List of film remakes (A–M)
(Redirected from List of English-language movies based on foreign films)
This is a list of film remakes. Excluded in this list are films that are based on the same source material. For example, the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty is not a remake of the 1935 film; both are based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty. Reboots are also omitted.
This list is ordered by the title of the original film, inasmuch as there can be multiple remakes.
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[edit]| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Angry Men (1957) | 12 Angry Men (1997) | |
| 13 Assassins (1963) | 13 Assassins (2010) | |
| 13 Ghosts (1960) | Thirteen Ghosts (2001) | |
| 13 Tzameti (2005) | 13 (2010) | |
| 3 Idiots (2009) | Nanban (2012) | |
| 3 Idiotas (2017) | ||
| 3:10 to Yuma (1957) | 3:10 to Yuma (2007) | |
| 36 Hours (1965) | Breaking Point (1989) | |
| The 39 Steps (1935) | The 39 Steps (1959) | |
| The 39 Steps (1978) | ||
| The 39 Steps (2008) | ||
| 7th Heaven (1927) | Seventh Heaven (1937) |
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|---|---|---|
| Baby Mine (1917) | Baby Mine (1928) | Both films based on the eponymous 1910 play by Margaret Mayo |
| Back Street (1932) | Back Street (1941) | |
| The Bad News Bears (1976) | Bad News Bears (2005) | |
| The Bad Seed (1956) | The Bad Seed (1985) | Both remakes are television films. |
| The Bad Seed (2018) | ||
| Ball of Fire (1941) | A Song Is Born (1948) | |
| Bangkok Dangerous (1999) | Bangkok Dangerous (2008) | Both directed by the Pang Brothers |
| The Barefoot Executive (1971) | The Barefoot Executive (1995) | The remake is a television film. |
| The Barker (1928) | Diamond Horseshoe (1945) | Diamond Horseshoe is a remake of both The Barker and Hoop-La (1933). |
| The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) | The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) | Sidney Franklin directed both. |
| The Bat (1926) | The Bat Whispers (1930) | Roland West directed both; the first was a silent film, the remake in widescreen and full sound. |
| The Battle of the Sexes (1914) | The Battle of the Sexes (1928) | D. W. Griffith directed both. |
| Beauty and the Beast (1991) | Beauty and the Beast (2017) | Live-action version of the animated original film. |
| Bedazzled (1967) | Bedazzled (2000) | |
| Bedtime Story (1964) | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) | The latter is a gender-swapped version of the 1988 film. |
| The Hustle (2019) | ||
| Behold My Wife! (1920) | Behold My Wife! (1934) | Both films based on the novel The Translation of a Savage by Sir Gilbert Parker. |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) | Ben-Hur (1959) | Charlton Heston reprised the role in the animated adaptation of the story. |
| Ben Hur (2003) | ||
| Ben-Hur (2016) | ||
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) | |
| The Big Clock (1948) | No Way Out (1987) | |
| Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) | Crackers (1984) | |
| Welcome to Collinwood (2002) | ||
| Billa (2007) | Billa (2009) | |
| The Bishop's Wife (1947) | The Preacher's Wife (1996) | |
| Black Christmas (1974) | Black Christmas (2006) | |
| Black Christmas (2019) | ||
| Blazing Saddles (1974) | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) | |
| Blind (2011) | The Witness (2015) | |
| The Blob (1958) | The Blob (1988) | |
| The Blue Angel (1930) | The Blue Angel (1959) | |
| La bonne année (1973) | Happy New Year (1987) | |
| Born Yesterday (1950) | Born Yesterday (1993) | |
| Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) | Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) | |
| Boudu (2005) | ||
| Breathless (1960) | Breathless (1983) | |
| Brewster's Millions (1914) | Brewster's Millions (1921) | |
| Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) | ||
| Brewster's Millions (1935) | ||
| Brewster's Millions (1945) | ||
| Vaddante Dabbu (1954) | ||
| Three on a Spree (1961) | ||
| Babai Abbai (1985) | ||
| Brewster's Millions (1985) | ||
| Maalamaal (1988) | ||
| Arunachalam (1997) | ||
| To Ryca! (2016) | ||
| Hello Mr. Billionaire (2018) | ||
| Brian's Song (1971) | Brian's Song (2001) | |
| Bride Wars (2009) | Bride Wars (2015) | The remake is a Chinese adaptation of the American film. |
