The fantastic MALTESE FALCON, with THE best cast ( Greenstreet, Lori, Bogart, Astor, etc. ) is the n ot just a remake, but the SECOND remake!
And you're dead wrong about BEN HUR; the silent version's chariot race scene, in particular, is far better than the one with Heston!
The remake with Boyer and Bergman is far and away superior to the original!
I could go on and on, vis-a-vis remakes ( since there are only a few more such ), but these examples should suffice.
You are correct. Those were the ONLY remakes I could think of off the top of my head.
Didn’t know The Maltese Falcon was a remake.
Never saw the original Ben Hur.