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

American remakes of great foreign language films are understandable; sharing a great story with as wide an audience as possible is always a good idea. These remakes are often done with the full resources of Hollywood with bigger stars and larger budgets. However, these adaptations face the same issues that most sequels and remakes have when compared to the original.

Which American remake is the most unworthy of it's original foreign and non-English language brethren?

See the partial list of American remakes of original foreign and non-English movies here: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls033097519/

Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/pAhF5tXJaDg/

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rubyfruit76

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7 years ago

My vote will definitely go to 'The Vanishing.' The original was exquisite so the remake, which was so sterile, seemed like an abomination, lol. 'Good poll and good list.

Oh, I noticed a little typo in #18: Solraris (1972) from the Soviet Union in Russian

I'm assuming you meant either Solyaris or Solaris.

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Thank, I meant to put the title in its native language, so Solyaris. corrected

I have seen both the original foreign language movie and the American remake on just all of these. But, the combination of Spoorloos and The Vanishing really inspired me to do this suggestion. I loved the original too, especially the abrupt ending. Normally, I would love any movie with Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland , Nancy Travis and Sandra Bullock. I did like the movie and thought it was well-done and well told. But, the extension of the ending to make it a feel good ending for American audiences ruined the entire movie for me. This pattern seems to happen way to often.

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Congratulations, urbanemovies!

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3 years ago

For the most part, these foreign films have set a really high bar for the American remakes to live up to.

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