# Movies that are "remakes" but with different titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 21, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894 "2023-10-21T17:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/61 "2023-10-21T23:58:25Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > _A New Hope_ remade as _The Force Awakens_ > > Probably cheating as well. And both remakes of Akira Kurosawa’s _The Hidden Fortress_ ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/62 "2023-10-22T00:04:28Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > La Femme Nikita was remade as Point of No Return It actually had four remakes, all with different titles. In addition to the American remake, there was a Chinese remake titled _Black Cat_ and two Indian remakes titled _Cartridge_ (Hindi) and _Paramasivan_ (Tamil). ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/63 "2023-10-22T00:08:22Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Throne of Blood_ is a samurai version of _Macbeth_. _The Northman_ is a Viking version of Hamlet. Not so much a remake, but derived from the same source material. _The 13th Warrior_ is an adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel _Eaters of the Dead_ which itself is an adaptation of _Beowulf_. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/64 "2023-10-22T00:11:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Richard Crenna Nah. Unlike Cary Grant in CHARADE, who is revealed in the end to be an unqualified good guy pretending to be one of the baddies at times, Crenna is a villain who is part of the plan to scam Hepburn out of the hidden heroin. In no way is he a heroic figure or Hepburn’s secret pal. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/65 "2023-10-22T00:12:01Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _Throne of Blood_ is a samurai version of _Macbeth_. > > _Ran_ is a samurai version of _King Lear_. _O_ is a high-school basketball version of _Othello_! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/66 "2023-10-22T00:14:24Z")
Invasion of the Body Snatchers \>\> Invasion of the Body Snatchers \>\> Body Snatchers \>\> The Invasion ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/67 "2023-10-22T00:15:15Z")
And eventually “Of The!!!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/68 "2023-10-22T00:39:11Z")
I disagree. He tries to have Alan Arkin killed to put a kibosh on their plot and is saying goodbye to Susie when he gets it in the back. He has no desire to harm her and ends up apologizing to her for all the trouble he and his buddies have caused as he prepares to leave her flat. If he were as evil as you imply, he would have been happy to see Arkin torture Susie and then slash her throat after raping her in her bedroom. Also, he’s more or less coerced into participating in the scam. I haven’t seen the movie in a while, but I seem to remember he was about to walk out on the gang when Arkin reminded him that he’d left evidence of his presence all over the flat. I’m not saying he’s a saint, just that he seems to have a conscience after all. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/69 "2023-10-22T00:44:09Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@mbh](#): > > > > _Throne of Blood_ is a samurai version of _Macbeth_. > > > > _Ran_ is a samurai version of _King Lear_. > > _O_ is a high-school basketball version of _Othello_! _She’s the Man_ is a high-school soccer version of _Twelfth Night._ ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/70 "2023-10-22T00:54:25Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > There are significant plot differences between the four works (one novel and three films) so you may not count them as strictly remakes. As an aside, none of the movies seem to adhere to the central twist of the book (which I will not even spoiler tag here…it’s too good and spoilery). Just my $0.02 ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/71 "2023-10-22T01:58:07Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Yojimbo \> A Fistful of Dollars \> Last Man Standing (with Bruce Willis) And if you prefer them post-apocalyptic, _Omega Doom_ with Rutger Hauer. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/72 "2023-10-22T02:11:32Z")
Cabaret is a musical remake of I Am a Camera. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/73 "2023-10-22T03:48:03Z")
Regarding the first one…what am I missing??? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/74 "2023-10-22T03:58:03Z")
The difference is really minor: the spelling of a name, and the slash, rather than “und”/“and.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/75 "2023-10-22T04:03:08Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/76 "2023-10-22T04:10:42Z")
Oh, well, then, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes gave it their all in ROMEO + JULIET. 😇 ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/77 "2023-10-22T04:41:01Z")
_The Terminator_ (1984) is NOT exactly a remake of The Outer Limits episode “Soldier” but the writer of the episode (Harlan Ellison) sued Orion Pictures and James Cameron and won a settlement and later versions of the film gave a film credit to Ellison. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/78 "2023-10-22T06:34:16Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Yojimbo \> A Fistful of Dollars \> Last Man Standing (with Bruce Willis) See, that’s not a remake. Yes, the _basic_ plot and theme is the same, but the characters, dialog, setting, etc etc are all different. Nor is The Magnificent Seven a remake of The Seven Samurai. You could call them a _homage_ to the original. > [@msmith537](#): > > _The Northman_ is a Viking version of Hamlet. Not so much a remake, but derived from the same source material. Right, The same source material is not a remake. > [@msmith537](#): > > And both remakes of Akira Kurosawa’s _The Hidden Fortress_ Nope. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/79 "2023-10-22T09:25:04Z")
If we are including foreign films remade in English then _The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe_ was remade as _The Man With One Red Shoe._ As far as classic films being remade into 1950s technicolor musicals. _Ninotchka_ was remade as _Silk Stockings._ ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894/80 "2023-10-22T10:44:37Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I disagree. OK, cool, let’s agree to disagree. The real problem, as I see it, is that one’s at least half a light comedy and the other’s a terrifying almost-horror thriller with no light moments whatsoever. If Hepburn weren’t in both, I’m not sure you’d ever make the association. I do give you high points for noticing the connections, though, however slight. To my knowledge, no one has ever drawn a line connecting the two films together, despite their star and their close proximity in time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-are-remakes-but-with-different-titles/991894.md?page=5)