List of film remakes (N–Z)
This is a list of film remakes:
- For a list of TV shows remade into films, please check this list: List of TV shows made into films
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
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| Ocean's Eleven (2001) dir. Steven Soderbergh | Ocean's Eleven (1960) dir. Lewis Milestone |
| The Old Dark House (1963) dir. William Castle | The Old Dark House (1932) dir. James Whale |
| Oliver Twist (2005) dir. Roman Polanski | Boy Called Twist (2004) dir. Tim Greene Oliver Twist (1997) dir. by Tony Bill Oliver Twist (1982) dir. by Clive Donner Oliver! (1968) dir. by Carol Reed; this is the musical version Oliver Twist (1948) dir. by David Lean Oliver Twist (1933) dir. by William J. Cowen Oliver Twist (1922) dir. Frank Lloyd based on the novel by Charles Dickens |
| The Omen (2006) dir. John Moore | The Omen (1976) dir. Richard Donner Based on the David Seltzer novel of the same name. |
| On the Beach (2000) dir. Russell Mulcahy | On the Beach (1959) dir. Stanley Kramer |
| One Million Years B.C. (1966) dir. Don Chaffey | One Million B.C. (1940) |
| One Missed Call (2007) dir. Eric Valette | One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) (2004) dir. Takashi Miike |
| The Opposite Sex (1956) dir. David Miller | The Women (1939) dir. George Cukor |
| Orfeu (1999) dir. Carlos Diegues | Black Orpheus (1959) dir. Marcel Camus |
| Oscar (1991) dir. John Landis | Oscar (1967) dir. Édouard Molinaro |
| Othello (1995) dir. Oliver Parker | Othello (1952) dir. Orson Welles Othello (1965) dir. Stuart Burge |
| The Out-of-Towners (1999) dir. Sam Weisman | The Out-of-Towners (1970) Dir. Arthur Hiller |
| The Outrage (1964) dir. Martin Ritt | Rashomon (1950) dir. Akira Kurosawa |
| Outside the Law (1930) dir. Tod Browning | Outside the Law (1920) dir. Tod Browning |
P
| Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) dir. David Butler | Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) dir. Mervyn LeRoy |
| The Parent Trap (1998) dir. Nancy Meyers | The Parent Trap (1961) dir. David Swift |
| Paris, When It Sizzles (1964) dir. Richard Quine | La Fête à Henriette (1952) dir. Julien Duvivier |
| Pathfinder (2006) dir. Marcus Nispel | Ofelas (1987) dir. Nils Gaup |
| Payback (1999) dir. Brian Helgeland | Xia dao Gao Fei (1993) dir. Ringo Lam Point Blank (1967) dir. John Boorman |
| Peking Express (1951) | Shanghai Express (1932) dir. Josef von Sternberg |
| A Perfect Murder (1998) dir. Andrew Davis | Dial M for Murder (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock based on the stage thriller by Frederick Knott |
| Peter Pan (2003) P.J. Hogan | Peter Pan (1953) dir. Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson Peter Pan (1924) dir. Herbert Brenon |
| Picnic (2000) dir. Ivan Passer | Picnic (1986) dir. Marshall W. Mason Picnic (1955) dir. Joshua Logan |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray (2007) dir. Jon Cunningham | The Picture of Dorian Gray (2006) dir. Duncan Roy The Picture of Dorian Gray (2004) dir. David Rosenbaum The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) dir. Glenn Jordan The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) dir. Albert Lewin Az Élet királya (1918) dir. Alfréd Deésy The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916) dir. Fred W. Durrant |
| Piranha (2006) dir. Alexandre Aja | Piranha (1995) dir. Scott P. Levy Piranha (1978) dir. Joe Dante |
| The Plainsman (1966) dir. David Lowell Rich | The Plainsman (1936) dir. Cecil B. DeMille |
| Planet of the Apes (2001) dir. Tim Burton | Planet of the Apes (1968) dir. Franklin Schaffner Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle |
| The Plank (1979) dir. Eric Sykes | The Plank (1967) dir. Eric Sykes |
| Pocketful of Miracles (1961) dir. Frank Capra | Lady for a Day (1933) dir. Frank Capra |
| Point of No Return (1993) dir. John Badham | La Femme Nikita (1990) dir. Luc Besson |
