Let Me In

This one's a controversial pick. Many hailed the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In as damn-near perfect, and were morally outraged when they had heard that it was being remade so quickly for American audiences. What they didn't expect was that Matt Reeves - of Cloverfield fame - would match the cold elegance of the original, re-contextualizing the teenage vampire story for Middle-America in the 1980s. Though some fans still discern the remake as unnecessary due to its overwhelming similarity to the original, Let Me In is a haunting coming-of-age tale that resonates for entirely different reasons for American audiences, successfully mixing the darker elements of early Amblin films with a Cold War context.