
And here are a bunch I claim are better than the originals but YMMV.
Little Shop of Horrors
The Departed
Fright Night
Vanilla Sky
Homeward Bound
The Fly
Insomnia
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Crazies
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Little Women
Jane Eyre
The End of the Affair
Angels in the Outfield
The Birdcage
Brewster’s Millions
Death Wish (2018)
Father of the Bride
Fun with Dick and Jane
Major Payne
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Meet Joe Black
Quarantine
Red Dragon
The Thirteenth Floor