Lists of film remakes

This is a list of film remakes:

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• 101 Dalmatians (Stephen Herek; U.S., 1996) (original film: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Clyde Geronimi, et al; U.S., 1961), based on the novel by Dodie Smith)

A

• Alamo (John Lee Hancock) (original film: The Alamo 1960(John Wayne; U.S.,)
• Alfie (2004 dir. Charles Shyer) Alfie (1966 dir. Lewis Gilbert)
• The Amityville Horror (Andrew Douglas; U.S., 2005) (original film: The Amityville Horror (Stuart Rosenberg; U.S., 1979), based on the novel by Jay Anson)
• Angels in the Outfield (William Dear; U.S., 1994) (original film: Angels in the Outfield (Clarence Brown; U.S., 1951)
• Anna and the King (Andy Tennant; U.S., 1999) (previous film, The King and I (Richard Rich; U.S., 1982), (previous film The King and I (Walter Lang; U.S., 1956), (original film Anna and the King of Siam (John Cromwell; U.S., 1946), 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 (Rob Marshall; U.S., 1999) (original film, Annie (John Huston; U.S., 1982), 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
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) (2004 dir. Frank Coraci), previous films "Around the World In Eighty Days" (1989 made-for-TV film dir. Buzz Kulik) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film) (1956 dir. Michael Anderson)
• Assault on Precinct 13 (Jean-François Richet; U.S./France, 2005) (original film Assault on Precinct 13 by John Carpenter; U.S., 1976)

B

• Bad News Bears (2005 dir. Richard Linklater) Bad News Bears (1976 dir. Michael Ritchie)
• Bedazzled (2000 dir. Harold Ramis) Bedazzled (1967 dir. Stanley Donen)
• Ben-Hur (William Wyler; U.S., 1959) (previous film: Ben-Hur (Fred Niblo, U.S. 1925) (original film: Ben-Hur (Sidney Olcott; U.S., 1907))
• The Birdcage (Mike Nichols; U.S., 1996) (original film: La Cage aux Folles (Edouard Molinaro; France, 1979))
• Body Snatchers (Abel Ferrara; U.S., 1993) (original film: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel ; U.S., 1956), Invasion of the body snatchers (Philip Kaufman; U.S., 1978) is the first remake. The original story is based on the book by Jack Finney)(1954)
• Big Bounce (2004 dir. George Armitage) (1969 dir. Alex March)
• Breathless (1983 dir. Jim McBride) (1960 dir. Jean-Luc Goddard)
• Brief Encounter (Alan Bridges; U.S., 1974) (original film: Brief Encounter (David Lean; UK, 1945), based on the short play "Still Life" by Noel Coward)
• Bucket Of Blood (1995 dir. Michael McDonald) Bucket Of Blood (1959 dir Roger Corman)

C

• Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (2005 dir. David Lee Fisher) Cabinet Of Caligari (1962 dir. Roger Kay) Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (1920 dir. Robert Wiene)
• Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese; U.S., 1991) (original film: Cape Fear by J. Lee Thompson; U.S., 1962)
• Carnival Of Souls (1998 dir. Adam Grossman, Ian Kessner) Carnival Of Souls (1962 dir. Herk Harvey)
• Chaos (Coline Serreau, 2007) (original film: Chaos (Coline Serreau, France, 2001)
• Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (2005 dir. Tim Burton), original film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971 dir. Mel Stuart)
• Chicago (2002 film) (Rob Marshall; U.S., 2002), based on the musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb (original film: Roxie Hart (William Wellman; U.S., 1942)
• Cry The Beloved Country (1995 dir. Darrell Roodt) Cry The Beloved Country (1951 dir. Zoltan Korda)

D

• Dawn of the Dead (Zach Synder; U.S., 2004) (original film: Dawn of the Dead; (George A. Romero; U.S., 1978)
• Diabolique (Jeremiah S. Chechik; U.S., 1996) (original film: Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1955) from the novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac)
• Die xue shuang xiong (John Woo; Hong Kong, 1989) (original film: Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville; France, 1967)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz; U.S., 1988) (original film: Bedtime Story (Ralph Levy; U.S., 1964))
• Doctor Dolittle (Betty Thomas; U.S., 1998) (original film: Doctor Dolittle (Richard Fleischer; U.S., 1967), based on the novels by Hugh Lofting)
• Down to Earth, remake of Heaven Can Wait
• Dune (2000 dir. John Harrison) Dune (1984 dir. David Lynch)

E

• The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan; UK, 1999) (original film: The End of the Affair (Edward Dmytryk; U.S., 1955))

