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.
0–9[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
A[edit]
B[edit]
C[edit]
D[edit]
E[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) | Tortilla Soup (2001) | |
| Edge of Darkness (mini series) (1985) | Edge of Darkness (2010) | |
| 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 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) |
F[edit]
G[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Gambit (1966) | Gambit (2012) | |
| The Gambler (1974) | The Gambler (2014) | |
| Garde à Vue (1981) | Under Suspicion (2000) | |
| Gaslight (1940) | Gaslight (1944) | |
| The General (1926) | A Southern Yankee (1948) | |
| Get Carter (1971) | Get Carter (2000) | |
| Gloria (1980) | Gloria (1999) | |
| The Godfather (1972–90) | Godfather (2007) | |
| Going in Style (1979) | Going in Style (2017) | |
| The Golden Chance (1915) | Forbidden Fruit (1921) | |
| Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) | Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) | |
| The Good Companions (1933) | The Good Companions (1957) | |
| The Goodbye Girl (1977) | The Goodbye Girl (2004) | |
| The Grand Highway (1987) | Paradise (1991) | |
| The Great Train Robbery (1941) | The Last Bandit (1949) South Pacific Trail (1952) |
|
| Griffin and Phoenix (1976) | Griffin & Phoenix (2006) | |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) | Guess Who (2005) | |
| The Guilty (2018) | The Guilty (2021) | The 2021 film is a direct-to-streaming English language remake of the Danish film. |
| Gunga Din (1939) | Sergeants 3 (1962) | |
| A Guy Named Joe (1943) | Always (1989) |
H[edit]
I[edit]
J[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Jazz Singer (1927) | The Jazz Singer (1952) The Jazz Singer (1980) |
|
| Joe Smith, American (1942) | The Big Operator (1959) | |
| Le Jouet (1976) | The Toy (1982) | |
| Le Jour se lève (1939) | The Long Night (1947) | |
| Journey into Fear (1943) | Journey into Fear (1975) | |
| Judge Dredd (1995) | Dredd (2012)| | |
| The Jungle Book (1967) | The Jungle Book (2016) | The latter film is a live-action/CGI remake of the animated original. |
K[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kaakha Kaakha (2003) | Gharshana (2004) | Gharshana is an Indian Telugu-language version of the Tamil film. |
| The Karate Kid (1984) | The Karate Kid (2010) | |
| 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. |
L[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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) The Loft (2014) |
Erik Van Looy directed both the 2008 and 2014 films. |
| 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] |
| The Longest Yard (1974) | Mean Machine (2001) The Longest Yard (2005) |
The first remake substitutes association football for American football. |
| The Long, Hot Summer (1958) | The Long Hot Summer (1985) | The remake is a television film. |
| Lost Horizon (1937) | Lost Horizon (1973) | The musical remake was a critical and box office disaster. |
| Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes) (1994) | EDtv (1999) | |
| Love Affair (1939) | An Affair to Remember (1957) Love Affair (1994) |
|
| Love Is News (1937) | That Wonderful Urge (1948) |
M[edit]
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| The Magnificent Seven (1960) | Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) The Magnificent Seven (2016) |
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 Major and the Minor (1942) | You're Never Too Young (1955) | |
| A Man Called Ove aka En man som heter Ove (2015) | A Man Called Otto (2022) | Both 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) Chandramukhi (2005) Rajmohol (2005) Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) |
The 1993 Malayalam film was remade in other Indian languages: Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Hindi, respectively. |
| 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) | |
| 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) Miracle on 34th Street (1994) |
The 1973 film is a made-for-television movie. |
| The Miracle Man (1919) | The Miracle Man (1932) | |
| Miss Granny (2014) | 20 Once Again (2015) Sweet 20 (2015) |
The remakes are Chinese and Vietnamese versions of the South Korean original. |
| 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 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) Vasool Raja M.B.B.S. (2004) Uppi Dada MBBS (2006) Dr. Nawariyan (2017) |
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. |
| 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 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 (unfinished) (1962) Move Over, Darling (1963) |
|
| My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) | My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) | |
| My Man Godfrey (1936) | My Man Godfrey (1957) | |
| My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) | Dead of Winter (1987) | |
| 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.