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Taste of Cinema: 10 American Movie Remakes That Rivaled the Original Foreign Films

These are American remakes of foreign films that are mostly regarded as being as good, almost as good or even better than the original one.
From tasteofcinema.com:
"Americans have more than earned their reputation for botching remakes of successful pictures from around the world. They'll add a happy ending when the brutal conclusion is what made it so unforgettable (The Vanishing); they'll fail to capture that unique comic tone (Downhill, from Force Majeure) or at worst, they'll simply ignore the classic source material to make mystifying pap (City of Angels, from Wings of Desire). But here are the exceptions, when Hollywood managed to match, or even exceed, the original."
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Let Me in (2010)
Let Me in (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
2
Let the Right One in (2008)
Let the Right One in (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
3
Quick Change (1990)
Quick Change (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
4
The Hold Up (1985) (1985)
The Hold Up (1985) (1985)
5
The Pledge (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
6
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
7
Insomnia (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
8
Insomnia (1997)
Insomnia (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
The Bitch (1931)
The Bitch (1931)
11
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
12
La Jetée (1962)
La Jetée (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
13
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
14
Purple Noon (1960)
Purple Noon (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
15
The Departed (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
16
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
17
Sorcerer (1977)
Sorcerer (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
18
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
20
Fanfare of Love (1935)
Fanfare of Love (1935)
21
The Vanishing (1993)
The Vanishing (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
22
The Vanishing (1988)
The Vanishing (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
Downhill (2020)
Downhill (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   38%
24
Force Majeure (2014)
Force Majeure (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
25
City of Angels (1998)
City of Angels (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   58%
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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