F

• A Farewell to Arms (Charles Vidor; U.S., 1957) (original film: A Farewell to Arms (Frank Borzage; U.S., 1932), based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway)
• Father of the Bride (Charles Shyer; U.S., 1991) (original film: Father of the Bride (Vincente Minnelli; U.S., 1950), based on the novel by Edward Streeter)
• A Fistful of Dollars/Per un pugno di dollari (Sergio Leone; Italy, 1964) (original film: Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa; Japan, 1961))
• Flight Of The Phoenix (2004 dir. John Moore) Flight Of The Phoenix (1965 Robert Aldrich)
• Flubber (Les Mayfield; U.S., 1997) (original film: The Absent-Minded Professor (Robert Stevenson; U.S., 1961)
• The Fog (Rupert Wainwright; U.S. 2005) (original film: The Fog John Carpenter; U.S., 1980)
• Freaky Friday (Mark Waters; U.S., 2003) Freaky Friday (TV, Melanie Mayron 1995) (remake) (original film: Freaky Friday (Gary Nelson; U.S., 1976), based on the novel by Mary Rodgers)
• The Front Page (Billy Wilder; U.S., 1974) (previous film: His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, U.S., 1940)) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; U.S., 1931), 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)

G

• Get Carter (Stephen Kay; U.S., 2000) (original film: Get Carter (Mike Hodges; UK, 1971))
• Goodbye Mr. Chips (Herbert Ross; U.S., 1969) (original film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Sam Wood' U.S., 1939}
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (Dominic Sena; U.S., 2000) (original film: Gone in 60 Seconds (H.B. Halicki; U.S., 1974))
• Gypsy (Emile Ardolino; U.S., 1993) (original film: Gypsy (Mervyn LeRoy, U.S., 1962), based on the stage musical by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim)

H

• Harvey (1998 dir. George Schaefer) (1950 dir. Henry Koster)
• The Haunting (Jan de Bont; U.S., 1999) (original film: The Haunting (Robert Wise; U.S., 1963), based on the novel by Shirley Jackson)
• Heat (Michael Mann; U.S., 1995) (original film: L.A. Takedown (Michael Mann; U.S. 1989, T.V. movie)
• Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly; U.S., 1969), turned into a musical film from the Jerry Herman stage show (original film: The Matchmaker (Joseph Anthony; U.S., 1958), from the play by Thornton Wilder)
• Henry V (Kenneth Branagh; UK, 1989) (original film: The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with his Battell at Agincourt in France (Laurence Olivier; UK, 1944), from the play by William Shakespeare)
• High Society (Charles Walters; U.S., 1956), turned into a musical film (original film: The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor; U.S., 1940), from the play by Philip Barry)
• Hills Have Eyes (2006 dir. Alexandre Aja) (1977 dir. Wes Craven)
• His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks; U.S., 1940) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; U.S., 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)
• Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (2005 dir. Garth Jennings) Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (1981 dir. Alan J.W. Bell)
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (Duwayne Dunham; U.S., 1993) (original film: The Incredible Journey (Fletcher Markle; U.S., 1963), based on the novel by Sheila Burnford)
• House On Haunted Hill (1999 dir. William Castle) House On Haunted Hill (1959 dir. William Castle)
• House Of Wax (2005 dir. Jaume Collet-Serra) House Of Wax (1953 dir. André De Toth)

I

• The Importance of Being Earnest (Oliver Parker; U.S./UK/France 2002) (previous film: The Importance of Being Earnest (Kurt Baker, U.S., 1992), (previous film: The Importance of Being Earnest (Anthony Asquith; UK, 1952) from the play by Oscar Wilde)
• In Cold Blood (1996 dir. Jonathan Kaplan); original film: In Cold Blood (1967 dir. Richard Brooks)
• Insomnia (Christopher Nolan; U.S., 2002) (previous film: Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway, 1997)
• The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray; U.S., 2003) (original film: The Italian Job (Peter Collinson; UK, 1969)

J

• The Jackal (Michael Caton-Jones; U.S., 1997) (original film: The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann; UK/France, 1973) based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth)
• The Jazz Singer (Richard Fleischer; U.S., 1980) (original film: The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland; U.S., 1927), based on the play by Samson Raphaelson)

K

• King Kong (Peter Jackson; U.S., 2005) King Kong (John Guillermin; U.S., 1976) (original film: King Kong (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack; U.S., 1933)

L

• The Ladykillers (The Coen Brothers; U.S., 2004) (original film: The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick; UK, 1955)
• Lady Vanishes (1979 dir. Lady Vanishes) Lady Vanishes (1938 dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
• Last House On The Left (1972 dir. Wes Craven)/Virgin Spring (1960 dir. Ingmar Bergman)
• Lifepod (1993 dir. Ron Silver)/Lifeboat (1944 dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986 dir. Frank Oz) The Little Shop of Horrors (1960 dir. Roger Corman)
• Lion in Winter (2003 dir. Andrei Konchalovsky) (1968 dir. Anthony Harvey)
• Lolita (Adrian Lyne; U.S., 1996) (original film: Lolita (Stanley Kubrick; UK 1962). (Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov).
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers (Peter Jackson; 2001/2002) (original film: The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi; US 1978). (Based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien).

