List of film remakes N-Z

For a list of television programs remade into films, see List of films based on television programs.

This is a list of film remakes:

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N

Remakes	Original version
Naa Autograph (2004) dir. S. Gopal Reddy	Autograph (2004) dir. Cheran
Naina (2005) dir. Shripal Morakhia	The Eye (2002) dir. Oxide Pang
Narrow Margin (1990) dir. Peter Hyams	The Narrow Margin (1952) dir. Richard Fleischer
The Next Three Days (2010) dir. Paul Haggis	Anything for Her (2008) dir. Fred Cavayé
Night and the City (1992) dir. Irwin Winkler	Night and the City (1950) dir. Jules Dassin
Night Must Fall (1964) dir. Karel Reisz	Night Must Fall (1937) dir. Richard Thorpe
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) dir. Samuel Bayer	A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) dir. Wes Craven
Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006) dir. Jeff Broadstreet Night of the Living Dead (1990) dir. Tom Savini	Night of the Living Dead (1968) dir. George A. Romero
Nightwatch (1997) dir. Ole Bornedal	Nattevagten (1994) dir. Ole Bornedal
No Reservations (2007) dir. Scott Hicks	Mostly Martha (2001) dir. Sandra Nettelbeck
Nosferatu (1979) dir. Werner Herzog	Nosferatu (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau
No Way Out (1987) dir. Roger Donaldson	The Big Clock (1948) dir. John Farrow Based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing
Not of This Earth (1995) dir. Terence H. Winkless Not of This Earth (1988) dir. Jim Wynorski	Not of This Earth (1957) dir. Roger Corman
Notorious (1992) dir. Colin Bucksey	Notorious (1946) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Nutty Professor (1996) dir. Tom Shadyac	The Nutty Professor (1963) dir. Jerry Lewis

O

Ocean's Eleven (2001) dir. Steven Soderbergh	Ocean's Eleven (1960) dir. Lewis Milestone
The Old Dark House (1963) dir. William Castle	The Old Dark House (1932) dir. James Whale
The Omega Man (1971) dir. Boris Sagal I Am Legend (2007) dir. Francis Lawrence	The Last Man on Earth (1964) dir. Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow Based on the novel "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson
The Omen (2006) dir. John Moore	The Omen (1976) dir. Richard Donner Based on the David Seltzer novel of the same name.
On the Beach (2000) dir. Russell Mulcahy	On the Beach (1959) dir. Stanley Kramer
One Million Years B.C. (1966) dir. Don Chaffey	One Million B.C. (1940) dir. Hal Roach & Hal Roach, Jr.
One Missed Call (2007) dir. Eric Valette	One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) (2004) dir. Takashi Miike
The Opposite Sex (1956) dir. David Miller	The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
Orfeu (1999) dir. Carlos Diegues	Black Orpheus (1959) dir. Marcel Camus
Orphans of the Storm (1921) dir. D. W. Griffith	The Two Orphans (1915) dir. Herbert Brenon
The Out-of-Towners (1999) dir. Sam Weisman	The Out-of-Towners (1970) dir. Arthur Hiller
Outland (1981) dir. Peter Hyams	High Noon (1952) dir. Fred Zinnemann
The Outrage (1964) dir. Martin Ritt	Rashomon (1950) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Outside the Law (1930) dir. Tod Browning	Outside the Law (1920) dir. Tod Browning

