List of film remakes (A–M)

This is a list of film remakes:

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

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Remakes	Original version
12 Angry Men (1997) dir. William Friedkin Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) dir. Basu Chatterjee 12 (2007) dir. Nikita Mikhalkov	12 Angry Men (1957) dir. Sidney Lumet
The 13th Letter (1951) dir. Otto Preminger	Le Corbeau (1943) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
101 Dalmatians (1996) dir. Stephen Herek	One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) Clyde Geronimi, based on the novel by Dodie Smith)
2001 Maniacs (2005) dir. Tim Sullivan	Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) dir. Herschell Gordon Lewis
3:10 to Yuma (2007) dir. James Mangold	3:10 to Yuma (1957) dir. Delmer Daves

A

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) dir. Charles Lamont	The Invisible Man Returns (1940) dir. Joe May
Alice Adams (1935) dir. George Stevens	Alice Adams (1923) dir. Rowland V. Lee
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) dir. Charles Shyer	L'affaire du collier de la reine (1946) dir. Marcel L'Herbier
An Affair to Remember (1957) dir. Leo McCarey	Love Affair (1939) dir. Leo McCarey
Against All Odds (1984) dir. Taylor Hackford	Out of the Past (1947) dir. Jacques Tourneur
Alfie (2004) dir. Charles Shyer	Alfie (1966) dir. Lewis Gilbert
Algiers (1938) dir. John Cromwell	Pépé le Moko (1937) dir. Julien Duvivier
All the King's Men (2006) dir. Steven Zaillian	All the King's Men (1949) dir. Robert Rossen
Always (1989) dir. Steven Spielberg	A Guy Named Joe (1943) dir. Victor Fleming
The Amityville Horror (2005) dir. Andrew Douglas	The Amityville Horror (1979) dir. Stuart Rosenberg Based on the novel by Jay Anson
Anastasia (1997) dir. Don Bluth	Anastasia (1956) dir. Anatole Litvak
And God Created Woman (1988) dir. Roger Vadim	Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956) dir. Roger Vadim
Angels in the Outfield (1994) dir. William Dear	Angels in the Outfield (1951) dir. Clarence Brown
Anna and the King (1999) dir. Andy Tennant The King and I (1982) dir. Richard Rich The King and I (1956) dir. Walter Lang	Anna and the King of Siam (1946) dir. John Cromwell, based on the book by Margaret Landon The 1956 and 1999 films of The King and I are based on the Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II musical.
Annie (1999) Rob Marshall	Annie (1982) John Huston Both based on the Thomas Meehan/Charles Strouse/Martin Charnin musical, which in turn came from the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray
Annavaram (2006) dir. Bhimaneni Srinivas Rao	Thirupaachi (2005) dir. Perarasu
Another Fine Mess (1930) dir. James Parrott	Duck Soup (1927) dir. Fred Guiol
Arch of Triumph (1985)	Arch of Triumph (1948) dir. Lewis Milestone
The Arena (2001) dir. Timur Bekmambetov	The Arena (1974) dir. Steve Carver
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) dir. Jean-François Richet	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) dir. John Carpenter
Asylum (1997) dir. James Seale	Shock Corridor (1963) dir. Samuel Fuller
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1993) dir. Christopher Guest	Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) dir. Nathan H. Juran