| Porgy and Bess (1993) dir. Trevor Nunn | Porgy and Bess (1959) dir. Otto Preminger based on the Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and DuBose Heyward |
| Poseidon (2006) dir. Wolfgang Petersen | The Poseidon Adventure (2005) dir. John Putch The Poseidon Adventure (1972) dir. Ronald Neame |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) dir. Bob Rafelson | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) dir. Tay Garnett |
| The Preacher's Wife (1996) dir. Penny Marshall | The Bishop's Wife (1947) dir. Henry Koster |
| Prisoner of Zenda (1979) dir. Richard Quine | The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) dir. John Cromwell |
| The Producers (2005) dir. Susan Stroman | The Producers (1968) dir. Mel Brooks |
| Prom Night (2008) dir. Nelson McCormick | Prom Night (1980) dir. Paul Lynch |
| Psycho (1998) dir. Gus Van Sant | Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock Based on the novel by Robert Bloch |
| Pulse (2006) dir. Jim Sonzero | Kairo (2001) dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| The Puppet Masters (1994) dir. Stuart Orme | The Brain Eaters (1958) dir. Bruno VeSota Based on the novel The Puppet Masters by Robert Heinlein |
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| The Quiet American (2002) dir. Phillip Noyce | The Quiet American (1958) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Quarantined (2008) dir. John Erick Dowdle | [Rec] (2007) dir. Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza |
| Quo Vadis (2001) dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Quo Vadis (1951) dir. Mervyn LeRoy |Quo Vadis? (1925) (Italy) dir. Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby Quo Vadis (1912) (Italy) dir. Enrico Guazzoni Quo Vadis (1902) (France) dir. Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca |
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| Sabrina (1995) dir. Sydney Pollack | Sabrina (1954) dir. Billy Wilder |
| Satan's School for Girls (1973) dir. David Rich | Satan's School for Girls (2000) dir. Christopher Leitch |
| Scaramouche (1952) dir. George Sidney | Scaramouche (1923) dir. Rex Ingram based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini |
| Scared Stiff (1953) dir. George Marshall | The Ghost Breakers (1940) dir. George Marshall |
| Scarface (1983) dir. Brian De Palma | Scarface (1932) dir. Howard Hawks |
| Scarlet Street (1945) dir. Fritz Lang | La Chienne (1931) dir. Jean Renoir |
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) dir. Paul Martel | The Rules of the Game (1939) dir. Jean Renoir |
| School for Scoundrels (2006) dir. Todd Phillips | School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating! (1960) dir. Robert Hamer |
| Seconds (2006) dir. Jonathan Mostow | Seconds (1966) dir. John Frankenheimer |
| The Secret (2006) dir. Vincent Perez | Himitsu (1999) dir. Yojiro Takita |
| The Secret Agent 1996 dir. Christopher Hampton | Sabotage (1936) dir. Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad |
| The Secret Garden (1993) dir. Agnieszka Holland | The Secret Garden (1949) dir. Fred M. Wilcox |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2007) dir. Mark Waters | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) dir. Norman Z. McLeod based on the story by James Thurber |
| Sengoku jietai 1549 (2005) | Sengoku jietai 1549 (1979) |
| Seven Day Itch (2006) dir. Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly | The Heartbreak Kid (1972) dir. Elaine May |
| Seventh Heaven (1937) dir. Henry King | Seventh Heaven (1927) dir. Frank Borzage |
| The Shadow (1994) dir. Russell Mulcahy | The Shadow (1940) dir. James W. Horne |
| Shadow of a Doubt (1991) dir. Karen Arthur | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) dir. Alfred Hitchcock |
| Shaft (2000) dir. John Singleton | Shaft (1971) dir. Gordon Parks |
| The Shaggy Dog (2006) dir. Brian Robbins | The Shaggy Dog (1994) dir. Dennis Dugan The Shaggy Dog (1959) dir. Charles Barton |
| The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) dir. Alan Rafkin | The Paleface (1948) dir. Norman Z. McLeod |
