Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "american-remake-of-european-film"

1. Scent of a Woman (1992)

R | 156 min | Drama

A prep school student needing money agrees to "babysit" a blind man, but the job is not at all what he anticipated.

Director: Martin Brest | Stars: Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Gabrielle Anwar

Votes: 328,552 | Gross: $63.90M

2. Vanilla Sky (2001)

R | 136 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell

Votes: 285,593 | Gross: $100.61M

3. The Birdcage (1996)

R | 117 min | Comedy

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest

Votes: 100,523 | Gross: $124.06M

4. The Guilty (2021)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal

Votes: 148,598

5. Retribution (I) (2023)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion

Votes: 20,693

6. Champions (2023)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that despite his doubts, together, this team can go further than they ever imagined.

Director: Bobby Farrelly | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Matt Cook, Ernie Hudson

Votes: 25,912

7. Memory (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin-for-hire finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Liam Neeson, Guy Pearce, Taj Atwal, Harold Torres

Votes: 35,024

8. The Upside (2017)

PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King

Votes: 63,519 | Gross: $108.25M

9. Chloe (2009)

R | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Suspecting her husband of infidelity, gynecologist Dr. Catherine Stewart hires an escort named Chloe in order to test his faithfulness. Soon, the relationships between all three intensify.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Max Thieriot

Votes: 77,816 | Gross: $3.07M

10. The Pledge (I) (2001)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Patricia Clarkson, Beau Daniels

Votes: 67,670 | Gross: $19.72M

11. Quarantine (2008)

R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez

Votes: 77,320 | Gross: $31.69M

12. Last Holiday (2006)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito

Votes: 36,243 | Gross: $38.36M

13. Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family

A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.

Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich

Votes: 25,856 | Gross: $59.93M

14. Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy

After he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their special guests, a rising executive questions the merits of his invitation just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.

Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Stephanie Szostak, Zach Galifianakis

Votes: 111,085 | Gross: $73.03M

15. Nightwatch (1997)

R | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A law student, who takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue, begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect of a series of murders.

Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Anais Evans, Erich Anderson

Votes: 21,300 | Gross: $1.20M

16. The Valet (2022)

PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A movie star enlists a parking valet at a Beverly Hills restaurant to pose as her lover to cover for her relationship with a married man.

Director: Richard Wong | Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Samara Weaving, Max Greenfield, Betsy Brandt

Votes: 15,990

17. My Father the Hero (1994)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton

Votes: 11,715 | Gross: $25.48M

18. The Ladykillers (2004)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P. Hall, J.K. Simmons

Votes: 108,898 | Gross: $39.80M

19. The Jesus Rolls (2019)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again.

Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou, Susan Sarandon

Votes: 5,367 | Gross: $0.02M

20. Three Fugitives (1989)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Comedy

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.

Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff, James Earl Jones

Votes: 12,742 | Gross: $40.59M

21. Downhill (I) (2020)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods, Zoë Chao

Votes: 13,814

22. Polaroid (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the Polaroid camera she finds. It doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken with it, soon die.

Director: Lars Klevberg | Stars: Kathryn Prescott, Tyler Young, Samantha Logan, Keenan Tracey

Votes: 16,416

23. The Toy (1982)

PG | 102 min | Comedy

An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz

Votes: 14,550 | Gross: $47.12M

24. After the Wedding (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama

A manager of an orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a benefactor.

Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn

Votes: 8,616 | Gross: $1.45M

25. Mixed Nuts (1994)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.

Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Robert Klein, Anthony LaPaglia

Votes: 13,521 | Gross: $6.80M

26. Blackbird (I) (2019)

R | 97 min | Drama

A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film 'Silent Heart'.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Sam Neill, Susan Sarandon, Anson Boon, Kate Winslet

Votes: 5,882

27. Fathers' Day (1997)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski

Votes: 16,490 | Gross: $28.66M

28. Head Above Water (1996)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Thriller

A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, and their neighbor encounter a dead body that complicates their lives.

Director: Jim Wilson | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Cameron Diaz, Craig Sheffer, Billy Zane

Votes: 8,229 | Gross: $0.03M

29. Come As You Are (2019)

Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Three young men with disabilities hit the road with a jaded nurse driver to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs. Remake of the acclaimed Belgian film 'Hasta La Vista'.

Director: Richard Wong | Stars: Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, Ravi Patel, Gabourey Sidibe

Votes: 4,365

30. Pure Luck (1991)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

An accountant with super bad luck is sent in search of a missing boss's daughter, also an incredibly unlucky person.

Director: Nadia Tass | Stars: Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley, Sam Wanamaker

Votes: 7,677 | Gross: $22.64M

31. Prince Avalanche (2013)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne

Votes: 20,895 | Gross: $0.20M

32. Buddy Buddy (1981)

R | 96 min | Comedy

During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in California's Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed next-door neighbor wants to commit suicide over marital problems.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski

Votes: 5,177 | Gross: $7.26M

33. American Son

Crime, Drama | Pre-production

A remake of the French film "A Prophet", which centers on the exploits of a young man in prison.

Director: Rapman | Stars: Russell Crowe, Stephan James

34. Toni Erdmann

Comedy, Drama | Announced

A remake of German film Toni Erdmann (2016) about a dad who creates an alter ego for himself in an effort to connect with his polar-opposite daughter.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Star: Kristen Wiig

35. Cold Prey

Horror | Announced

The movie, a remake of the 2006 Norwegian slasher pic, centers on a group of friends who are forced to take shelter when a storm hits, finding themselves imprisoned in an abandoned ski lodge along with a deadly killer.

36. Monty Python and the Holy Grail: The Remake (2015 TV Movie)

91 min | Comedy

A shot for shot remake remake of Monty Python and The Holy Grail made by high school students.

Directors: Max Fagin, Zac Wilson | Stars: Janae Boschert, Tyler Boschert, Nikki Bruno, Sam Bruno

Votes: 19

37. Umberto D.

Drama | Pre-production

Updated remake of Vittorio De Sica's neorealistic postwar masterpiece about an old man's loss of purpose and dignity, as he and his loyal dog struggle to survive on the fringes of NYC.

Director: Roy Carlo | Star: Dominic Chianese