M

• The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges; U.S., 1960) (original film: Shichinin no samurai (Akira Kurosawa; Japan, 1954)
• The Maltese Falcon (John Huston; U.S., 1941) (original film: The Maltese Falcon (Roy Del Ruth; U.S., 1931), based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett)
• Mame (Gene Saks; U.S. 1974}, adapted from a Jerry Herman stage musical (original film Auntie Mame (Morton Da Costa; U.S., 1958, based on the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, which in turn came from the book Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
• A Man for All Seasons (Charlton Heston; U.S., 1988) (original film: A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann; UK, 1966, based on the play by Robert Bolt)
• Man on Fire (Tony Scott; U.S., 2004) (original film: Man on Fire (Elie Chouraqui; U.S., 1987, based on a novel by A. J. Quinnell)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock) remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much also (Alfred Hitchcock)
• The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme; U.S., 2004) (original film: The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer; U.S., 1962)
• Meet Joe Black (Martin Brest; U.S., 1998) (original film: Death Takes a Holiday (Mitchell Leisen; U.S., 1934), based on the play by Alberto Casella)
• Mighty Joe Young (1998 dir. Ron Underwood) Mighty Joe Young (1949 dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack)
• Miracle on 34th Street (Les Mayfield; U.S., 1994) (original film: Miracle on 34th Street (George Seaton; U.S., 1947)
• Moby Dick (1998 dir. Franc Roddam) Moby Dick (1956 dir. John Huston)
• Move Over, Darling (Michael Gordon; U.S., 1963) (original film: My Favorite Wife (Garson Kanin; U.S., 1940)
• Mr. Deeds (Steven Brill; U.S., 2002) (original film: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra; U.S., 1936)
• My Fair Lady (George Cukor; U.S., 1964) adapted from the Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner stage musical (original film Pygmalion (Gabriel Pascal;, UK, 1938, based on the play by George Bernard Shaw)
• The Mummy (Stephen Sommers; U.S., 1999) (original film: The Mummy (Karl Freund; U.S., 1932)
• Munich (2005 dir. Steven Speilberg) Sword of Gideon (1986 dir. Michael Anderson) Book Revenge by George Jonas

N

• Ned Kelly (2003 dir. Gregor Jordan) Ned Kelly (1970 dir. Tony Richardson)
• Never Say Never Again, (Irvin Kershner; UK, 1983) (original film: Thunderball (Terence Young; UK, 1965, based on the Ian Fleming novel)
• Night Of The Hunter (1991 dir. David Greene) Night Of The Hunter (1955 dir. Charles Laughton)
• Night Of The Living Dead (1990 dir. Tom Savini) Night Of The Living Dead (1968 dir. George Romero)
• Nightwatch, (Ole Bornedal; U.S., 1997) (original film: Nattevagten (Ole Bornedal; DK, 1994))
• No Way Out (Roger Donaldson; U.S., 1987) (original film: The Big Clock (John Farrow; U.S., 1948), a film noir based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing)
• The Nutty Professor (Tom Shadyac; U.S., 1996) (original film: The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis; U.S., 1963)

O

• Ocean's Eleven (Steven Soderbergh; U.S., 2001) (original film: Ocean's Eleven (Lewis Milestone; U.S., 1960))

P

• The Parent Trap (Nancy Meyers; U.S., 1998) (original film: The Parent Trap (David Swift; U.S., 1961)
• Payback (Brian Helgeland; U.S., 1999), also Xia dao Gao Fei (Ringo Lam; HongKong, 1993) (original film: Point Blank (John Boorman; U.S., 1967)
• A Perfect Murder (Andrew Davis; U.S., 1998) (original film: Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock; U.S., 1954), based on the stage thriller by Frederick Knott)
• The Pink Panther (Shawn Levy; U.S., 2006) (original film: The Pink Panther (Blake Edwards; U.S., 1963)
• Planet of the Apes (Tim Burton; U.S., 2001) (original film: Planet of the Apes (Franklin Schaffner; U.S., 1968), based on the novel by Pierre Boulle)
• Point of No Return (John Badham; U.S., 1993) (original film: Nikita (Luc Besson; France, 1990))
• The Preacher's Wife (Penny Marshall; U.S., 1996) (original film: The Bishop's Wife (Henry Koster; U.S., 1947))
• The Producers (Susan Stroman; U.S., 2005) (original film: The Producers (Mel Brooks; U.S., 1968))
• Psycho (Gus Van Sant; U.S., 1998) (original film: Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock; U.S., 1960), based on the novel by Robert Bloch)