| Shall We Dance (2004) dir. Peter Chelsom | Shall We Dansu? (1996) dir. Masayuki Suo |
| Shankar Dada MBBS (2004) dir. Jayanth C. Paranjee | Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003) dir. Rajkumar Hirani |
| Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007) dir. Prabhu Deva | Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) dir. Rajkumar Hirani |
| The Shape Of Things To Come (1979) dir. George McCowan | Things to Come (1936) dir. William Cameron Menzies |
| She's All That (1999) dir Robert Iscove |
My Fair Lady (1964) dir. George Cukor. This is the very famous musical version of Pygmalion, but it is only distantly related to She's All That. Pygmalion (1938) dir. Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard |
| She Freak (1967) dir. Donn Davison | Freaks (1932) dir. Tod Browning |
| The Shining (1997) dir. Mick Garris | The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick |
| Sholay (2007) dir. Ram Gopal Varma | Sholay (1975) dir. Ramesh Sippy |
| Show Boat (1951) dir. George Sidney | Show Boat (1936) dir. James Whale Show Boat (1929) dir. Harry Pollard 1936 and 1951 versions based on the Kern-Hammerstein musical and the Edna Ferber novel; 1929 version based solely on the Ferber novel |
| Shutter (2008) dir. Masayuki Ochiai | Shutter (2004) dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom |
| Sisters (2006) dir. Douglas Buck | Sisters (1973) dir. Brian De Palma |
| The Sisters (2005) dir. Arthur Allan Seidelman | Three Sisters (1970) dir. Laurence Olivier & John Sichel |
| Society Lawyer (1939) dir. Edwin L. Marin | Penthouse (1933) dir. W.S. Van Dyke |
| Solaris (2002) dir. Steven Soderbergh | Solyaris (1972) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky |
| Something's Got to Give (unfinished) (1962) dir. George Cukor | My Favorite Wife (1940) dir. Garson Kanin |
| Somewhere in Sonora (1933) dir. Mack V. Wright | Somewhere in Sonora (1927) dir. Albert S. Rogell |
| Sommersby (1993) dir. Jon Amiel | The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) dir. Daniel Vigne |
| Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin | Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| Sorrell and Son (1934) | Sorrell and Son (1927) dir. Herbert Brenon |
| Sorry, Wrong Number (1989) dir. Tony Wharmby | Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) dir. Anatole Litvak |
| South Pacific (2001) dir. Richard Pearce | South Pacific (1958) dir. Joshua Logan based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play, which was based on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific |
| The Spiral Staircase (2000) dir. James Head | The Spiral Staircase (1975) dir. Peter Collinson The Spiral Staircase (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak |
| Spartacus (2004) dir. Robert Dornhelm | Spartacus (1960) dir. Stanley Kubrick |
| Springtime in a Small Town (2002) dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang | Spring in a Small Town (1948) dir. Fei Mu |
| The Squaw Man (1931) dir. Cecil B. DeMille | The Squaw Man (1918) dir. Cecil B. DeMille The Squaw Man (1914) dir. Cecil B. DeMille |
| Stagecoach (1986) dir. Ted Post | Stagecoach (1966) dir. Gordon Douglas Stagecoach (1939) dir. John Ford Based on the short story "Stage to Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox |
| Stage Struck (1958) | Morning Glory (1933) dir. Lowell Sherman |
| A Star Is Born (1976) dir. Frank R. Pierson | A Star Is Born (1954) dir. George Cukor A Star Is Born (1937) dir. William A. Wellman |
| Starkweather (2004) dir. Byron Werner | Murder in the Heartland (1993) dir. Robert Markowitz Badlands dir. Terrence Malick |
| State Fair (1962) dir. José Ferrer | State Fair (1945) dir. Walter Lang State Fair (non-musical version) (1933) dir. Henry King based on the novel by Phil Stong |
| The Stepfather (2008) | The Stepfather (1987) dir. Joseph Ruben |
| The Stepford Wives (2004) dir. Frank Oz | The Stepford Wives (1975) dir. Bryan Forbes |
