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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)
2
Let the Right One in (2008)
Let the Right One in (2008)
3
Quick Change (1990)
Quick Change (1990)
4
The Hold Up (1985) (1985)
The Hold Up (1985) (1985)
5
The Pledge (2001)
The Pledge (2001)
6
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
7
Insomnia (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
8
Insomnia (1997)
Insomnia (1997)
9
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
10
The Bitch (1931)
The Bitch (1931)
11
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
12
La Jetée (1962)
La Jetée (1962)
13
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
14
Purple Noon (1960)
Purple Noon (1960)
15
The Departed (2006)
The Departed (2006)
16
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
17
Sorcerer (1977)
Sorcerer (1977)
18
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
19
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
20
Fanfare of Love (1935)
Fanfare of Love (1935)
21
The Vanishing (1993)
The Vanishing (1993)
22
The Vanishing (1988)
The Vanishing (1988)
23
Downhill (2020)
Downhill (2020)
24
Force Majeure (2014)
Force Majeure (2014)
25
City of Angels (1998)
City of Angels (1998)
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Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
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