B

The Bachelor (1999) dir. Gary Sinyor	Seven Chances (1925) dir. Buster Keaton
Bad News Bears (2005) dir. Richard Linklater	The Bad News Bears (1976) dir. Michael Ritchie
The Bad Seed (2007) dir. Eli Roth The Bad Seed (1985) dir. Paul Wendkos	The Bad Seed (1956) dir. Mervyn LeRoy
The Ballad of Narayama (1983) dir. Shohei Imamura	The Ballad of Narayama (1958) dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
Bangkok Dangerous (2007) dir. The Pang Brothers	Bangkok Dangerous (1999) dir. The Pang Brothers
Barbarella (2009) dir. Robert Rodriguez	Barbarella (1968) dir. Roger Vadim
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) dir. Jimmy T. Murakami The Magnificent Seven (1960) John Sturges	Shichinin no samurai (1954) dir. Akira Kurosawa
The Battle of the Sexes (1928) dir. D. W. Griffith	The Battle of the Sexes (1914) dir. D. W. Griffith
Beau Geste (1939) dir. William A. Wellman	Beau Geste (1926) dir. Herbert Brenon Based on the book by P. C. Wren
Bedazzled (2000) dir. Harold Ramis	Bedazzled (1967) dir. Stanley Donen
The Bells (1926) dir. James Young	The Bells (1918) dir. Ernest C. Warde
The Bells of St. Mary's (1959) dir. Tom Donovan	The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) dir. Leo McCarey
Ben-Hur (1959) dir. William Wyler	Ben-Hur (1925) dir. Fred Niblo Ben Hur (1907) dir Sidney Olcott
Beongeoli Sam-ryong (1964) dir. Shin Sang-ok	Beongeoli Sam-ryong (1929) dir. Na Woon-gyu
The Big Bounce (2004) dir. George Armitage	The Big Bounce (1969) dir. Alex March
The Big Show (1961) dir. James B. Clark Broken Lance (1954) dir. Edward Dmytryk	House of Strangers (1949) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Big Stampede (1932) dir. Tenny Wright	Land Beyond the Law (1927) dir. Harry Joe Brown
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) dir. Tom Laughlin	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) dir. Frank Capra
Billy the Kid (1941) dir. David Miller	Billy the Kid (1930) dir. King Vidor
The Birdcage (1996) Mike Nichols	La Cage aux Folles (1978) Edouard Molinaro
The Birds (2009) [1]	The Birds (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Black Caesar (1973) dir. Larry Cohen	Little Caesar (1931) dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Black Christmas (2006) dir. Glen Morgan	Black Christmas (1974) dir. Bob Clark
The Black Dahlia (2006) dir. Brian de Palma	Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975) dir. Joseph Pevney
Black Mama, White Mama (1972) dir. Eddie Romero]]	The Defiant Ones (1958) dir. Stanley Kramer
The Blob (1988) dir. Chuck Russell	The Blob (1958) dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Blood Diner (1987)	Blood Feast (1963)
Blow Out (1981) dir. Brian De Palma	Blowup ( 1966) dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
The Blue Lagoon (1980) dir. Randal Kleiser	The Blue Lagoon (1949) dir. Frank Launder
The Blue Veil (1951) dir. Curtis Bernhardt	Le Voile bleu (1942)
Body Snatchers (1993) dir. Abel Ferrara	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) dir. Don Siegel
Bored of Education (1936) dir. Gordon Douglas	Teacher's Pet (1930) dir. Robert F. McGowan
Born Yesterday (1993) dir. Luis Mandoki	Born Yesterday (1950) dir. George Cukor
Boudu (2005) dir. Gerard Jugnot	Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) dir. Jean Renoir
The Boy Cried Murder (1966) dir. George P. Breakston	The Window (1949) dir. Ted Tetzlaff
Breathless (1983) dir. Jim McBride	Breathless (1960) dir. Jean-Luc Goddard
Brenda Starr (1989) dir. Robert Ellis Miller	Brenda Starr Reporter (1945) dir. Wallace Fox
Brewster's Millions (1985) dir. Walter Hill Three on a Spree (1961) dir. Sidney J. Furie Brewster's Millions (1945) dir. Allan Dwan Brewster's Millions (1935) dir. Thornton Freeland Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) dir. Clarence G. Badger Brewster's Millions (1921) dir. Joseph Henabery	Brewster's Millions (1914) dir. Cecil B. DeMille & Oscar Apfel Based on the novel of 1902 by George Barr McCutcheon
Brian's Song (2001) dir. John Gray	Brian's Song (1971) dir. Buzz Kulik
Brief Encounter (1974) dir. Alan Bridges	Brief Encounter (1948) dir. David Lean, based on the short play Still Life by Noel Coward)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) dir. Mary McGuckian The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) dir. Rowland V. Lee	The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) Charles Brabin
The Browning Version (1994) dir. Mike Figgis The Browning Version (1985) dir. Michael A. Simpson	The Browning Version (1951) dir. Anthony Asquith
A Bucket of Blood (1995) dir. Michael McDonald	A Bucket of Blood (1959) dir. Roger Corman
The Burmese Harp (1985) dir. Kon Ichikawa	The Burmese Harp (1956) dir. Kon Ichikawa

C

Cabaret (1972) dir. Bob Fosse	I Am a Camera (1955) dir. Henry Cornelius
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (2005) dir. David Lee Fisher	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) dir. Robert Wiene
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) dir. Robert Altman	The Caine Mutiny (1954) dir. Edward Dmytryk
Cape Fear (1991) dir. Martin Scorsese	Cape Fear (1962) dir. J. Lee Thompson
Carnival of Souls (1998) dir. Adam Grossman & Ian Kessner	Carnival of Souls (1962) dir. Herk Harvey
Carousel (1956) dir. Henry King	Liliom (1934) dir.Fritz Lang Liliom (1930) dir. Frank Borzage Liliom (1919) (unfinished and abandoned) dir. Michael Curtiz (based on the play Liliom by Ferenc Molnar)
Carrie (2002) dir. David Carson	Carrie 1976 dir. Brian De Palma
The Cat and the Canary (1979) dir. Radley Metzger	The Cat and the Canary (1939) dir. Elliott Nugent The Cat and the Canary (1927) dir. Paul Leni
The Cat in the Hat (2003) dir. Bo Welch	The Cat in the Hat (1971) dir. Hawley Pratt
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985) dir. Jack Hofsiss	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) dir. Robert Moore Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) dir. Richard Brooks
Cat People (1982) dir. Paul Schrader	Cat People (1942) dir. Jacques Tourneur
Catch That Kid (2004) dir. Bart Freundlich	Klatretøsen (2002) dir. Hans Fabian
The Champ (1979) dir. Franco Zeffirelli	The Champ (1931) dir. King Vidor
Champagne Charlie (1989)	Champagne Charlie (1944) dir. Alberto Cavalcanti
Chaos (2007) dir. Coline Serreau	Chaos (2001) dir. Coline Serreau
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) dir. Tim Burton	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) dir. Mel Stuart
Charlotte's Web (2006) dir. Gary Winick	Charlotte's Web (1973) dir. Charles A. Nichols & Iwao Takamoto
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) dir. Shawn Levy	Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) dir. Walter Lang
Chicago (2002) dir. Rob Marshall	Roxie Hart (1942) dir. William Wellman
Chickens Come Home (1931) dir. Hal Roach	Love 'em and Weep (1927) dir. Fred Guiol
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (2006) dir. Bob Clark	Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) dir. Bob Clark
Cimarron (1960) dir. Anthony Mann	Cimarron (1931) dir. Wesley Ruggles
City of Angels (1998) dir. Brad Siberling	Himmel über Berlin, Der or Wings of Desire (1987) dir. Wim Wenders
Classmates (2007) dir. K. Vijaya Bhaskar	Classmates (2006) dir. Lal Jose
Cleopatra (1963) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Cleopatra (1934) dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Colorado Territory (1949) dir. Raoul Walsh	High Sierra (1941) dir. Raoul Walsh
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977) dir. Silvio Narizzano	Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) dir. Daniel Mann
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995) dir. Peyton Reed	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) dir. Robert Butler
Congo Maisie (1940) dir. H.C. Potter	Red Dust (1932) dir. Victor Fleming
The Corn is Green (1979) dir. George Cukor	The Corn Is Green (1945) dir. Irving Rapper
The Counter Jumper (1922) dir. Larry Semon	The Grocery Clerk (1919) dir. Larry Semon
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (2009) dir. Breck Eisner	The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) dir. Jack Arnold
Crime School (1938)	The Mayor of Hell (1933) dir. Archie Mayo & Michael Curtiz
Criminal (2004) dir. Gregory Jacobs	Nueve reinas (2000) dir. Fabián Bielinsky
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) dir. Darrell Roodt	Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) dir. Zoltan Korda

