True Grit (1969, 90%)
True Grit (2010, 96%)

“We’re more faithful to the book” is an oft-trotted excuse for wholly unecessary remakes (especially when the

original is a beloved John Wayne vehicle) but, dagnabbit, the Coen brothers not only managed to better the 1969

version, they proved Westerns could make more than 12 cents at the box office this century.