Feature Films Based On: Films: Foreign-Language
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Fri, 02/23/2001 - 02:29
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- À Bout de Souffle (1960) (aka Breathless) remade as Breathless (1983)
- Boudu Sauvé des Eaux (1932) remade as Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
- Les Choses de la Vie (1969) remade as Intersection (1994)
- Les Compères (1983) remade as Fathers' Day (1997)
- Cousin, Cousine (1975) remade as Cousins (1989)
- La Cage aux Folles (1978) remade as The Birdcage (1996)
- Les Diaboliques (1955) remade as Diabolique (1996)
- Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956) remade as And God Created Woman (1988)
- La Femme Infidèle (1969) remade as Unfaithful (2002)
- Les Fugitifs (1986) remade as Three Fugitives (1989)
- Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire (1972) (aka The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) remade as The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
- Le Grand chemin (1987) remade as Paradise (1991)
- Der Himmel Uber Berlin (1987) remade as City of Angels (1998)
- Un Indien Dans la Ville (1994) remade as Jungle2Jungle (1997)
- La Jetée (1962) remade as Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- Jules et Jim (1961) remade as Willie and Phil (1980)
- Mortelle Randonnée (1983) remade as Eye of the Beholder (1999)
- Mortelle randonnée (1983) remade as Eye of the Beholder (1999)
- Nattevagten (1994) remade as Nightwatch (1998)
- Nikita (1990) (aka La Femme Nikita) remade as Black Cat (1991)
- Nikita (1990) (aka La Femme Nikita) remade as Point of No Return (1993)
- Orlacs Hände (1924) remade as Body Parts (1991)
- Pépé le Moko (1937) remade as Algiers (1938)
- Profumo di Donna (1974) remade as Scent of a Woman (1992)
- Rashomon (1950) remade as The Outrage (1964)
- La Règle du Jeu (1939) remade as Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
- Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1982) remade as Sommersby (1993)
- Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) remade as Violent Road (1958)
- Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) remade as Sorcerer (1977)
- Shichinin no Samurai (1954) remade as The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- Spoorloos (1988) remade as The Vanishing (1993)
- La Totale! (1991) remade as True Lies (1994)
- Trois Hommes et un Couffin (1985) (aka Three Men and a Cradle) remade as Three Men and a Baby (1987)
- La Vie continue (1981) remade as Men Don't Leave (1990)
- Yojimbo (1961) remade as Last Man Standing (1996)
- Yojimbo (1961) remade as The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
- 2000
- Passion of Mind (2000) remake of La Double Vie de Véronique (1991)
- 2001
- Just Visiting (2001) remake of Les Visiteurs (1993)
- Original Sin (2001) remake of La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)
- The Pledge (2001) remake of Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958)
- Tortilla Soup (2001) remake of Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
- Vanilla Sky (2001) remake of Abre Los Ojos (1997)
- 2002
- Insomnia (2002) remake of Insomnia (1997)
- Swept Away (2002) remake of Swept Away (1974)
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002) remake of Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
- 2003
- Chaos (2003) remake of Kaosu (1999)
- 2004
- Criminal (2004) remake of Nine Queens (2000)
- Dark Water (2004) remake of Dark Water (2002)
- My Wife Is A Gangster (2004) remake of My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)
- Shall We Dance? (2004) remake of Shall We Dance (1996)
- Taxi (2004) remake of Taxi (1998)
- Wicker Park (2004) remake of L'Appartement (1996)
- 2005
- The Grudge (2005) remake of Ju-On (2000)
- The Departed (2005) remake of Infernal Affairs (2002)
- Naina (2005) remake of The Eye (2002)
- The Ring (2002) remake of The Ring (1998)
- 2006
- The Lake House (2006) remake of Il Mare (2000)
- Pulse (2006) remake of Pulse (2001)
- 2007
- The Eye (2007) remake of Gin gwai (2002)
- Funny Games U.S. (2007, Michael Haneke) remake of Funny Games (1997, Michael Haneke)
- Mostly Martha (2007) remake of Bella Martha (2001)
- 2008
- Bangkok Dangerous (2008) remake of Bangkok Dangerous (1999)
- Brothers (2008) remake of Brødre (2004)
- Mirrors (2008) remake of Into the Mirror (2003)
- My Sassy Girl (2008) remake of My Sassy Girl (2001)
- One Missed Call (2008, Eric Valette) version of One Missed Call (2003, Takashi Miike)
- Quarantine (2008) remake of [Rec] (2007)
- Shutter (2008) remake of Shutter (2004)
- 2009
- Be with You (2009) remake of Be With You (2004)
- Dinner for Schmucks (2009) remake of The Dinner Game (1998)
- The Uninvited (2009) remake of A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Author Comments:
This is a list of films that are in a foreign language (non-English) that were remade in another language (usually English). I was just curious to know how many of these films there were.