| Brighton Rock (1948) | Brighton Rock (2010) | |
| Broadway Bill (1934) | Riding High (1950) | Frank Capra directed both. |
| Brother Rat (1938) | About Face (1952) | |
| Brødre (2004) | Brothers (2009) | |
| The Buccaneer (1938) | The Buccaneer (1958) | Cecil B. DeMille directed and produced the original, but declining health prevented him from taking a large part in the remake. |
| A Bucket of Blood (1959) | A Bucket of Blood (1995) | |
| The Burmese Harp (1956) | The Burmese Harp (1985) | Both were directed by Kon Ichikawa, the first in black and white, the remake in color. |
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[edit]| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) | Tortilla Soup (2001) | |
| L'emmerdeur (1973) | Buddy Buddy (1981) | |
| Elf (2003) | Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (2014) | |
| Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) | Escape to Witch Mountain (1995) | Though marketed as a remake/reboot, Race to Witch Mountain (2009) was revealed to be a legacy sequel of the 1975 film over the course of events in the plot and its script.[1][2] The first remake is a television film. |
| The Evil Dead (1981) | Evil Dead (2013) | Fourth installment in the series. Also serves as a soft reboot to the series. |
| Das Experiment (2001) | The Experiment (2010) | |
| The Eye (2002) | Naina (2005) | |
| The Eye (2008) |
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[edit]| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Jazz Singer (1927) | The Jazz Singer (1952) | The 1980 version substitutes a pop music theme for jazz. |
| The Jazz Singer (1980) | ||
| Jersey (2019) | Jersey (2022) | Hindi remake by Gowtam Naidu Tinnanuri himself |
| Joe Smith, American (1942) | The Big Operator (1959) | Both films based on the 1940 short story The Adventures of Joe Smith, American by Paul Gallico; the latter substitutes union thugs for spies. |
| Le Jouet (1976) | The Toy (1982) | |
| Le Jour se lève (1939) | The Long Night (1947) | |
| Journey into Fear (1943) | Journey into Fear (1975) | |
| The Jungle Book (1967) | The Jungle Book (2016) | The latter film is a live-action/CGI remake of the animated original. |
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|---|---|---|
| Kaakha Kaakha (2003) | Gharshana (2004) | Gharshana is an Indian Telugu-language version of the Tamil film. |
| The Karate Kid (1984) | The Karate Kid (2010) | Both the original and remake casts reprised their respective characters for an upcoming movie Karate Kid: Legends (2025), serving as a sixth movie installment following the remake and a continuation of both Karate Kid movies as both are part of The Karate Kid movie franchise. |
| Katha Parayumpol (2007) | Kathanayakudu (2008)
Billu Barber (2009) |
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| Kick (2009) | Kick (2014) | |
| The Kid from Left Field (1953) | The Kid from Left Field (1979) | The remake is a television film. |
| King Kong (1933) | King Kong (1976) | |
| The Mighty Kong (1998) | ||
| King Kong (2005) | ||
| Kismet (1944) | Kismet (1955) | |
| Kiss of Death (1947) | The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) | |
| Kiss of Death (1995) | ||
| Kolamba Sanniya (1976) | Kolamba Sanniya Returns (2018) | The 2018 film is a modernized version of the original 1976 film. |
| Kaththi (2014) | Khaidhi No. 150 | Khaidhi No. 150 is an Indian Telugu-language version of the Tamil film. |
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|---|---|---|
| L.A. Takedown (1989) | Heat (1995) | The initial film was a made-for-TV movie. |
| Lady and the Tramp (1955) | Lady and the Tramp (2019) | The latter film is a live-action/CGI remake of the animated original. |
| The Lady Eve (1941) | The Birds and the Bees (1956) | |
| Lady for a Day (1933) | Pocketful of Miracles (1961) | Frank Capra directed both. |
| The Ladykillers (1955) | The Ladykillers (2004) | |
| The Lady Vanishes (1938) | The Lady Vanishes (1979) | |
| Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) | Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007) | Shankar Dada Zindabad is an Indian Telugu-language remake of the original Hindi film. |
| The Land Beyond the Law (1927) | The Big Stampede (1932) | |
| Land Beyond the Law (1937) | ||
| The Land That Time Forgot (1975) | The Land That Time Forgot (2009) | |