P

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) dir. David Butler	Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) dir. Mervyn LeRoy
The Parent Trap (1998) dir. Nancy Meyers	The Parent Trap (1961) dir. David Swift Based on the book "Das doppelte Lottchen" by Erich Kästner
Paris, When It Sizzles (1964) dir. Richard Quine	La Fête à Henriette (1952) dir. Julien Duvivier
Pathfinder (2006) dir. Marcus Nispel	Ofelas (1987) dir. Nils Gaup
Peking Express (1951) dir. William Dieterle	Shanghai Express (1932) dir. Josef von Sternberg
A Perfect Murder (1998) dir. Andrew Davis	Dial M for Murder (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock Based on the stage thriller by Frederick Knott
The Phantom Carriage (1958) dir. Arne Mattsson	The Phantom Carriage (1921) dir Victor Sjöström
Picnic (2000) dir. Ivan Passer Picnic (1986) dir. Marshall W. Mason	Picnic (1955) dir. Joshua Logan
Piranha 3-D (2010) dir. Alexandre Aja Piranha (1995) dir. Scott P. Levy	Piranha (1978) dir. Joe Dante
The Plainsman (1966) dir. David Lowell Rich	The Plainsman (1936) dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Planet of the Apes (2001) dir. Tim Burton	Planet of the Apes (1968) dir. Franklin J. Schaffner Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
The Plank (1979) dir. Eric Sykes	The Plank (1967) dir. Eric Sykes
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) dir. Frank Capra	Lady for a Day (1933) dir. Frank Capra
Point of No Return (1993) dir. John Badham	La Femme Nikita (1990) dir. Luc Besson
Porki (2010) dir. M.D. Sridhar Wanted (2009) dir. Prabhu Deva Pokkiri (2007) dir. Prabhu Deva	Pokiri (2006) dir. Puri Jagannadh
Poseidon (2006) dir. Wolfgang Petersen The Poseidon Adventure (2005) dir. John Putch	The Poseidon Adventure (1972) dir. Ronald Neame
The Preacher's Wife (1996) dir. Penny Marshall	The Bishop's Wife (1947) dir. Henry Koster
Premonition (2007) dir. Mennan Yapo	Premonition (2004) dir. Norio Tsuruta Based on the manga Kyoufu Shinbun ("Newspaper of Terror") by Jiro Tsunoda
Prisoner of Zenda (1979) dir. Richard Quine	The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) dir. John Cromwell
The Producers (2005) dir. Susan Stroman	The Producers (1968) dir. Mel Brooks
Prom Night (2008) dir. Nelson McCormick	Prom Night (1980) dir. Paul Lynch
Psycho (1998) dir. Gus Van Sant	Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock Based on the novel by Robert Bloch
Pulse (2006) dir. Jim Sonzero	Kairo (2001) dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Pure Luck (1991) dir. Nadia Tass	La Chèvre (1981) dir. Francis Veber
Pusher (2010) dir. Assad Raja	Pusher (1996) dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

Q

Quarantine (2008) dir. John Erick Dowdle	[REC] (2007) dir. Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza

R

The Racket (1951) dir. John Cromwell	The Racket (1928) dir. Lewis Milestone
The Rainmaker (1982) dir. John Frankenheimer Der Regenmacher (1980) dir. Ludwig Cremer	The Rainmaker (1956) dir. Joseph Anthony
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) dir. Jean Negulesco	The Rains Came (1939) dir. Clarence Brown
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007) dir. Ram Gopal Varma Ramgarh Ke Sholay (1991) dir. Ajit Dewani	Sholay (1975) dir. Ramesh Sippy
Ransom (1996) dir. Ron Howard	Ransom! (1956) dir. Alex Segal
Rear Window (1998) dir. Jeff Bleckner	Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock Based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich
The Red Rider (1934) dir. Lew Landers	Range Feud (1931) dir. D. Ross Lederman
Reefer Madness (2005) dir. Andy Fickman	Reefer Madness (1936) dir. Louis J. Gasnier
Return to Paradise (1998) dir. Joseph Ruben	Force Majeure (1989) dir. Pierre Jolievt
Reptilian (1999) dir. Shim Hyung-rae	Yonggary (1967) dir. Kim Ki-duk
Rich And Famous (1981) dir. George Cukor	Old Acquaintance (1943) dir. Vincent Sherman
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) dir. Fred Allen	The Unknown Cavalier (1926) dir. Albert S. Rogell
Riding High (1950) dir. Frank Capra	Broadway Bill (1934) dir. Frank Capra
The Ring (2002) dir. Gore Verbinski	Ringu (1998) dir. Hideo Nakata
Rio Lobo (1970) dir. Howard Hawks	Rio Bravo (1959) dir. Howard Hawks
Rio Rita (1942) dir. S. Sylvan Simon	Rio Rita (1929) dir. Luther Reed
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958) dir. Frank Tashlin	The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) dir. Preston Sturges
Rollerball (2002) dir. John McTiernan	Rollerball (1975) dir. Norman Jewison
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003) dir. Robert Allan Ackerman	The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) dir. José Quintero