D

D.O.A. (1988) dir. Annabel Jankel	D.O.A. (1950) dir. Rudolph Maté
Dambusters (2008) dir. Christian Rivers	The Dam Busters (1954)
Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) dir. Josée Dayan Untold Scandal (2003) dir. E. J-Yong Cruel Intentions (1999) dir. Roger Kumble Valmont (1989) dir. Milos Forman Dangerous Liaisons (1988) dir. Stephen Frears	Les liaisons dangereuses (1959) dir. Roger Vadim
That Darn Cat (1997) dir. Bob Spiers	That Darn Cat! (1965) dir. Robert Stevenson
The Dark Mirror (1984) dir. Richard Lang	The Dark Mirror (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak
Dark Water (2005 film) (2005) dir. Walter Salles	Dark Water (2002) dir. Hideo Nakata
David and Lisa (1998) dir. Lloyd Kramer	David and Lisa (1962) dir. Frank Perry
Dawn of the Dead (2004) dir. Zack Snyder	Dawn of the Dead (1978) dir. George A. Romero
The Dawn Patrol (1938) dir. Edmund Golding	The Dawn Patrol (1930) dir. Howard Hawks
Day of the Dead (2008) dir. Steve Miner	Day of the Dead (1985) dir. George A. Romero
Dead of Winter (1987) dir. Arthur Penn	My Name is Julia Ross (1945) dir. Joseph H. Lewis
Death Race (2008) dir. Paul W.S. Anderson	Death Race 2000 (1975) dir. Death Race 2000 (1975)
The Defiant Ones (1986) dir. David Lowell Rich	The Defiant Ones (1958) dir. Stanley Kramer
The Departed (2006) dir. Martin Scorsese	Infernal Affairs (2002) dir. Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak
Désirée (1954) dir. Henry Koster	Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942) dir. Sacha Guitry
Desperate Hours (1990) dir. Michael Cimino	The Desperate Hours (1955) dir. William Wyler
Shortcut to Happiness (2007) dir. Alec Baldwin	Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) dir. William Dieterle
Diabolique (1996) dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik	Les Diaboliques (1955) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot From the novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac)
Diamond Horseshoe (1945) dir. George Seaton	The Barker (1928) dir. George Fitzmaurice
Die xue shuang xiong (1989) dir. John Woo	Le Samouraï (1967) dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) dir. Frank Oz	Bedtime Story (1964) dir. Ralph Levy
The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) dir. Jonathan Lynn	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) dir. Frank Capra
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) dir. Victor Fleming	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Dr. Zhivago (2006) dir. Aleksandr Proshkin	Dr. Zhivago (2002) dir. Giacomo Campiotti Doctor Zhivago (1965) dir. David Lean
A Doll's House (1992) dir. David Thacker A Doll's House (1973) dir. Joseph Losey A Doll's House (1973 Garland film) (1973) dir. Patrick Garland A Doll's House (1959) dir. George Schaefer Casa de Munecas (1943) dir. Ernesto Arancibia A Doll's House (1922) dir. Charles Bryant	A Doll's House (1918) dir. Maurice Tourneur Based on the 1879 play by Henrik Ibsen
Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006) dir. Farhan Akhtar	Don (1978 film) (1978) dir. Chandra Barot
Double Take (2001) dir. George Gallo	Across the Bridge (1957) dir. Ken Annakin
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) dir. Paul Mazursky	Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932) dir. Jean Renoir
Down to Earth (2001) dir. Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Heaven Can Wait (1978) dir. Warren Beatty, Buck Henry	Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) dir. Alexander Hall

