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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' is [[Battlestar Galactica Classic|the original series]] turned [[Darker and Edgier]].
* Anything [[Tim Burton]] touches turns quirky. This doesn't really apply to movies like ''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory]]'' or ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Filmfilm)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', on account of the source material's pre-existing quirkiness, but definitely applies to ''[[Batman (Filmfilm)|Batman]]'', ''[[Sleepy Hollow]]'', and ''[[Planet of the Apes (Franchise)|Planet of the Apes]]''.
* The ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'' movies had different inspirations in visual tone and what the directors emphasized. ''[[Goblet of Fire]]'' had several boarding school comedy pieces, some of which weren't in the book at all. [[Alfonso Cuaron]] gave a candy shop Day of the Dead touches and food, such as candy skulls.
* Most ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' adaptations have been updated to a later time period and location than the original. The only thing most have in common are alien invaders with tripods and their defeat by our microorganisms:
** The orginal took place in 1890s England at the height of its power.
** The infamous 1938 radio version is set in what was then [[The Present Day]].
** The 1950s version focused on scientists in [[Los Angeles]].
** The 2005 [[The War of the Worlds (Filmfilm)|film]] had an almost war documentary feel to it, focusing on an East Coast family trying to survive.
* ''[[Speed Racer (Filmfilm)|Speed Racer]]'' had [[Bullet Time]] aesthetics.
* This happens a lot to [[Public Domain|public domain works]], since people can be reasonably expected to know the original or at least the gist of it, so instead of doing the same thing for the umpteenth time they make ''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'' [[In Space]]!
* [[William Shakespeare (Creator)|William Shakespeare]] is one of the most frequent targets of this.
** ''[[Ran (Film)|Ran]]'' is ''[[King Lear (Theatre)|King Lear]]'' [[In Space|In Japan]].
** [[William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet (Film)|William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet]] is ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Theatre)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' [[In Space|In California.]]
* ''[[The Shining]]'' novel is unabashedly supernatural; the [[Stanley Kubrick]] film favors [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]].
 
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