S

Sabrina (1995) dir. Sydney Pollack	Sabrina (1954) dir. Billy Wilder
Satan's School for Girls (2000) dir. Christopher Leitch	Satan's School for Girls (1973) dir. David Rich
Scared Stiff (1953) dir. George Marshall	The Ghost Breakers (1940) dir. George Marshall
Scarface (1983) dir. Brian De Palma	Scarface (1932) dir. Howard Hawks
Scent of a Woman (1992) dir. Martin Brest	Profumo di donna (1974) dir. Dino Risi
School for Scoundrels (2006) dir. Todd Phillips	School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating! (1960) dir. Robert Hamer
The Secret (2007) dir. Vincent Perez	Himitsu (1999) dir. Yojiro Takita
Sengoku jietai 1549 (2005)	Sengoku jietai 1549 (1979)
Senso '45 (2002) dir. Tinto Brass	Senso (1979) dir. Luchino Visconti
Seventh Heaven (1937) dir. Henry King	Seventh Heaven (1927) dir. Frank Borzage
Shadow of a Doubt (1991) dir. Karen Arthur	Shadow of a Doubt (1943) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Shaggy Dog (2006) dir. Brian Robbins The Shaggy Dog (1994) dir. Dennis Dugan	The Shaggy Dog (1959) dir. Charles Barton
The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) dir. Alan Rafkin	The Paleface (1948) dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Shall We Dance (2004) dir. Peter Chelsom	Shall We Dansu? (1996) dir. Masayuki Suo
Shankar Dada MBBS (2004) dir. Jayanth C. Paranjee	Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) dir. Rajkumar Hirani
Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007) dir. Prabhu Deva	Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) dir. Rajkumar Hirani
Shiva (2006) dir. Ram Gopal Varma Shiva (1990) dir. Ram Gopal Varma	Shiva (1989) dir. Ram Gopal Varma
Shutter (2008) dir. Masayuki Ochiai	Shutter (2004) dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom
Sideways (2009) dir. Cellin Gluck	Sideways (2004) dir. Alexander Payne
Silk Stockings (1957) dir. Rouben Mamoulian	Ninotchka (1939) dir. Ernst Lubitsch
A Simple Noodle Story (2009) dir. Zhang Yimou	Blood Simple (1985) dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Sisters (2006) dir. Douglas Buck	Sisters (1973) dir. Brian De Palma
Society Lawyer (1939) dir. Edwin L. Marin	Penthouse (1933) dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Solaris (2002) dir. Steven Soderbergh Solaris (1972) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky	Solaris (1968) dir. B.Nirenburg Based on the novel by Stanisław Lem
Something's Got to Give (unfinished) (1962) dir. George Cukor	My Favorite Wife (1940) dir. Garson Kanin
Somewhere in Sonora (1933) dir. Mack V. Wright	Somewhere in Sonora (1927) dir. Albert S. Rogell
Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin	Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Sorority Row (2009) dir. Stewart Hendler	The House on Sorority Row (1983) dir. Mark Rosman
Sorrell and Son (1934) dir. Jack Raymond	Sorrell and Son (1927) dir. Herbert Brenon
Springtime in a Small Town (2002) dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang	Spring in a Small Town (1948) dir. Fei Mu
The Squaw Man (1931) dir. Cecil B. DeMille The Squaw Man (1918) dir. Cecil B. DeMille	The Squaw Man (1914) dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Stagecoach (1986) dir. Ted Post Stagecoach (1966) dir. Gordon Douglas	Stagecoach (1939) dir. John Ford Based on the short story "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox
A Star Is Born (1976) dir. Frank R. Pierson A Star Is Born (1954) dir. George Cukor	A Star Is Born (1937) dir. William A. Wellman
State Fair (1962) dir. José Ferrer State Fair (1945) dir. Walter Lang	State Fair (non-musical version) (1933) dir. Henry King Based on the novel by Phil Stong
The Stepfather (2009) dir. Nelson McCormick	The Stepfather (1987) dir. Joseph Ruben
The Stepford Wives (2004) dir. Frank Oz	The Stepford Wives (1975) dir. Bryan Forbes
Straw Dogs (2011) dir. Rod Lurie	Straw Dogs (1971) dir. Sam Peckinpah Based on the novel by Gordon Williams
The Sunshine Boys (1995) dir. John Erman	The Sunshine Boys (1975) dir. Herbert Ross Based on the play by Neil Simon
Suspicion (1987) dir. Andrew Grieve	Suspicion (1941) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Swan (1956) dir. Charles Vidor One Romantic Night (1930) dir. Paul Stein	The Swan (1925) dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki Based on the play by Ferenc Molnár
Sweet November (2001) dir. Pat O'Connor	Sweet November (1968) dir. Robert Ellis Miller
Swept Away (2002) dir. Guy Ritchie	Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1974) dir. Lina Wertmüller
Switching Channels (1988) dir. Ted Kotcheff The Front Page (1974) dir. Billy Wilder	The Front Page (1931) dir. Lewis Milestone

