This is a list of film remakes:
- 101 Dalmatians (Stephen Herek; U.S., 1996) (original film: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Clyde Geronimi, et al; U.S., 1961), based on the novel by Dodie Smith)
- The Amityville Horror (Andrew Douglas; U.S., 2005) (original film: The Amityville Horror (Stuart Rosenberg; U.S., 1979), based on the novel by Jay Anson)
- Angels in the Outfield (William Dear; U.S., 1994) (original film: Angels in the Outfield (Clarence Brown; U.S., 1951)
- Anna and the King (Andy Tennant; U.S., 1999) (previous film, The King and I (Richard Rich; U.S., 1982), (previous film The King and I (Walter Lang; U.S., 1956), (original film Anna and the King of Siam (John Cromwell; U.S., 1946), based on the book by Margaret Landon; the 1956 and 1999 films of The King and I are based on the Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II musical.
- Annie (Rob Marshall; U.S., 1999) (original film, Annie (John Huston; U.S., 1982), both based on the Thomas Meehan/Charles Strouse/Martin Charnin musical, which in turn came from the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray
- Assault on Precinct 13 (Jean-François Richet; U.S./France, 2005) (original film Assault on Precinct 13 by John Carpenter; U.S., 1976)
- Ben-Hur (William Wyler; U.S., 1959) (previous film: Ben-Hur (Fred Niblo, U.S. 1925) (original film: Ben-Hur (Sidney Olcott; U.S., 1907))
- The Birdcage (Mike Nichols; U.S., 1996) (original film: La Cage aux Folles (Edouard Molinaro; France, 1979))
- Brief Encounter (Alan Bridges; U.S., 1974) (original film: Brief Encounter (David Lean; UK, 1945), based on the short play "Still Life" by Noel Coward)
- Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese; U.S., 1991) (original film: Cape Fear by J. Lee Thompson; U.S., 1962)
- Chaos (Coline Serreau, 2007) (original film: Chaos (Coline Serreau, France, 2001)
- Chicago (2002 film) (Rob Marshall; U.S., 2002), based on the musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb (original film: Roxie Hart (William Wellman; U.S., 1942)
- Dawn of the Dead (Zach Synder; U.S., 2004) (original film: Dawn of the Dead; (George A. Romero; U.S., 1978)
- Diabolique (Jeremiah S. Chechik; U.S., 1996) (original film: Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, 1955) from the novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac)
- Die xue shuang xiong (John Woo; Hong Kong, 1989) (original film: Le Samouraï (Jean-Pierre Melville; France, 1967)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Frank Oz; U.S., 1988) (original film: Bedtime Story (Ralph Levy; U.S., 1964))
- Doctor Dolittle (Betty Thomas; U.S., 1998) (original film: Doctor Dolittle (Richard Fleischer; U.S., 1967), based on the novels by Hugh Lofting)
- Down to Earth, remake of Heaven Can Wait
- The End of the Affair (Neil Jordan; UK, 1999) (original film: The End of the Affair (Edward Dmytryk; U.S., 1955))
- A Farewell to Arms (Charles Vidor; U.S., 1957) (original film: A Farewell to Arms (Frank Borzage; U.S., 1932), based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway)
- Father of the Bride (Charles Shyer; U.S., 1991) (original film: Father of the Bride (Vincente Minnelli; U.S., 1950), based on the novel by Edward Streeter)
- A Fistful of Dollars/Per un pugno di dollari (Sergio Leone; Italy, 1964) (original film: Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa; Japan, 1961))
- Flubber (Les Mayfield; U.S., 1997) (original film: The Absent Minded Professor (Robert Stevenson; U.S., 1961)
- The Fog (Rupert Wainwright; U.S. 2005) (original film: The Fog John Carpenter; U.S., 1980)
- Freaky Friday (Mark Waters; U.S., 2003) (original film: Freaky Friday (Gary Nelson; U.S., 1976), based on the novel by Mary Rodgers)
- The Front Page (Billy Wilder; U.S., 1974) (previous film: His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, U.S., 1940)) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; U.S., 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)
- Get Carter (Stephen Kay; U.S., 2000) (original film: Get Carter (Mike Hodges; UK, 1971))
- Goodbye Mr. Chips (Herbert Ross; U.S., 1969) (original film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Sam Wood' U.S., 1939}
- Gone in Sixty Seconds (Dominic Sena; U.S., 2000) (original film: Gone in 60 Seconds (H.B. Halicki; U.S., 1974))
- Gypsy (Emile Ardolino; U.S., 1993) (original film: Gypsy (Mervyn LeRoy, U.S., 1962), based on the stage musical by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim)
- The Haunting (Jan de Bont; U.S., 1999) (original film: The Haunting (Robert Wise; U.S., 1963), based on the novel by Shirley Jackson)
- Heat (Michael Mann; U.S., 1995) (original film: L.A. Takedown (Michael Mann; U.S. 1989, T.V. movie)
- Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly; U.S., 1969), turned into a musical film from the Jerry Herman stage show (original film: The Matchmaker (Joseph Anthony; U.S., 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; U.S., 1956), turned into a musical film (original film: The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor; U.S., 1940), from the play by Philip Barry)
- His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks; U.S., 1940) (original film: The Front Page (Lewis Milestone; U.S., 1931), from the play by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur)
- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (Duwayne Dunham; U.S., 1993) (original film: The Incredible Journey (Fletcher Markle; U.S., 1963), based on the novel by Sheila Burnford)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (Oliver Parker; U.S./UK/France 2002) (previous film: The Importance of Being Earnest (Kurt Baker, U.S., 1992), (previous film: The Importance of Being Earnest (Anthony Asquith; UK, 1952) from the play by Oscar Wilde)
- "Insomnia" (Christopher Nolan; U.S., 2002) (previous film: "Insomnia" (Erik Skjoldbjærg, Norway, 1997)
- The Italian Job (F. Gary Gray; U.S., 2003) (original film: The Italian Job (Peter Collinson; UK, 1969)
- The Jackal (Michael Caton-Jones; U.S., 1997) (original film: The Day of the Jackal (Fred Zinnemann; UK/France, 1973) based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth)
- The Jazz Singer (Richard Fleischer; U.S., 1980) (original film: The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland; U.S., 1927), based on the play by Samson Raphaelson)
- King Kong (Peter Jackson; U.S., 2005) King Kong (John Guillermin; U.S., 1976) (original film: King Kong (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack; U.S., 1933)
- The Ladykillers (The Coen Brothers; U.S., 2004) (original film: The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick; UK, 1955)
- Lolita (Adrian Lyne; U.S., 1996) (original film: Lolita (Stanley Kubrick; UK 1962). (Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov).
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers (Peter Jackson; 2001/2002) (original film: The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi; US 1978). (Based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien).
- The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges; U.S., 1960) (original film: Shichinin no samurai (Akira Kurosawa; Japan, 1954)
- The Maltese Falcon (John Huston; U.S., 1941) (original film: The Maltese Falcon (Roy Del Ruth; U.S., 1931), based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett)
- Mame (Gene Saks; U.S. 1974}, adapted from a Jerry Herman stage musical (original film Auntie Mame (Morton Da Costa; U.S., 1958, based on the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, which in turn came from the book Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
- A Man for All Seasons (Charlton Heston; U.S., 1988) (original film: A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann; UK, 1966, based on the play by Robert Bolt)
- Man on Fire (Tony Scott; U.S., 2004) (original film: Man on Fire (Elie Chouraqui; U.S., 1987, based off a novel by A.J. Quinnell)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (Alfred Hitchcock) remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) also (Alfred Hitchcock)
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