| Stop, You're Killing Me (1952) dir. Roy Del Ruth | A Slight Case of Murder (1938) dir. Lloyd Bacon |
| Strangers on a Train (2006) dir. Noam Murro | Once You Meet a Stranger (1996) dir. Tommy Lee Wallace Strangers on a Train (1951) dir. Alfred Hitchcock |
| Sunset Boulevard (2008) | Sunset Boulevard (1950) dir. Billy Wilder |
| Suspicion (1987) dir. Andrew Grieve | Suspicion (1941) dir. Alfred Hitchcock |
| The Swan (1956) dir. Charles Vidor | One Romantic Night (1930) dir. Paul Stein The Swan (1925) dir.Dimitri Buchowetski based on the play by Ferenc Molnar |
| Sweeney Todd (2007) dir. Tim Burton | Sweeney Todd (2006) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001) dir. Lonny Price The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) dir. John Schlesinger Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) dir. Terry Hughes & Harold Prince Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) dir. George King |
| Sweet Bird of Youth (1989) dir. Nicolas Roeg | Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) dir. Richard Brooks based on the play by Tennessee Williams |
| Sweet November (2001) dir. Pat O'Connor | Sweet November (1968) dir. Robert Ellis Miller |
| Swept Away (2002) dir. Guy Ritchie | Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1974) dir. Lina Wertmüller |
| Swiss Family Robinson (2007) dir. Jonathan Mostow | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) dir. Ken Annakin Swiss Family Robinson (1940), dir. Edward Ludwig based on the novel by Johann Wyss |
| Switch (1991) dir. Blake Edwards | Angel on Fire (1974) dir. Roberta Findlay |
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| Ultraviolet (2006) dir. Kurt Wimmer | Gloria (1980) dir. John Cassavetes |
| Unfaithfully Yours (1984) dir. Howard Zieff | Unfaithfully Yours (1948) dir. Preston Sturges |
| Under Capricorn (1983) dir. Rod Hardy | Under Capricorn (1949) dir. Alfred Hitchcock |
| Under Suspicion(2000) dir. Stephen Hopkins | Garde à vue (1981) dir. Claude Miller |
| Underneath (1995) dir. Steven Soderbergh | Criss Cross (1949) dir. Robert Siodmak |
| The Unholy Three (1930) dir. Jack Conway | The Unholy Three (1925) dir. Tod Browning |
| The Unknown Soldier (1985) dir. Rauni Mollberg | The Unknown Soldier (1955) dir. Edvin Laine |
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| Vanilla Sky (2001) dir. Cameron Crowe | Abre Los Ojos (1997) dir. Alejandro Amenábar |
| The Vanishing (1993) dir. George Sluizer | Spoorloos (1988) dir George Sluizer |
| Vanishing Point (1997) dir. Charles Robert Carner | Vanishing Point (1971) dir. Richard C. Sarafian |
| Vice Versa (1988) dir. Brian Gilbert | Vice Versa (1981) dir. Ron Francis 'Vice Versa (1948) dir. Peter Ustinov Vice Versa (1937) dir. Giles Playfair Vice Versa (1916) dir. Maurice Elvey Based on the 1882 novel by F. Anstey |
| Vicki (1953) dir. Harry Horner | I Wake Up Screaming (1942) dir. H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Victor/Victoria (1982) dir. Blake Edwards | Viktor und Viktoria (1957) First a Girl (1935) Viktor und Viktoria (1933) dir. Reinhold Schunzel |
| Village of the Damned (1995) dir. John Carpenter | Village of the Damned (1960) dir. Wolf Rilla Based on the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham |
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| Xanadu (1980) dir. Robert Greenwald | Down to Earth (1947) dir. Alexander Hall |
Y
| The Yearling (1994) dir. Rod Hardy | The Yearling (1946) dir. Clarence Brown |
| Yogi (2007) dir. V.V. Vinayak | Jogi (2005) dir. Prem |
| Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) dir. Raja Gosnell | Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) dir. Melville Shavelson |
| You're Never Too Young (1955) dir. Norman Taurog | The Major and the Minor (1942) dir. Billy Wilder |
| You've Got Mail (1998) dir. Nora Ephron | In the Good Old Summertime (1949) dir. Robert Z. Leonard The Shop Around the Corner (1940) dir. Ernst Lubitsch Based on the play by Miklós László |