List of film remakes (A–M)
This is a list of film remakes. Excluded are films 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.
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This list is ordered by the title of the original film, inasmuch as there can be multiple remakes.
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- Note: Original films where the leading number is spelled out are listed by letter, not number.
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Ghosts (1960) | Thirteen Ghosts (2001) | |
| 13 Tzameti (2005) | 13 (2010) | |
| 3 Idiots (2009) | Nanban (2012) 3 Idiotas (2017) |
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| 3:10 to Yuma (1957) | 3:10 to Yuma (2007) | |
| 36 Hours (1965) | Breaking Point (1989) | |
| The 39 Steps (1935) | The 39 Steps (1959) | |
| 7th Heaven (1927) | Seventh Heaven (1937) |
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| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| D.O.A. (1950) | D.O.A. (1988) | |
| Dark Victory (1939) | Stolen Hours (1963) | |
| Dark Water (2002) | Dark Water (2005) | |
| Dawn of the Dead (1978) | Dawn of the Dead (2004) | |
| The Dawn Patrol (1930) | The Dawn Patrol (1938) | |
| Day of the Dead (1985) | Day of the Dead (2008) | |
| The Day of the Jackal (1973) | The Jackal (1997) | |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | |
| Death at a Funeral (2007) | Death at a Funeral (2010) | |
| Death Game (1977) | Knock Knock (2015) | |
| Death Race 2000 (1975) | Death Race (2008) | Though referred to as a remake of Death Race 2000 in reviews and marketing materials, director Paul W. S. Anderson stated in the DVD commentary that he thought of the film as something of a prequel. |
| Death Takes a Holiday (1934) | Meet Joe Black (1998) | |
| Death Wish (1974) | Death Wish (2018) | |
| The Debt (2007) | The Debt (2010) | |
| The Defiant Ones (1958) | The Defiant Ones (1986) | |
| The Desperate Hours (1955) | Desperate Hours (1990) | |
| Destry Rides Again (1939) | Frenchie (1950) Destry (1954) |
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| Le Deuxième Souffle (1966) | The Second Wind (2007) | |
| Les Diaboliques (1955) | Diabolique (1996) | |
| Dial M for Murder (1954) | A Perfect Murder (1998) | |
| Diversion (1980) | Fatal Attraction (1987) | |
| Don (1978) | Yugandhar (1979) Billa (1980) Shobhraj (1986) Don (2006) Billa (2007) |
Billa (2007) was also remade as Billa (2009). |
| Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) | Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) | |
| Don't Look Up (1996) | Ghost Theater (2015) | |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) | |
| Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) | Dr. M (1990) | |
| Dumbo (1941) | Dumbo (2019) | The latter film was a live-action remake of the animated original. |
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| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) | Tortilla Soup (2001) | |
| L'emmerdeur (1973) | Buddy Buddy (1981) | |
| 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
G
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) | Guess Who (2005) | |
| Gunga Din (1939) | Sergeants 3 (1962) | |
| A Guy Named Joe (1943) | Always (1989) |
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J
| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Jazz Singer (1927) | The Jazz Singer (1952) | |
| 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) | |
| The Jungle Book (1967) | Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) The Jungle Book (2016) |
The original was animated, the 1994 film a live-action remake, and the 2016 movie a live-action/CGI version. |
| The Jungle Book (1942) | The Jungle Book (1967) | The original was actually a 1942 film found here: [1] |
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| 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) King Kong (2005) |
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| Kiss of Death (1947) | Kiss of Death (1995) The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) |
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| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lady and the Tramp (1955) | Lady and the Tramp (2019) | The later 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) | |
| Let The Right One In (2008) | Let Me In (2010) | The original Swedish film was remade as an American-British production. |
| The Letter (1940) | The Unfaithful (1947) | |
| De Lift (1983) | Down (2001) | |
| The Lion King (1994) | The Lion King (2019) | The second film is a photorealistic, computer-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) | |
| Little Miss Marker (1934) | Sorrowful Jones (1949) Little Miss Marker (1980) |
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| 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".[2] |
| 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 made-for-television movie. |
| 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) |
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| Original | Remake(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | Both were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. |
| 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. |
| 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) | |
| Mighty Joe Young (1949) | Mighty Joe Young (1998) | |
| 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) | |
| The Mummy (1932) | The Mummy (1999) | |
| 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. |
| 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) |
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| My Man Godfrey (1936) | My Man Godfrey (1957) | |
| My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) | Dead of Winter (1987) | |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) | House of Wax (1953) | The 1953 film was itself remade as House of Wax (2005). |
| Super Mario Bros (1993) | Untitled Mario remake film (2022) | Based on the video game franchise by Nintendo |
References
- "Mark of the Vampire (1935)". American Film Institute.
See also
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