E

È già ieri (2004) dir. Giulio Manfredonia	Groundhog Day (1993) dir. Harold Ramis
East of Eden (2006) dir. Ron Howard	East of Eden (1955) dir. Elia Kazan
Eight Below (2006) dir. Frank Marshall	Nankyoku Monogatari (1983) dir. Koreyoshi Kurahara
El Dorado (1966) dir. Howard Hawks	Rio Bravo (1959) dir. Howard Hawks
Emma (1996) dir. Douglas McGrath	Emma (1972) dir. John Glienstar Based on the novel by Jane Austen
The End of the Affair (1999) dir. Neil Jordan	The End of the Affair (1955) dir. Edward Dmytryk Based on the 1951 novel by Graham Greene
Ellam Avan Seyal (2008) dir.Shaji Kailas Sri Mahalakshmi (2007) dir.Vijayan	Chinthamani Kolacase (2006) dir.Shaji Kailas
The Entity (2007) dir. Hideo Nakata	The Entity (1981) dir. Sidney J. Furie
Escape Me Never (1947) dir. Peter Godfrey	Escape Me Never (1935) dir. Paul Czinner
The Evil Dead (2008) dir. TBA	The Evil Dead (1982) dir. Sam Raimi
The Eye (2007) dir. David Moreau & Xavier Palud	The Eye (2002) dir. Oxide Pang & Danny Pang
Escape from New York (2009) dir. Brett Ratner	Escape from New York (1981) dir. John Carpenter

F

Faceless (1988) dir. Jesus Franco	Eyes Without a Face (1959) dir. Georges Franju
Fahrenheit 451 (2009) dir. Frank Darabont	Fahrenheit 451 (1966) dir. François Truffaut
Far from Heaven (2002) dir. Todd Haynes	All That Heaven Allows (1955) dir. Douglas Sirk
A Farewell to Arms (1957) dir. Charles Vidor	A Farewell to Arms (1932) dir. Frank Borzage Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) dir. H. C. Potter	Juurakon Hulda (1937) dir. Valentin Vaala
Fatal Attraction (1987) dir. Adrian Lyne	Diversion (A British TV film)
Father of the Bride (1991) dir. Charles Shyer	Father of the Bride (1950) dir. Vincente Minnelli Based on the novel by Edward Streeter)
Fathers' Day (1997) dir. Ivan Reitman	Les Compères (1983) dir. Francis Veber
FC Venus (2006) dir. Ute Wieland	FC Venus (2005) dir. Joona Tena
The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) dir. Gordon Douglas	Kiss of Death (1947) dir. Henry Hathaway
A Fistful of Dollars/Per un pugno di dollari (1964) dir. Sergio Leone	Yojimbo (1961) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Flash Gordon (2007) dir. Stephen Sommers	Flash Gordon (1980) dir. Mike Hodges
Fled (1996) dir. Kevin Hooks	The Defiant Ones (1958) dir. Stanley Kramer
Flicka (2006) dir. Michael Mayer	My Friend Flicka (1943) Harold D. Schuster
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) dir. John Moore	The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Robert Aldrich
Flipper (1996)	Flipper (1963) dir. James B. Clark
Floating Weeds (1959) dir. Yasujiro Ozu	A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Floris (2004) dir. Jean van de Velde	Floris (1969)
Flubber (1997) dir. Les Mayfield	The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) dir. Robert Stevenson
The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg The Fly (2009) dir. Todd Lincoln	The Fly (1958) dir. Kurt Neumann
The Fog (2005) dir. Rupert Wainwright	The Fog (1980) dir. John Carpenter
Forbidden Fruit (1921) dir. Cecil B. DeMille	The Golden Chance (1915) dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Four Brothers (2005) dir. John Singleton	The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) dir. Henry Hathaway
The Four Feathers (1977) dir. Don Sharp Storm Over The Nile (1955) dir. Zoltan Korda The Four Feathers (2002) dir. Shekhar Kapur	The Four Feathers (1939) dir. Zoltan Korda
The Forsyte Saga (2002) dir. Christopher Menaul & Dave Moore	The Forsyte Saga (1967) dir. James Cellan Jones & David Giles That Forsyte Woman (1949) dir. Compton Bennett
Freaky Friday (2003) dir. Mark Waters	Freaky Friday (1995) dir. Melanie Mayron Freaky Friday (1976) dir. Gary Nelson Based on the novel by Mary Rodgers)
Friendly Persuasion (1975) dir. Joseph Sargent	Friendly Persuasion (1956) dir. William Wyler
The Front Page (1974) dir. Billy Wilder	His Girl Friday (1940) dir. Howard Hawks The Front Page (1931) dir. Lewis Milestone From the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) dir. Dean Parisot	Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) dir. Ted Kotcheff
Funny Games (2008) dir. Michael Haneke	Funny Games (1997) dir. Michael Haneke