| Last Holiday (1950) | Last Holiday (2006) | |
| The Last House on the Left (1972) | The Last House on the Left (2009) | The plot of the 1972 film was inspired by that of Ingmar Bergman's 1960 film The Virgin Spring. |
| The Last Kiss (2001) | The Last Kiss (2006) | An American remake of an Italian film. |
| The Last Man on Earth (1924) | It's Great to Be Alive (1933) | |
| The Last Mile (1932) | The Last Mile (1959) | |
| Last of the Badmen (1957) | Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) | |
| Last Shift (2014) | Malum (2023) | |
| The Letter (1940) | The Unfaithful (1947) | |
| A Letter to Three Wives (1949) | A Letter to Three Wives (1985) | The remake is a television film. |
| Lifeboat (1944) | Lifepod (1993) | Science fiction adaptation of the film's setup. |
| De Lift (1983) | Down (2001) | |
| The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (2019) | The second film is a photorealistic animated remake of the first, traditionally animated work. |
| Little Caesar (1931) | Black Caesar (1973) | Black Caesar is a blaxploitation version of the original. |
| Little Fugitive (1953) | Little Fugitive (2006) | |
| The Little Mermaid (1989) | The Little Mermaid (2023) | Live-action remake of the original animated film. |
| Little Miss Marker (1934) | Sorrowful Jones (1949) | |
| Little Miss Marker (1980) | ||
| The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) | Little Shop of Horrors (1986) | The 1986 film is a musical adaptation of the original 1960 film. |
| Loft (2008) | Loft (2010) | Erik Van Looy directed both the 2008 and 2014 films. |
| The Loft (2014) | ||
| LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008) | LOL (2012) | |
| London After Midnight (1927) | Mark of the Vampire (1935) | While not officially credited as such, according to the American Film Institute catalog entry, "modern sources indicate that Mark of the Vampire was a remake of ... London After Midnight".[3] |
| Lonesome (1928) | The Affair of Susan (1935) | |
| The Longest Yard (1974) | Mean Machine (2001) | The first remake substitutes association football for American football. |
| The Longest Yard (2005) | ||
| The Long, Hot Summer (1958) | The Long Hot Summer (1985) | The remake is a television film. |
| The Lost Chord (1917) | The Lost Chord (1925) | |
| Lost Horizon (1937) | Lost Horizon (1973) | The musical remake was a critical and box office disaster. |
| Lost Patrol (1929) | The Lost Patrol (1934) | Both films based on the 1927 novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald. |
| Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (1994) | EDtv (1999) | |
| Love Affair (1939) | An Affair to Remember (1957) | |
| Love Affair (1994) | ||
| Love Is News (1937) | That Wonderful Urge (1948) | |
| Love from a Stranger (1937) | Love from a Stranger (1947) |
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|---|---|---|
| Maula Jatt (1979) | Jeene Nahi Doonga (1984) | |
| The Legend of Maula Jatt (2021) | ||
| M (1931) | M (1951) | |
| Mädchen in Uniform (1931) | Mädchen in Uniform (1958) | |
| Magnificent Obsession (1935) | Magnificent Obsession (1954) | Both films based on the eponymous 1929 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. |
| The Magnificent Seven (1960) | Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) | The original Magnificent Seven is itself a remake of Seven Samurai (1954). The later The Magnificent Seven is also a remake of Seven Samurai. |
| The Magnificent Seven (2016) | ||
| The Major and the Minor (1942) | You're Never Too Young (1955) | |
| A Man Called Ove (2015) | A Man Called Otto (2022) | Both films based on the novel by Fredrik Backman. |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | Both were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. |
| The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) | Man in the Dark (1953) | |
| The Man Who Loved Women (1977) | The Man Who Loved Women (1983) | The French film was remade as an American production. |
| The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | The Manchurian Candidate (2004) | |
| Manichitrathazhu (1993) | Apthamitra (2004) | The 1993 Malayalam film was remade in other Indian languages: Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Hindi, respectively. |
| Chandramukhi (2005) | ||
| Rajmohol (2005) | ||
