List of film remakes

This is a list of film remakes:

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• The Amityville Horror (Andrew Douglas; US, 2005) (original film: The Amityville Horror (Stuart Rosenberg; US, 1979), based on the novel by Jay Anson)
• Ben-Hur (William Wyler; US, 1959) (original film: Ben-Hur (Sidney Olcott; US, 1907))
• The Birdcage (Mike Nichols; US, 1996) (original film: La Cage aux Folles (Edouard Molinaro; France, 1979))
• Brief Encounter (Alan Bridges; US, 1974) (original film: Brief Encounter (David Lean; UK, 1945), based on the short play "Still Life" by Noel Coward)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton; US, 2005) (original film: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart; US, 1971), based on the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl)
• Dawn of the Dead (Zach Synder; US, 2004) (original film: Dawn of the Dead; (George A. Romero; US, 1978)
• Diabolique (Jeremiah S. Chechik; US, 1996) (original film: Diabolique/Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1955) from the novel by Pierre Boileau)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz; US, 1988) (original film: Bedtime Story (Ralph Levy; US, 1964))
• The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan; UK, 1999) (original film: The End of the Affair (Edward Dmytryk; US, 1955))
• A Farewell to Arms (Charles Vidor; US, 1957) (original film: A Farewell to Arms (Frank Borzage; US, 1932), based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway)
• A Fistful of Dollars/Per un pugno di dollari (Sergio Leone; Italy, 1964) (original film: Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa; Japan, 1961))
• The Front Page (Billy Wilder; US, 1974) (previous film: His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, US, 1940)) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; US, 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)
• Get Carter (Stephen Kay; US, 2000) (original film: Get Carter (Mike Hodges; UK, 1971))
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (Dominic Sena; US, 2000) (original film: Gone in 60 Seconds (H.B. Halicki; US, 1974))
• Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly; US, 1969), turned into a musical film (original film: The Matchmaker (Joseph Anthony; US, 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; US, 1956), turned into a musical film (original film: The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor; US, 1940), from the play by Philip Barry)
• His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks; US, 1940) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; US, 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (Oliver Parker; US/UK/France 2002) (previous film: The Importance of Being Earnest (Kurt Baker, US, 1992)), (previous film: The Importance of Being Earnest (Anthony Asquith; UK, 1952) from the play by Oscar Wilde)
• The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray; US, 2003) (original film: The Italian Job (Peter Collinson; UK, 1969)
• The Jackal (Michael Caton-Jones; US, 1997) (original film: The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann; UK/France, 1973) based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth)
• The Ladykillers (The Coen Brothers; US, 2004) (original film: The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick; UK, 1955)
• Lolita (Adrian Lyne; US, 1996) (original film: Lolita (Stanley Kubrick; UK 1962). (Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov).
• The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges; US, 1960) (original film: Shichinin no samurai (Akira Kurosawa; Japan, 1954)
• The Maltese Falcon (John Huston; US, 1941) (original film: The Maltese Falcon (Roy Del Ruth; US, 1931), based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett)
• A Man for All Seasons (Charlton Heston; US, 1988) (original film: A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann; UK, 1966, based on the play by Robert Bolt)
• The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme; US, 2004) (original film: The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer; US, 1962)
• Move Over, Darling (Michael Gordon; US, 1963) (original film: My Favorite Wife (Garson Kanin; US, 1940)
• Never Say Never Again, (Irvin Kershner; UK, 1983) (original film: Thunderball (Terence Young; UK, 1965, based on the Ian Fleming novel)
• Nightwatch, (Ole Bornedal; US, 1997) (original film: Nattevagten (Ole Bornedal; DK, 1994))
• No Way Out (Roger Donaldson; US, 1987) (original film: The Big Clock (John Farrow; US, 1948), a film noir based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing)
• Ocean's Eleven (Steven Soderbergh; US, 2001) (original filem: Ocean's Eleven (Lewis Milestone; US, 1960))
• The Parent Trap (Nancy Meyers; US, 1998) (original film: The Parent Trap (David Swift; US, 1961)
• A Perfect Murder (Andrew Davis; US, 1998) (original film: Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock; US, 1954), based on the stage thriller by Frederick Knott)
• Point of No Return (John Badham; US, 1993) (original film: Nikita (Luc Besson; France, 1990))
• The Preacher's Wife (Penny Marshall; US, 1996) (original film: The Bishop's Wife (Henry Koster; US, 1947))
• Psycho (Gus Van Sant; US, 1998) (original film: Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock; US, 1960), based on the novel by Robert Bloch)
• Rear Window (Jeff Bleckner; US, 1998) (original film: Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock; US, 1954), based on the short story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich)
• Red Dragon (Brett Ratner, US, 2002) (original film: Manhunter, based on the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris)
• Rollerball (John McTiernan; US, 2002) (original film: Rollerball (Norman Jewison; US, 1975))
• Sabrina (Sydney Pollack; US, 1995) (original film: Sabrina (Billy Wilder; US, 1954))
• Solaris (Steven Soderbergh; US, 2002) (original film: Solyaris (Andrei Tarkovsky; USSR, 1972))
• Sommersby (Jon Amiel; US, 1993) (original film: Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre) (Daniel Vigne; France, 1982))
• Sorcerer (William Friedkin; US, 1977) (original film: Le Salaire de la Peur (Henri-Georges Clouzot; France, 1953))
• Stagecoach (Gordon Douglas; US, 1966) (original film: Stagecoach (John Ford; US, 1939), based on the short story "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox)
• A Star is Born 1954 and 1976
• State Fair (José Ferrer; US, 1962) (previous film: State Fair (Walter Lang; US, 1945)), turned into a musical film (original film: State Fair (Henry King; US, 1933))
• The Stepford Wives (Frank Oz; US, 2004) (original film: The Stepford Wives (Bryan Forbes; US, 1975))
• Swept Away (Guy Ritchie; US, 2002) (original film: Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Lina Wertmüller; Italy, 1974))
• Taxi (Tim Story; US, 2004) (original film: Taxi (Gérard Pirès; France, 1996)
• The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. Demille; US, 1956) (original film: The Ten Commandments (Cecile B. Demille; US, 1923))
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Marcus Nispel; US, 2003) (original film: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper; US, 1974))
• The Thirty-Nine Steps (Don Sharp; UK, 1978) (previous film: The Thirty-Nine 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; US, 1999) (original film: The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison; US, 1968))
• The Truth About Charlie (Jonathan Demme; US, 2002) (original film: Charade (Stanley Donen; US, 1963))
• 12 Angry Men (William Friedkin; US, 1997) (original film 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet); US, 1957))
• Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe; US, 2001) (original film Abre Los Ojos (Alejandro Amenábar); Spain, 1997)
• Village of the Damned (John Carpenter; US, 1995) (original film: Village of the Damned (Wolf Rilla; UK, 1960), based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham)
• The Winslow Boy (David Mamet; US/UK, 1999), original film 1948, UK (Anthony Asquith).
• Yours, Mine and Ours, upcoming remake scheduled to be released in November,2005