G

Gaby (1956) dir. Curtis Bernhardt	Waterloo Bridge (1940) dir. Mervyn LeRoy Waterloo Bridge (1931) dir. James Whale based on the play by Robert E. Sherwood
Gertrud (1999) dir. Ulla Gottlieb	Gertrud 1964 dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Getaway (1994) dir. Roger Donaldson	The Getaway (1972) dir. Sam Peckinpah
Get Carter (2000) dir. Stephen Kay	Get Carter (1971) dir. Mike Hodges
Gharshana (2004) dir. Gautham Menon	Kaakha Kaakha (2003) dir. Gautham Menon
Glen or Glenda (1994) dir. Frank Marino	Glen or Glenda? (1953) dir. Ed Wood
Gloria (1999) dir. Sidney Lumet	Gloria (1980) dir. John Cassavetes
Godzilla (1998) dir. Roland Emmerich	Godzilla (1954) dir. Ishirô Honda
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) dir. Dominic Sena	Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) dir. H.B. Halicki
The Goodbye Girl (2004) dir. Richard Benjamin	The Goodbye Girl (1977) dir. Herbert Ross
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002) dir. Stuart Orme	Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) dir. Herbert Ross Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) dir. Sam Wood
The Good Companions (1957) dir. J. Lee Thompson	The Good Companions (1933) dir. Victor Saville
Good Morning (1959) dir. Yasujiro Ozu	I Was Born, But... (1932) dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Good News (1947) dir. Charles Walters	Good News (1930) dir. Nick Grinde
The Good Thief (2002) dir. Neil Jordan	Bob le flambeur (1955) dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Gordon of Ghost City (1933) dir. Ray Taylor	Flaming Guns (1932) dir. Arthur Rosson
Great Expectations (1999) dir. Julian Jarrold	Great Expectations (1998) dir. Alfonso Cuaron Great Expectations (1974) dir. Joseph Hardy Great Expectations (1946) dir. David Lean Great Expectations (1934) dir. Stuart Walker
The Great Gatsby (1974) dir. Jack Clayton	The Great Gatsby (1926) dir. Herbert Brenon The Great Gatsby (1949) dir. Elliott Nugent
The Grudge (2004) dir. Takashi Shimizu	Ju-on: The Grudge (2003) dir. Takashi Shimizu
Guess Who (2005) dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) dir. Stanley Kramer
Gypsy (1993) dir. Emile Ardolino	Gypsy (1962) dir. Mervyn LeRoy Based on the stage musical by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim)

H

Hairspray (2007) dir. Adam Shankman	Hairspray (1988) dir. John Waters The 2007 film is an adaptation of the stage musical Hairspray, which was based on the 1988 original.
Halloween (2007) dir. Rob Zombie	Halloween (1978) dir. John Carpenter
Hamlet (2000) dir. Michael Almereyda	Hamlet (1996) dir Kenneth Branagh Hamlet (1990) dir Franco Zeffirelli Hamlet (1948) dir. Laurence Olivier
The Hand (1981) dir. Oliver Stone	The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) dir. Robert Florey
The Hanged Man (1964) dir. Don Siegel	Ride the Pink Horse (1947) dir. Robert Montgomery
The Harder They Come (2007) dir. Stephen Williams	The Harder They Come (1972) dir. Perry Henzell
Harvey (1998) dir. George Schaefer	Mein Freund Harvey (1985) dir. Wolfgang Spier Harvey (1972) dir. Fielder Cook Harvey (1950) dir. Henry Koster
The Hasty Heart (1983) dir. Martin M. Speer	The Hasty Heart (1949) dir. Vincent Sherman
Haunted Gold (1932) dir. Mack V. Wright	The Phantom City (1928) dir. Albert S. Rogell
The Haunting (1999) dir. Jan de Bont	The Haunting (1963) dir. Robert Wise Based on the novel by Shirley Jackson
Heat (1995) dir. Michael Mann	L.A. Takedown (1989) dir. Michael Mann
Hello, Dolly! (1969) dir. Gene Kelly	The Matchmaker (1958) dir. Joseph Anthony From the play by Thornton Wilder
Helter Skelter (2004) dir. John Gray	Helter Skelter (1976) dir. Tom Gries
Henry V (1989) dir. Kenneth Branagh	The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with his Battell at Agincourt in France (1944) dir. Laurence Olivier From the play by William Shakespeare
High Noon (2000) dir. Rod Hardy	Outland (1981) dir. Peter Hyams High Noon (1952) dir. Fred Zinnemann
High Society (1956) dir. Charles Walters	The Philadelphia Story (1940) dir. George Cukor from the play by Philip Barry
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) dir. Alexandre Aja	The Hills Have Eyes 1977 dir. Wes Craven
His Girl Friday (1940) dir. Howard Hawks	The Front Page (1931) dir. Lewis Milestone From the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
The Hitcher (2007) dir. Dave Meyers	The Hitcher (1986) dir. Robert Harmon
Holiday (1938) dir. George Cukor	Holiday (1930) dir. Edward H. Griffith
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) dir. Duwayne Dunham	The Incredible Journey (1963) dir. Fletcher Markle Based on the novel by Sheila Burnford
Hoodman Blind (1923) dir. John Ford	Hoodman Blind (1913) dir. James Gordon
Hoop-La (1933) dir. Frank Lloyd	The Barker (1928) dir. George Fitzmaurice
House on Haunted Hill (1999) dir. William Malone	House on Haunted Hill (1959) dir. William Castle
House Of Wax (2005) dir. Jaume Collet-Serra	House of Wax (1953) dir. André De Toth
House of Wax (1953) dir. André De Toth	Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) dir. Michael Curtiz
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) dir. Ron Howard	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) dir. Chuck Jones & Ben Washam
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) dir. Gary Trousdale	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) dir. Michael Tuchner The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) dir. Jean Delanoy The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) dir. William Dieterle The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) dir. Wallace Worsley