Another foreign movie remake was True Lies, although I can't remember the name of the original French movie.
Thanks, Sebreg. The film was La Totale! (1991)
Dan, I just found this list; thanks for posting it. There are several titles I was unaware of as being remakes of foreign films. Have you noticed that the remakes of good films are usually also good, which indicates to me that a good script is a large part of a good film (although I think several of these - not sure which - were scene-for-scene remakes and so borrowed from the original director, not just the screenwriter).
Hi, Bertie! In fact I have not noticed that the remakes of good films are usually good. But then I've not even come close to seeing all of the films on the list. Of what I have seen...
Point of No Return was NOT as good as La Femme Nikita
City of Angels was NOT as good as Der Himmel Uber Berlin
The Vanishing was NOT as good as Spoorloos
All of this could stem from the fact that in each case I saw the original before I saw the remake but who knows for sure...
Damn! Shot down in flames again. I'm having no luck at all at this list. I'll go back to admiring it from afar :-D
You can also make the argument that "Desperado", starring Antonio Banderas, was a "remake" of sorts of Richard Rodriguez's "El Marichi". Rodriguez, by the way, directed "Desperado".
I enjoyed this list very much. I just found out "Insomnia", which is absolutely one of my favorite films, is being remade (starring Al Pacino, if I'm not mistaken), so I'm looking forward to that with a bit of apprehension.
I have to disagree with Bertie's comment that the US-made remakes are just as good as the foreign-made originals. "The Birdcage" was just flat-awful, and "Point of No Return" was literally a scene-for-scene remake of "Nikita", made worse by the fact that Bridget Fonda was seriously miscast.
Just curious . . . What argument would you make that Desperado is a remake of rather than a sequel to El Mariachi?
Buck, his name is Robert Rodriguez not Richard. And I'm sorry you are welcome to make that argument but I can't. IMO Desperado is in no way, shape or form a remake of El Mariachi. Hence the reason Robert Rodriguez refers to his current film, Once Upon A Time In Mexico, as the 3rd film in this series.
Thanks for the positive feedback on the list. Yes, Insomnia will be starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney and Martin Donovan and is being directed by Christopher Nolan of Memento fame so it could be quite good, maybe even better than the original. I found the original to be too slow-moving for me.
Also, Bertie's actual comment is that remakes of good films usually result in good films. By his logic remakes of bad or so-so films should result in bad or so-so films. He's putting the impetus for quality on the script. Unfortunately I don't see that the remakes bare this out.
I agree that Point of No Return sucked compared to La Femme Nikita. But for someone who didn't have a point of comparison they might not realize the sort of potential that film had and would think that it was pretty decent.
Oops, my mistake! It just occured to me that there is a Richard Rodriguez, and his claim to fame is one that I don't think merits mention here. I guess the point I was making, which I didn't make very well previously, was that El Mariachi and Desperado have many similiarities between them, as they were made by ROBERT Rodriguez, hence the inference that Desperado was a remake of sorts.
I wasn't trying to rip into Bertie's opinion about bad films resulting in bad films, but I'm of the majority that believes a good film, whether it's foreign or US-made, doesn't merit a remake...but it's not going to stop me from seeing the new Planet of the Apes...
And I said nothing about bad films resulting in bad films :-E) (smiley face with clenched teeth).
Please don't ignore my weasel-wording: I said "usually".
Another small point on if it's a remake or not, La Jetee was a very short film composed of static pictures. I would say Twelve Monkeys was more "based on an idea" rather than a remake.
There was also a movie with Nick Nolte and Martin Short called Three Fugitives which was remade by the same director (Francis Veber) from his French film Les Fugitifs. I liked the American version of this. He also remade his own film My Father the Hero which I'd say was pretty bad. Never saw the French version of it though.
jokow11, thanks for the heads up on Three Fugitives. I have seen La Jetee and I think that that Twelve Monkeys does fall under a loose definition of remake.
im doing a study on remakes of films and i need a bit of help. im primarily looking at british films remade by hollywood. ive got a few but i could do with some more.Hollywood films remade by hollywood would be useful aswell. e-mail me at angel_with_a_pint_glass@hotmail.com
Thanks
Diane
I wonder, at what point do you consider a film "inspiration" for another, and at what point is it a remake? For example, I'd personally consider 13 Going on 30 a closer remake of Big than Twelve Monkeys is of La Jetee (though the inspiration is obvious).
And yes, I know Big and 13 Going on 30 wouldn't be listed anyway because neither is foreign-language.
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