T

Tagore (2003) dir. V.V. Vinayak	Ramana (2002) dir. A.R. Murugadoss
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) dir. Tony Scott The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998) dir. Félix Enríquez Alcala	Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) dir. Joseph Sargent
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) dir. Joseph M. Newman	Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Taxi (2004) dir. Tim Story	Taxi (1996) dir. Gérard Pirès
The Ten Commandments (1956) dir. Cecil B. Demille	The Ten Commandments (1923) dir. Cecil B. Demille
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) dir. Marcus Nispel	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) dir. Tobe Hooper
That Darn Cat (1997) dir. Bob Spiers	That Darn Cat! (1965) dir. Robert Stevenson Based on the book "Undercover Cat" by The Gordons
They Made Me a Criminal (1939) dir. Busby Berkeley	The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) dir. Archie Mayo
The Thief of Baghdad (1978) dir. Clive Donner The Thief of Bagdad (1940) dir. Ludwig Berger and Michael Powell	Thief of Bagdad (1924) dir. Raoul Walsh
Yamato Takeru (1994) dir. Takao Okawara	The Birth of Japan (1959) dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
The Thing (1982) dir. John Carpenter	The Thing from Another World (1951) dir. Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks Based on the novel "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell
The Thirteenth Floor (1999) dir. Josef Rusnak & Welt am Draht	The Thirteenth Floor (1973) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder Based on the novel "Simulacron-3" by Daniel F. Galouye
Thir13en Ghosts (2001) dir. Steve Beck	13 Ghosts (1960) dir. William Castle
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) dir. John McTiernan	The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) dir. Norman Jewison
Three Fugitives (1989) dir. Francis Veber	Les Fugitifs (1986) dir. Francis Veber
Three Men and a Baby (1987) dir. Leonard Nimoy	Three Men And A Cradle (1985) dir. Coline Serreau
The Time Machine (2002) dir. Simon Wells	The Time Machine (1960) dir. George Pal
To Be Or Not To Be (1983) dir. Alan Johnson	To Be Or Not To Be (1942) dir. Ernst Lubitsch
To Have and to Hold (1922) dir. Jesse L. Lasky	To Have and to Hold (1916) dir. George Melford
Tol'able David (1930) dir. John G. Blystone	Tol'able David (1921) dir. Henry King
Too Good to Be True (1988) dir. Christian I. Nyby, II	Leave Her to Heaven (1945) dir. John M. Stahl
Toolbox Murders (2004) dir. Tobe Hooper	The Toolbox Murders (1978) dir. Dennis Donnelly
Tortilla Soup (2001) dir. María Ripoll	Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) dir. Ang Lee
Total Recall (2012) dir. Len Wiseman	Total Recall (1990) dir. Paul Verhoeven Based on the novel "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick
The Tourist (2010) dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	Anthony Zimmer (2005) dir. Jérôme Salle
Tower of London (1962) dir. Roger Corman	Tower of London (1939) dir. Rowland V. Lee
The Toy (1982) dir. Richard Donner	Le Jouet (1976) dir. Francis Veber
Trader Horn (1973) dir. Reza Badiyi	Trader Horn (1931) dir. W.S. Van Dyke
True Lies (1994) dir. James Cameron	La Totale! (1991) dir. Claude Zidi
The Truth About Charlie (2002) dir. Jonathan Demme	Charade (1963) dir. Stanley Donen

U

Unfaithfully Yours (1984) dir. Howard Zieff	Unfaithfully Yours (1948) dir. Preston Sturges
Under Suspicion (2000) dir. Stephen Hopkins	Garde à vue (1981) dir. Claude Miller
The Unholy Three (1930) dir. Jack Conway	The Unholy Three (1925) dir. Tod Browning
The Unknown Soldier (1985) dir. Rauni Mollberg	The Unknown Soldier (1955) dir. Edvin Laine