I

I Am Legend (2007) dir. Francis Lawrence	The Omega Man (1971) dir. Boris Sagal The Last Man on Earth (1964) dir. Ubaldo Ragona both based on the novel by Richard Matheson
I Died A Thousand Times (1955) dir. Stuart Heisler	High Sierra (1941) dir. Raoul Walsh
I Married a Monster (1998) dir. Nancy Malone	I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) dir. Nancy Malone
I Married a Witch (2007) dir. Danny DeVito	I Married a Witch (1942) dir. René Clair
I Saw What You Did (1988) dir. Fred Walton	I Saw What You Did (1965) dir. William Castle
I, the Jury (1982) dir. Richard T. Heffron	I, the Jury (1953 film) dir. Harry Essex Based on the 1947 novel by Mickey Spillane
I Want to Live! (1983) dir. David Lowell Rich	I Want to Live! (1958) dir. Robert Wise
Imitation of Life (1959) dir. Douglas Sirk	Imitation of Life (1934) dir. John M. Stahl
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) dir. Oliver Parker	The Importance of Being Earnest (1992) dir. Kurt Baker The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) dir. Anthony Asquith From the play by Oscar Wilde
In Cold Blood (1996) dir. Jonathan Kaplan	In Cold Blood (1967) dir. Richard Brooks
Incredible Shrinking Man (2008) dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans	The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) dir. Joel Schumacher The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) dir. Jack Arnold
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1998) dir. George Kaczender	Terminal Station (1953) dir. Vittorio De Sica
Inherit the Wind (1999) dir. Daniel Petrie	Inherit the Wind (1988) dir. David Greene Inherit the Wind (1960) dir. Stanley Kramer
The In-Laws (2003) dir. Andrew Fleming	The In-Laws (1979) dir. Arthur Hiller
The Initiation of Sarah (1978) dir. Robert Day	The Initiation of Sarah (2006) dir. Stuart Gillard
Insomnia (2002) dir. Christopher Nolan	Insomnia (1997) dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg
In the Good Old Summertime (1949) dir. Robert Z. Leonard	The Shop Around the Corner (1940) dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Intermezzo (1939) dir. Gregory Ratoff	Intermezzo (1936) dir. Gösta Stevens
Into the Sun (2005) dir. Mink	Yakuza (1974) dir. Sydney Pollack
Invaders from Mars (1986) dir. Tobe Hooper	Invaders from Mars (1953) dir. William Cameron Menzies
The Invasion (2007) dir. Oliver Hischbiegal	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) dir. Don Siegel Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) dir. Philip Kaufman
Irma la Douce (1972)	Irma la Douce (1963) dir. Billy Wilder
Iron Maze (1991) dir. Hiroaki Yoshida	Rashomon (1950) dir. Akira Kurosawa
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) dir. John Frankenheimer	The Island Of Dr Moreau (1977) dir. Don Taylor Island of Lost Souls (1933) dir. Erle C. Kenton
The Italian Job (2003) dir. F. Gary Gray	The Italian Job (1969) dir. Peter Collinson
It Happened One Christmas dir. Donald Wrye	It's a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra
It's Great to Be Alive (1933)	The Last Man on Earth (1924) dir. John G. Blystone

J

J'accuse! (1938) dir. Abel Gance	J'accuse! (1919) dir. Abel Gance
The Jackal (1997) dir. Michael Caton-Jones	The Day of the Jackal (1973) dir. Fred Zinnemann Based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth
Jakob the Liar (1999) dir. Peter Kassovitz	Jacob the Liar (1975) dir. Frank Beyer
Jamaica Inn (1985) dir. Lawrence Gordon Clark	Jamaica Inn (1939) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Jazz Singer (1980) dir. Richard Fleischer	The Jazz Singer (1952) dir. Michael Curtiz The Jazz Singer (1927) dir. Alan Crosland Based on the play by Samson Raphaelson
Jesus Christ Superstar (2000) dir. Gale Edwards & Nick Morris	Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) dir. Norman Jewison
Jigoku (1999) dir. Teruo Ishii	Jigoku (1970) dir. Tatsumi Kumashiro Jigoku (1960) dir. Nobuo Nakagawa
Johnny Belinda (1967) dir. Paul Bogart	Johnny Belinda (1948) dir. Jean Negulesco
Journey Into Fear (1975) dir. Daniel Mann	Journey into Fear (1943) dir. Norman Foster
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) dir. John Pasquin	Un indien dans la ville (1994) dir. Hervé Palud
Just Visiting (2001) dir. Jean-Marie Poiré	Les Visiteurs (1993) dir. Jean-Marie Poiré

K

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) dir. Norman Z. McLeod	The Milky Way (1936) dir. Leo McCarey
Kidnapped (2005) dir. Brendan Maher	Kidnapped (1995) dir. Ivan Passer Kidnapped (1960) dir. Robert Stevenson
The Killers (1964) dir. Don Siegel	The Killers (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak
King Kong (2005) dir. Peter Jackson	King Kong (1976) dir. John Guillermin King Kong (1933) dir. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack
King Solomon's Mines (2004) dir. Steve Boyum	King Solomon's Mines (1985) dir. J. Lee Thompson King Solomon's Mines (1950) dir. Compton Bennett King Solomon's Mines (1937) dir. Robert Stevenson Based on the 1885 novel by H. Rider Haggard
A Kiss Before Dying (1991) dir. James Dearden	A Kiss Before Dying (1956) dir. Gerd Oswald
Kiss of Death (1995) dir. Barbet Schroeder	The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) dir. Gordon Douglas Kiss of Death (1947) dir. Henry Hathaway
The Bucket List (2007) dir. Rob Reiner	Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997) dir. Thomas Jahn
Korei (2000) dir Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1965) dir. Bryan Forbes