R

• Rear Window (Jeff Bleckner; U.S., 1998) (original film: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock; U.S., 1954), based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich)
• Red Dragon (Brett Ratner, U.S., 2002) (original film: Manhunter (Michael Mann), U.S., 1986, based on the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris)
• The Ring (Gore Verbinski; U.S., 2002) (original film: Ringu (Hideo Nakata; Japan, 1998)
• Rollerball (John McTiernan; U.S., 2002) (original film: Rollerball (Norman Jewison; U.S., 1975))

S

• Sabrina (Sydney Pollack; U.S., 1995) (original film: Sabrina (Billy Wilder; U.S., 1954))
• Scarface (Brian De Palma; U.S., 1983) (original film: Scarface, Howard Hawks; U.S., 1932)
• Show Boat (film) (George Sidney; U.S., 1951) (previous films: Show Boat (1936 film), James Whale; U.S, 1936, and Show Boat (1929 film), Harry Pollard; U.S. 1929. The 1929 version is based directly on Edna Ferber's novel; the later versions are based on the Broadway musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II which was adapted from the novel)
• Solaris (Steven Soderbergh; U.S., 2002) (original film: Solyaris (Andrei Tarkovsky; USSR, 1972))
• Sommersby (Jon Amiel; U.S., 1993) (original film: Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre) (Daniel Vigne; France, 1982))
• Sorcerer (William Friedkin; U.S., 1977) (original film: Le Salaire de la Peur (Henri-Georges Clouzot; France, 1953))
• Stagecoach (Gordon Douglas; U.S., 1966) (original film: Stagecoach (John Ford; U.S., 1939), based on the short story "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox)
• A Star Is Born (Frank R. Pierson; U.S., 1976) (previous film: A Star Is Born (George Cukor, U.S. 1954) (original film: A Star Is Born (William A. Wellman; U.S., 1937))
• State Fair (José Ferrer; U.S., 1962) (previous film: State Fair (Walter Lang; U.S., 1945)), turned into a musical film (original film: State Fair (Henry King; U.S., 1933))
• The Stepford Wives (Frank Oz; U.S., 2004) (original film: The Stepford Wives (Bryan Forbes; U.S., 1975))
• Swept Away (Guy Ritchie; U.S., 2002) (original film: Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Lina Wertmüller; Italy, 1974))

T

• Taxi (Tim Story; U.S., 2004) (original film: Taxi (Gérard Pirès; France, 1996)
• The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. Demille; U.S., 1956) (original film: The Ten Commandments (Cecile B. Demille; U.S., 1923))
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Marcus Nispel; U.S., 2003) (original film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper; U.S., 1974))
• The Thing (John Carpenter; U.S., 1982) (original film: The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby and Howard Hawks); U.S., 1951)
• The Thirty-Nine Steps (Don Sharp; UK, 1978) (previous film: The 39 Steps (Ralph Thomas; UK, 1959)), (original film: The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock; UK, 1935) based on the novel by John Buchan)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (John McTiernan; U.S., 1999) (original film: The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison; U.S., 1968))
• The Truth About Charlie (Jonathan Demme; U.S., 2002) (original film: Charade (Stanley Donen; U.S., 1963))
• 12 Angry Men (William Friedkin; U.S., 1997) (original film 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet); U.S., 1957))

V

• Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe; U.S., 2001) (original film Abre Los Ojos (Alejandro Amenábar); Spain, 1997)
• Village of the Damned (John Carpenter; U.S., 1995) (original film: Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla; UK, 1960), based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham)

W

• Waterloo Bridge (Mervyn LeRoy; U.S., 1940) (original film:Waterloo Bridge; U.S. 1931)
• When a Stranger Calls (Simon West; U.S., 2006) (original film: When a Stranger Calls; Fred Walton; U.S., 1979))
• The Winslow Boy (David Mamet; U.S./UK, 1999), original film 1948, UK (Anthony Asquith).
• The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming; U.S., 1939), remake of Wizard of Oz.

Y

• Yours, Mine and Ours, 1968 film and 2005 remake.
• You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron; U.S., 1998) (original film: The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch; U.S., 1940), based on the play by Miklós László)