V

Van Gogh (1948) dir. Alain Resnais	Van Gogh (1947) dir. Alain Resnais
Vanilla Sky (2001) dir. Cameron Crowe	Abre Los Ojos (1997) dir. Alejandro Amenábar
The Vanishing (1993) dir. George Sluizer	Spoorloos (1988) dir George Sluizer
Vanishing Point (1997) dir. Charles Robert Carner	Vanishing Point (1971) dir. Richard C. Sarafian
Västkustens hjältar (1940) dir. Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks	Blaavand melder storm (1938) dir. Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks
Vicki (1953) dir. Harry Horner	I Wake Up Screaming (1942) dir. H. Bruce Humberstone
Victor/Victoria (1982) dir. Blake Edwards Viktor und Viktoria (1957) First a Girl (1935) dir. Victor Saville	Viktor und Viktoria (1933) dir. Reinhold Schunzel
Village of the Damned (1995) dir. John Carpenter	Village of the Damned (1960) dir. Wolf Rilla Based on the novel "The Midwich Cuckoos" by John Wyndham

W

Walk Don't Run (1966) dir. Charles Walters	The More the Merrier (1943) dir. George Stevens
A Walk in the Clouds (1995) dir. Alfonso Arau	Sous le ciel de Provence (1956) dir. Mario Soldati
Walking Tall (2004) dir. Kevin Bray	Walking Tall (1973) dir. Phil Karlson
Waterloo Bridge (1940) dir. Mervyn LeRoy	Waterloo Bridge (1931) dir. James Whale
The Way of All Flesh (1940) dir. Louis King	The Way of All Flesh (1927) dir. Victor Fleming
Web of the Spider (1971) dir. Antonio Margheriti	Castle of Blood (1964) dir. Antonio Margheriti
We Are Family (2010) dir. Siddharth Malhotra	Stepmom (1998) dir. Chris Columbus
Welcome to Collinwood (2002) dir. Anthony Russo & Joe Russo	Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) dir. Mario Monicelli
We're No Angels (1989) dir. Neil Jordan	We're No Angels (1955) dir. Michael Curtiz
What a Girl Wants (2003) dir. Dennie Gordon	The Reluctant Debutante (1958) dir. Vincente Minnelli
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1991) dir. David Greene	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) dir. Robert Aldrich
What Women Want (2011) dir. Chen Daming	What Women Want (2000) dir. Nancy Meyers
When a Stranger Calls (2006) dir. Simon West	When a Stranger Calls (1979) dir. Fred Walton
Where the Boys Are '84 (1984) dir. Hy Averback	Where the Boys Are (1960) dir. Henry Levin
The Wicked Lady (1983) dir. Michael Winner	The Wicked Lady (1945) dir. Leslie Arliss
The Wicker Man (2006) dir. Neil LaBute	The Wicker Man (1973) Robin Hardy
Wicker Park (2004) dir. Paul McGuigan	L'Appartement (1996) dir. Gilles Mimouni
Willard (2003) dir. Glen Morgan	Willard (1971) dir. Daniel Mann
The Wizard of Gore (2007) dir. Jeremy Kasten	The Wizard of Gore (1970) dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
The Wolfman (2010) dir. Joe Johnston	The Wolf Man (1941) dir. George Waggner
The Woman in Red (1984) dir. Gene Wilder	The Woman in Red (1935) dir. Robert Florey
The Women (2008) dir. Diane English	The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor
The Wool Cap (2004) dir. Steven Schachter	Gigot (1962) dir. Gene Kelly

Y

The Yellow Handkerchief (2010) dir. Udayan Prasad	The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) dir. Yoji Yamada
Yogi (2007) dir. V.V. Vinayak	Jogi (2005) dir. Prem
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) dir. Raja Gosnell	Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) dir. Melville Shavelson
You're Never Too Young (1955) dir. Norman Taurog	The Major and the Minor (1942) dir. Billy Wilder
You've Got Mail (1998) dir. Nora Ephron In the Good Old Summertime (1949) dir. Robert Z. Leonard	The Shop Around the Corner (1940) dir. Ernst Lubitsch Based on the play by Miklós László

See also

• Remake
• List of film remakes A-M
• List of British TV shows remade for the American market
• List of English-language movies based on foreign-language movies