L

Lady from Shangai (2008) dir. Kar Wai Wong	The Lady from Shanghai (1947) dir. Orson Welles
The Ladykillers (2004) dir. The Coen Brothers	The Ladykillers (1955) dir. Alexander Mackendrick
The Lady Vanishes (1979)	The Lady Vanishes (1938) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Lake House (2006) dir. Alejandro Agresti	Il Mare (2000) dir. Hyun-seung Lee
Lassie (2005) dir. Charles Sturridge	Lassie Come Home (1943) dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Last Holiday (2006) dir. Wayne Wang	Last Holiday (1950) dir. Henry Cass
The Last House on the Left (1972) dir. Wes Craven	The Virgin Spring (1960) dir. Ingmar Bergman)
The Last Hurrah (1977) dir. Vincent Sherman	The Last Hurrah (1958) dir. John Ford
The Last Kiss (2006) dir. Tony Goldwyn	L' Ultimo Bacio (2001)
Last Man Standing (1996) dir. Walter Hill	Yojimbo (1961) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Laughing Gravy (1931) dir. James W.Horne	Angora Love (1929) dir. Lewis R. Foster
The Lavender Hill Mob (2006) dir. Dean Parisot	The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) dir. Charles Crichton
The Letter (1940) dir. William Wyler	The Letter (1929) dir. Jean de Limur
Lifepod (1993) dir. Ron Silver	Lifeboat (1944) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Lion in Winter (2003) dir. Andrei Konchalovsky	The Lion in Winter (1968) dir. Anthony Harvey
Little Fugitive (2006) dir. Joanna Lipper	Little Fugitive (1953) dir. Ray Ashley
Little Miss Marker (1980) dir. Walter Bernstein	Little Miss Marker (1934) dir. Alexander Hall
A Little Night Music (1990) Dir. Scott Ellis	A Little Night Music (1977) dir. Harold Prince Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) dir. Ingmar Bergman
A Little Princess (1995) dir. Alfonso Cuarón	The Little Princess (1939) dir. Walter Lang The Little Princess (1917) dir. Marshall Neilan
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) dir. Frank Oz	The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) dir. Roger Corman
Little Women (2001) dir. Brian Large	Little Women (1994) dir. Gillian Armstrong Little Women (1978) dir. David Lowell Rich Little Women (1958) dir. William Corrigan Little Women (1949) dir. Mervyn LeRoy Little Women (1946) dir. Ernest Colling Little Women (1933) dir. George Cukor Little Women (1918) dir. Harley Knoles Little Women (1917) dir. Alexander Butler Based on the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott
Logan's Run (2007) dir. James McTeigue	Logan's Run (1976) dir. Michael Anderson
Lolita (1996) dir. Adrian Lyne	Lolita (1962) dir. Stanley Kubrick Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Lonely Hearts (2006) dir. Todd Robinson	The Honeymoon Killers 1970 dir. Leonard Kastle
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1996) dir. David Wellington	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) dir. Sidney Lumet
Long Fliv the King (1926) dir. Leo McCarey	His Royal Slyness (1920) dir. Hal Roach
The Long, Hot Summer (1985) dir. Stuart Cooper	The Long, Hot Summer (1958) dir. Martin Ritt
The Longest Yard (2005) dir. Peter Segal	The Longest Yard (1974) dir. Robert Aldrich
Look Back in Anger (1989) dir. David Jones	Look Back in Anger (1958) Tony Richardson
Lord of the Flies (1990) dir. Harry Hook	Lord of the Flies (1963) dir. Peter Brook
Lost Horizon (1973) dir. Charles Jarrott	Lost Horizon (1937) dir. Frank Capra
The Lost Patrol (1934) dir. John Ford	Lost Patrol (1929) dir. Walter Summers
Love Affair (1994) dir. Glenn Gordon Caron	An Affair to Remember (1957) dir. Leo McCarey Love Affair (1939) dir. Leo McCarey
Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003) dir. Troy Beyer	Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) dir. Steve Rash
Lovely to Look At (1952)	Roberta (1935) dir. William A. Seiter
The Lower Depths (1957) dir. Akira Kurosawa	The Lower Depths (1936) dir. Jean Renoir
Lucky Jim (2003) dir. Robin Shepperd	Lucky Jim (1957) dir. John Boulting & Roy Boulting
Lure of the Wilderness (1952) dir. Jean Negulesco	Swamp Water (1941) dir. Jean Renior

