Live Poll: Worst American Remake: Non-English Language Movie

Juno was not an remake of this film. The only things they have in common are teenage pregnancy and the name Juno.

Thanks, for the comment. I remember reading about the similarties with Jeni, Juno, but never looked into the details of how similar it is to Juno:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny,_Juno#Similarities_to_Juno. However, I think it would be best to avoid listing a title whose origins are in dispute. It is not officially credited as a remake and the picture did win the 2008 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. I am not saying whether it is a remake or not, just that it wouldn't be a good fit for the poll suggestion.

IT'S NOT A REMAKE!!!

Wiki: The film's screenwriter, Diablo Cody, commented on the coincidence in October 2007, stating that she had been unaware of the existence of Jenny, Juno prior to her own film's release. She said that, although she had not previously watched Jenny, Juno, she is now interested in seeing it.

Totally different! If the Juno character from the Korean movie was named Min-jun or Ji-hu this wouldn't have ever been an issue!

Thanks, I will review the list and add any that fit the bill.

My bad, I was unclear as to the requirements: Which American remake* is the most unworthy of it's original foreign and non-English language brethren? * remake is IMDb user rated 6.4 or lower (as of November 2018). I have corrected it and made clear based on your feedback.

I think it fair to assume for the vast majority of movies, the original is going to be decently rated, otherwise why bother remaking it. Even, if the remake is decent it never seems to live up the original. City of Angels and Funny Games are two movies that are rated 6.5 or higher, but still don't live up to the original versions, Wings of Desire and Funny Games.

Ideally, I would like it to be well seen enough to have 50,000+ votes too, but I am not firm on that.

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I added Shall We Dance (2004),Bangkok Dangerous (2008) Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) Diabolique (1996), Martyrs (2015) and Brick Mansions (2014)

I left off The Man Who Loved Women (1983) ( as another remake The Man Who Loved Women is in-development) and And God Created Woman/Et Dieu... créa la femme (original film is Et Dieu... créa la femme) (both are bad), Cousins (low votes), Swept Away (better options)

The others were highly rated enough, it is hard to fault them for not living up to the original. I am questioning  the inclusion  Solaris (2002) and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986). They both have decent Metacritic scores, 6.2 IMDb ratings and probably biggest knock is comparison to the iconic original.

The Upside (2017) 6.4 rating vs. The Intouchables (2011) 8.5 rating

Dinner for Schmucks (2010) 5.9 rating vs.Le Dîner de Cons 7.7 rating 

I would agree, I think a lot has to due the audience, what's marketable and what will do the best at the box office. I think European audiences are open to a lot different types of films and more edgy stories. North American audiences fall into the trap of getting formula films either because happy ending and shallower story lines or because what the studios are willing to produce based on current and past test audience results.

Jeux d'enfants (original title) aka Love Me If You Dare (2003) is my favorite French comedy #1 hit in France, but it never gets made in US or at the very least they change the ending.

 "I think European audiences are open to a lot different types of films and more edgy stories. North American audiences fall into the trap of getting formula films either because happy ending"

In Greece's case over the decades, cinema was often a place for subversive humor and did not really rely that much on happy endings. For some examples of comedy films from various decades:
* "Oi Germanoi xanarhontai" (1948, "The Germans are Returning"). In an alternate-reality dream, the Greek Civil War is interrupted when Adolf Hitler emerges from hiding and a restructured Nazi Germany relaunches World War II. While most characters are reciting nonsensical political diatribes, the peaceloving protagonist is horrified to discover that the only man in the film who is preaching for peace and human brotherhood is a madman and confined in an asylum. 
*"Enas iros me padoufles" (1958, "A Hero with Slippers"). A retired general with a heroic record of service in World War II lives forgotten and in near-poverty with his meager pension. He is delighted when the State offers to erect a statue in his honor. But soon realizes that the construction of the statue is part of an embezzlement scheme involving public works, that nobody actual cares for his military service, and that his poverty is Inescapable. 
*"Yparhei kai filotimo" (1965, "In the Name of Dignity"). A government minister is proud of his successful public works and is now running for re-election. Stranded in a rural village following a traffic accident, he learns from the locals that many of his public works were either useless or dysfunctional , and that a number of party officials have been profiteering from the assignments of these public reworks. Disgusted with the situation but unable to rectify it, he chooses resignation and retirement.
*"Agapi mou, paliogria" (1972, "My love, you hag"). The ups-and-downs in the life of a married couple from young adulthood to old age and infirmity. A match-making attempt by their domineering parents succeeds only when the two young people discover that they have similar tastes in films, music, and dancing. The story follows them through the years to struggling with infertility for years and eventually adopting a son, mutual attempts at infidelity while approaching or entering middle age, the empty nest syndrom once their adult son marries and moves away, the infirmities of their old age, and the realization that they are each other's last living companion. In part created as a reply to films which used marriage as the end to their characters'problems, since here the troubles begin after the marriage. 
*"To megalo kanoni" (1981, "The Big Cannon"). A tragicomic look on the generation gap. The protagonist is a man who survived the famine and mass executions of the Axis occupation of Greece (1941-1944), sympathized with the Greek Resistance, and has had a lifelong loathing for Nazism and fascism. He is horrified to discover that his son is a Neo-Nazi who idolizes Adolf Hitler. 
*"Loufa kai parallagi" (1984, "Loaf and Camouflage"). A number of draftee soldiers during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 are offially assigned to help produce vapid television programs for a state-owned television channel, while secretly using part of their equipment to shoot a porn film. Part of the satire contrasts the radical conservatism and brutality of the officers, with the libertinism of the soldiers. The finale has the protagonist receiving an unfavorable transfer to a border fort, while at least one of his friends has snapped due to excessive bullying from one of their superiors. 
*"Safe Sex" (1999, English title only). A large number of characters deal with their often conflincting agendas, sexual frustrations, and not-so-hidden fetishes. At the end, most of the characters meet at a funeral. But nobody gives a damn about the dead person, and everyone uses the gathering to search for new sexual partners. 

I love Point of No Return, I think it is great too, I even have the theatrical release movie poster framed in my home office. But, it may suffer by comparison to the original. I rated it an 8 on IMDb (I am tough on films, rarely giving 10s, 9s, or 8s), while the average IMDb user rates it 6.0. In contrast, La Femme Nikita (1990) is rated the same by me at 8, but gets a 7.4 average rating from IMDb users. Plus, Nikita even was on the IMDb Top 250 for three years in the late 1990s, peaking at 96.

I think our opinions might be in the minority on this one. The John Badham remake is a bit slicker and less grittier than the Luc Besson original. For me, I like Point of No Return a bit more. but may be biased as I am a Bridget Fonda fan. Both, films are great, just stylistically different.

I have seen worse American remakes, but I agree it doesn't measure up to the Japanese original.

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Which American remake by comparison is the most unworthy of its original foreign and non-English language brethren?

Anthony Zimmer (2005) from France in French

Thanks, I do the same and feel the same. I agree the original almost always win outs. The pairs that might be a horse race in some movie goers eyes are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) /The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011),
Suspiria (1977) / Suspiria (2018) and Infernal Affairs (2002) / The Departed (2006).

I only saw the American remake and have been wanting to catch the Austrian original. I did consider that pair, but for some reason (likely the English language title) I thought it was Australian, so I omitted it. I have included the pair, since there is a drop-off in scores from 7.6 to 6.5 between the two.

Funny Games (2007) Funny Games (1997)