# Film Remakes With Different Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159 "2009-12-31T05:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/21 "2009-12-31T13:40:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Here Comes Mr. Jordan_ ==\> _Heaven Can Wait_ And then _Down to Earth_. ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/22 "2009-12-31T13:55:11Z")
_Infernal Affairs_ and _The Departed_ ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/23 "2009-12-31T14:01:00Z")
_Dangerous Liaisons_ was redone (and gutted) as _Cruel Intentions_. _10 Things I Hate About You_ is an adaptation of _Taming of the Shrew_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/24 "2009-12-31T14:27:04Z")
**Lady for a Day** --\> **Pocketful of Miracles** --\> **Ji Ji** **The Maltese Falcon** --\> **Satan Met a Lady** --\> **The Maltese Falcon** that everyone knows. I think the plot was also used in a couple of B movies, which often stole from other films, especially if they were from the same studio (no copyright hassles, since the studio owned the rights). ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/25 "2009-12-31T21:09:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The French film _Nikita_ (1990) was remade in Hong Kong as _Hei mao_ (_Black Cat_) (1991) and in the United States as _Point of No Return_ (1994). And to confuse things further _Nikita_ was released as _La Femme Nikita_ in the United States (probably the only time a French movie’s title had more French added for its American release) and _Point of No Return_ was released as _The Assassin_ in the United Kingdom and Australia. There’s an mid-80s movie starring… River Phoenix(?) named “Nikita”. The “La Femme” was probably added due to rights issues. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/26 "2009-12-31T21:16:39Z")
**Out of the Past** was remade as **Against All Odds**. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/27 "2009-12-31T21:41:18Z")
Bedtime Story \> Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House \> The Money Pit ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/28 "2010-01-01T00:11:05Z")
_Hamlet_ got remade as _The Lion King_. There’s probably plenty of other Shakespeare remakes, including the above mentioned _10 Things I Hate About You_. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/29 "2010-01-01T00:43:31Z")
The wonderful ‘Himmel Uber Berlin’ (‘Wings of Desire’) remade as the insipid ‘City of Angels’. Even changing one TV cop for another. edit- from the lit into movie field, we have ‘Cruel Intentions’, whose heritage includes ‘Valmont’ and ‘Dangerous Liasons’, all three taken from the novel ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/30 "2010-01-01T02:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Hamlet got remade as The Lion King. There’s probably plenty of other Shakespeare remakes, including the above mentioned 10 Things I Hate About You. Disney only started claiming it ripped off Hamlet in order to avoid admitting it had actually ripped off another work that was still copyrighted. _The Lion King_ is a remake of the Japanese television series _The Jungle Emperor_ (aka _Kimba, the White Lion_), in some cases a shot-by-shot remake. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/31 "2010-01-01T03:45:48Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Disney only started claiming it ripped off Hamlet in order to avoid admitting it had actually ripped off another work that was still copyrighted. _The Lion King_ is a remake of the Japanese television series _The Jungle Emperor_ (aka _Kimba, the White Lion_), in some cases a shot-by-shot remake. This has been gone over many times. The Lion King is not a remake of Kimba. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/32 "2010-01-01T04:34:25Z")
Father of the Bride Part II is a remake of Daddy’s Little Dividend ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/33 "2010-01-01T05:33:28Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > [Pygmalion](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030637/) was also remade as [The Opening of Misty Beethoven](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075018/). And though I’ve seen both, the second blinds me to the similarities. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/34 "2010-01-01T05:42:38Z")
_The Bishop’s Wife_ remade as _The Preacher’s Wife_. _War, Inc._ is essentially a remake of _Grosse Pointe Blank_, with most of the same actors. Can’t even start to list all the remakes of The Mummy, the Vampire flicks, Frankenstein, Godzilla, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Baldy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Gary\_Baldy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/35 "2010-01-01T06:49:24Z")
For you 007 fans, Never Say Never Again was a remake of Thunderball. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/36 "2010-01-01T07:33:50Z")
_High Noon_ ----\> _Outland_ ---
**Author:** ![Promethea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Promethea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Promethea)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/37 "2010-01-01T16:57:06Z")
\*The Big Clock \*was remade as _No Way Out_. ETA: _They Live By Night_ and _Thieves Like US_ are both adaptations of the same novel although according to IMDB (always a bit risky to trust as a source), Altman wasn’t aware that Nicholas Ray had used this work as the basis of They Live By Night. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/38 "2010-01-01T17:22:47Z")
**Sleepless in Seattle** , though it references **An Affair to Remember** , is actually a remake of **The Courtship of Eddie’s Father** (movie not TV show), though I have never been able to find any mention of this anywhere, but watch them both, you’ll see. Please, I need external validation! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/39 "2010-01-01T18:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > This has been gone over many times. The Lion King is not a remake of Kimba. And your post is your cite? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159/40 "2010-01-01T21:06:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Rio Bravo > Rio Lobo > El Dorado I disagree. Rio Lobo has a different plot entirely then El Dorado and Rio Bravo which are the same move. Rio Lobo is about John Wayne fighting a corrupt sherrif and helping so friends keep their land while finding the man who betrayed him during the civil war. The other two are about a John Wayne helping out a drunken sherrif to keep a rich man’s gang from taking over a town. I don’t see any way to say the Rio Lobo is the same with out saying that all gunfigter coming to town and helping someone out against a bad guy are the same movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-remakes-with-different-titles/523159.md?page=3)