Hm. kurosau brought this up in comments on my last post, about The Orphanage and its planned remake…

Have you ever seen a film where the American remake was better than the non-American original? I can think of a ton of counterexamples, but very little leaps to mind where I liked the remake better, even if I saw the remake first. The one thing that comes to mind is The Ring: Watching Ringu, I thought it was less focused and less scary. And that's really about it. Am I forgotting some really awesome American remakes here?

I'm-a feelin': curious