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)

Z