M

M (1951) dir. Joseph Losey	M (1931) dir. Fritz Lang
The Magic Flute (2006) dir. Kenneth Branagh	The Magic Flute (1975) dir. Ingmar Bergman
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) dir. Alfonso Arau	The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) dir. Orson Welles
The Magnificent Seven (1960) dir. John Sturges	Seven Samurai (1954) dir. Akira Kurosawa
Major Payne (1995) dir. Nick Castle	The Private War of Major Benson (1955) dir. Jerry Hopper
The Maltese Falcon (1941) dir. John Huston	The Maltese Falcon (1931) dir. Roy Del Ruth Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
Mame (1974) dir. Gene Saks	Auntie Mame (1958) dir. Morton Da Costa Based on the play by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee, which in turn came from the book Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
A Man for All Seasons (1988) dir. Charlton Heston	A Man for All Seasons (1966) dir. Fred Zinnemann Based on the play by Robert Bolt
Man on Fire (2004) dir. Tony Scott	Man on Fire (1987) dir. Elie Chouraqui Based on a novel by A. J. Quinnell
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) dir. Nick Grinde	The Walking Dead (1936)
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) dir. Stan Dragoti	Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire (1972) dir. Yves Robert
The Man Without a Country (1937) dir. Crane Wilbur	The Man Without a Country (1917) dir. Ernest C. Warde
The Man Who Broke 1000 Chains (1987) dir. Daniel Mann	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1931) dir. Mervyn LeRoy
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) dir. Alfred Hitchcock	The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) dir. Jonathan Demme	The Manchurian Candidate (1962) dir. John Frankenheimer
Marcellino (1991) dir. Luigi Comencini	Marcelino Pan y Vino (1979, made-for-TV) dir. Mario O'Hara Marcelino Pan y Vino (1955) dir. Ladislao Vajda
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005) dir. Randall Miller	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990)
Mark of the Vampire (1935) dir. Tod Browning	London After Midnight (1927) dir. Tod Browning
Marked Men (1919) dir. John Ford	The Three Godfathers (1916) dir. Edward LeSaint
Marriage Italian-Style (1964) dir. Vittorio De Sica	Filomena Marturano (1950) dir. Luis Mottura
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1990) dir. John Laing	The Martian Chronicles (1979) dir. Michael Anderson
Masquerade in Mexico (1945)	Midnight (1939) dir. Mitchell Leisen
Meet Joe Black (1998) dir. Martin Brest	Death Takes a Holiday (1934) dir. Mitchell Leisen Based on the play by Alberto Casella
Meet Me in St. Louis (1966) dir. Alan D. Courtney	Meet Me in St. Louis (1959) dir. George Schaefer Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) dir. Vincente Minnelli
Megaville (1990) dir. Peter Lehner	Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965) dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Memphis Belle (1990) dir. Michael Caton-Jones	Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) dir. William Wyler
Messenger (1994) dir. Norman Loftis	Bicycle Thieves (1948) dir. Vittorio De Sica
Michael Lucas' Dangerous Liaisons (2005) dir. Michael Lucas	Dangerous Liaisons (1988) dir. Stephen Frears
Mighty Joe Young (1998) dir. Ron Underwood	Mighty Joe Young (1949) dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Mindhunters (2004) dir. Renny Harlin	Surviving the Game (1994) dir. Ernest R. Dickerson The Most Dangerous Game (1932) dir. Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) dir. Les Mayfield	Miracle on 34th Street (1973) dir. Fielder Cook Miracle on 34th Street (1947) dir. George Seaton
The Miracle Man (1932) dir. Norman Z. McLeod	The Miracle Man (1919) dir. George Loane Tucker
Miss Julie (1999)	Miss Julie (1951) dir. Alf Sjoberg
Missile to the Moon (1958) dir. Richard E. Cunha	Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) dir. Arthur Hilton
Mister Roberts (1984) dir. Melvin Bernhardt	Mister Roberts (1955) dir. John Ford
Moby-Dick (1998) dir. Franc Roddam	Moby Dick (1956) dir. John Huston
Mogambo (1953) dir. John Ford	Red Dust (1932) dir. Victor Fleming
Molly (1999) dir. John Duigan	Charly (1968) dir. Ralph Nelson
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) dir. George Marshall	Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) dir. Sidney Olcott
Mosquito Squadron (1969) dir. Boris Sagal	633 Squadron (1964) dir. Walter Grauman
Move Over, Darling (1963) dir. Michael Gordon	My Favorite Wife (1940) dir. Garson Kanin
Mr. Deeds (2002) dir. Steven Brill	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) dir. Frank Capra
The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers	The Mummy (1932) dir. Karl Freund
Munich (2005) dir. Steven Spielberg	Sword of Gideon (1986) dir. Michael Anderson
The Music Man (2003) dir. Jeff Bleckner	The Music Man (1962) dir. Morton DaCosta
Murder on the Orient Express (2001) dir. Carl Schenkel	Murder on the Orient Express (1974) dir. Sidney Lumet
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) dir. Frank Lloyd	In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) Based on the 1932 novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916)
My Fair Lady (1964) dir. George Cukor	Pygmalion (1938) dir. Gabriel Pascal Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw
My Man Godfrey (1957) dir. Henry Koster	My Man Godfrey (1936) dir. Gregory LaCava
My Old Man (1979)	Under My Skin (1950) dir. Jean Negulesco Based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway
My Sassy Girl (2007) dir. Yann Samuell	Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (2001) dir. Jae-young Kwak
My Sister Eileen (1955) dir. Richard Quine	My Sister Eileen (1942) dir. Alexander Hall
Mysterious Island (2005) dir. Russell Mulcahy	Mysterious Island (1951) dir. Spencer Gordon Bennet The Mysterious Island (1929) dir. Lucien Hubbard

See also

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