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) | ||
| Il Mare (2000) | The Lake House (2006) | The South Korean original was remade as an American film. |
| Mare Nostrum (1926) | Mare Nostrum (1948) | |
| Maskerade (1934) | Escapade (1935) | |
| Martyrs (2008) | Martyrs (2015) | |
| The Mayor of Hell (1933) | Crime School (1938) | |
| Midnight (1939) | Masquerade in Mexico (1945) | |
| The Mechanic (1972) | The Mechanic (2011) | |
| Meet the Parents (1992) | Meet the Parents (2000) | |
| Merton of the Movies (1924) | Make Me a Star (1932) | |
| Midsommer (2003) | Solstice (2008) | |
| Midnight Lace (1960) | Midnight Lace (1981) | The remake is a television film. |
| Mighty Joe Young (1949) | Mighty Joe Young (1998) | |
| Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) | Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Philippine remake) (2019) | |
| Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Turkish remake) (2019) | ||
| Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Indonesian remake) (2022) | ||
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) | Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) | |
| Miracle on 34th Street (1947) | Miracle on 34th Street (1973) | The 1973 film is a made-for-television movie. |
| Miracle on 34th Street (1994) | ||
| The Miracle Man (1919) | The Miracle Man (1932) | |
| Miss Granny (2014) | 20 Once Again (2015) | The remakes are Chinese and Vietnamese versions of the South Korean original. |
| Sweet 20 (2015) | ||
| Mississippi Mermaid (1969) | Original Sin (2001) | Original Sin is an American remake of the French film. |
| The Magnificent Fraud (1939) | Moon over Parador (1988) | |
| The Michigan Kid (1928) | The Michigan Kid (1947) | |
| The More the Merrier (1943) | Walk, Don't Run (1966) | |
| Mostly Martha (2001) | No Reservations (2007) | Mostly Martha is a German production, its remake an American one. |
| Mother's Day (1980) | Mother's Day (2010) | |
| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) | The Money Pit (1986) | |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) | Mr. Deeds (2002) | |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) | |
| Mulan (1998) | Mulan (2020) | Live-action remake of the original animated film. |
| The Mummy (1932) | The Mummy (1959) | |
| The Mummy (1999) | ||
| The Mummy (2017) | ||
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) | Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004) | The original Hindi film was remade in three Indian languages (Telugu, Tamil and Kannada, respectively), while Dr. Nawariyan is in Sinhala, spoken in Sri Lanka. |
| Vasool Raja M.B.B.S. (2004) | ||
| Uppi Dada MBBS (2006) | ||
| Dr. Nawariyan (2017) | ||
| Murder! (1930) | Mary (1931) | Alfred Hitchcock directed the British original and the German-language remake. |
| The Music Man (1962) | The Music Man (2003) | The remake is a television film. |
| My Bloody Valentine (1981) | My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) | As the remake's title indicates, it was released in 3D, as well as 2D. |
| My Father's Dragon (1997) | My Father's Dragon (2022) | |
| My Father the Hero (1991) | My Father the Hero (1994) | An English-language remake was made of the French-language original. |
| My Favorite Wife (1940) | Something's Got to Give (1962, unfinished) | |
| Move Over, Darling (1963) | ||
| My Man Godfrey (1936) | My Man Godfrey (1957) | |
| My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) | Dead of Winter (1987) | |
| My Old Dutch (1915) | My Old Dutch (1926) | |
| My Sister Eileen (1942) | My Sister Eileen (1955) | This also spawned a brief TV series from 1961-1962. |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) | House of Wax (1953) | The 1953 film was itself remade as House of Wax (2005). |
See also
[edit]- List of film remakes (N–Z)
- List of English-language films with previous foreign-language film versions
- List of American television series based on British television series
References
[edit]- ^ McDaniel, Matt (February 10, 2012). "Dwayne Johnson: The Sequel's Champion?". Yahoo Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Weitzman, Elizabeth (March 11, 2009). "'Race to Witch Mountain' is a thoroughly modern remake". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "Mark of the Vampire (1935)". American Film Institute.