This list includes both English-language films that were based on previously released foreign-language films and those that were not based on any previous film, but merely share a common source material.
English-language film | French-language film | Common source material (if any) |
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13 (2010) | 13 Tzameti (2005) | |
The 13th Letter (1951) | Le Corbeau (1943) | |
Algiers (1938) | Pépé le Moko (1937) | The novel Pépé le Moko (Henri La Barthe) |
Alibi (1942) | L'Alibi (1937) | |
And God Created Woman (1988) | Et Dieu... créa la femme (1956) | |
Angel of Mine (2019) | L'Empreinte de l'ange (2008) | |
The Big Wedding (2013) | (2006) | |
A Bigger Splash (2015) | La piscine (1969) | |
The Birdcage (1996) | La Cage aux Folles (1978) | The play La Cage aux Folles (Jean Poiret) |
Black Eyes (1939) | Les yeux noirs (1935) | |
Blame It on Rio (1984) | Un moment d'égarement (1977) | |
Blood Ties (2013) | Les Liens du sang (2008) | The autobiographical novel Deux frères: flic & truand (Bruno Papet, Michel Papet) |
The Blue Veil (1951) | Le voile bleu (1942) | |
Break the News (1938) | Le mort en fuite (1936) | |
Breathless (1983) | À bout de souffle (1960) | |
Brick Mansions (2014) | Banlieue 13 (2004) | |
Bring On the Girls (1945) | L'Homme qui cherche la vérité (1940) | |
Buddy Buddy (1981) | L'emmerdeur (1973) | The play Le contrat (Francis Veber) |
Casbah (1948) | Pépé le Moko (1937) | The novel Pépé le Moko (Henri La Barthe) |
Chloe (2009) | Nathalie... (2003) | |
CODA (2021) | La Famille Bélier (2014) | |
Cousins (1989) | Cousin Cousine (1975) | |
Crossroads (1942) | Carrefour (1938) | |
The Cry of the Owl (2009) | Le Cri du hibou (1987) | The novel The Cry of the Owl (Patricia Highsmith) |
Dead Man's Shoes (1940) | Carrefour (1938) | |
Deep Water (2022) | Eaux profondes (1981) | The novel Deep Water (Patricia Highsmith) |
Delivery Man (2013) | Starbuck (2011, Canada) | |
Diabolique (1996) | Les Diaboliques (1955) | The novel Celle qui n'était plus (Boileau-Narcejac) |
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) | Le Dîner de Cons (1998) | The play Le Dîner de Cons (Francis Veber) |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) | Boudu sauvé des eaux (1932) | The play Boudu sauvé des eaux (René Fauchois) |
Dressed to Thrill (1935) | La couturière de Lunéville (1932) | The play La Couturière de Lunéville (Alfred Savoir) |
EDtv (1999) | Louis 19, le roi des ondes (1994, Canada) | |
Eye of the Beholder (1999) | Mortelle Randonnée (1983) | |
Fanny (1961) | Marius (1931) Fanny (1932) César (1936) | |
Fantômas (serial, 1920) | Fantômas (serial, 1913) | The Fantômas novels (Marcel Allain, Pierre Souvestre) |
Fathers' Day (1997) | Les Compères (1983) | |
The Firebird (1934) | (1933) | The play Firebird (Lajos Zilahy) |
The First Offence (1936) | Mauvaise Graine (1934) | |
Flame and the Flesh (1954) | The Kiss of Fire (1937) | The novel Naples au baiser de feu (Auguste Bailly) |
Forty Little Mothers (1940) | Le mioche (1936) | |
The Good Thief (2002) | Bob le flambeur (1956) | |
The Grand Seduction (2013) | La grande séduction (2003, Canada) | |
The Gunman (2015) | Le Choc (1982) | The novel The Prone Gunman (Jean-Patrick Manchette) |
The Guv'nor (1935) | Rothchild (1933) | |
Gypsy Melody (1936) | Juanita (1935) | |
Happy New Year (1987) | La bonne année (1973) | |
Heartbeat (1946) | Battement de coeur (1940) | |
Hell's Cargo (1939) | Alerte en Méditerranée (1938) | |
Human Desire (1954) | La Bête Humaine (1938) | The novel La Bête humaine (Émile Zola) |
Intersection (1994) | Les choses de la vie (1970) | The novel Les choses de la vie (Paul Guimard) |
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) | L'Amour l'après-midi (1972) | |
I Was an Adventuress (1940) | J'étais une aventurière (1938) | |
The Jesus Rolls (2019) | Going Places (1974) | |
Journal of a Crime (1934) | Une vie perdue (1933) | |
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) | Un indien dans la ville (1994) | |
Just My Luck (1933) | Azaïs (1932) | The play Azaïs (Fifty-Fifty) |
Just Visiting (2001) | Les Visiteurs (1993) | |
A Kind of Murder (2016) | Le Meurtrier (1963) | The novel The Blunderer (Patricia Highsmith) |
The Lady in Question (1940) | Gribouille (1937) | |
LOL (2012) | LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008) | |
The Long Night (1947) | Le Jour Se Lève (1939) | |
The Long Way Home (1998) | Thomas Guérin... retraité (1978) | |
Lucky Partners (1940) | Bonne Chance (1935) | |
Lured (1947) | Pièges (1939) | |
Lydia (1941) | Un carnet de bal (1937) | |
Make-Up (1937) | (1935) | The novel Bux (Hans Possendorf) |
Man on the Train (2011) | The Man on the Train (2002) | |
The Man Who Loved Women (1983) | L'homme qui aimait les femmes (1977) | |
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) | Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972) | |
Martyrs (2015) | Martyrs (2008) | |
Men Don't Leave (1990) | (1981) | |
Midnight Episode (1950) | Monsieur La Souris (1942) | The novel Monsieur La Souris (Georges Simenon) |
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) | Le Miroir à deux faces (1958) | |
Mixed Nuts (1994) | Le Père Noël est une ordure (1982) | The play Le Père Noël est une ordure (Le Splendid) |
Moscow Nights (1935) | Moscow Nights (1934 film) (1934) | |
My Daughter Joy (1950) | David Golder (1931) | The novel David Golder (Irène Némirovsky) |
My Father The Hero (1994) | Mon père, ce héros (1991) | |
My Life with Caroline (1941) | Le train pour Venise (1938) | The play Le Train pour Venise (Louis Verneuil, Georges Berr) |
The Next Three Days (2010) | Pour elle (2008) | |
Nine Months (1995) | Neuf mois (1994) | |
No Exit (1962) | Huis clos (1954) | The play No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre) |
One Rainy Afternoon (1936) | Monsieur Sans-Gêne (1935) | |
Operation Splitsville (1999) | (1991) | |
Original Sin (2001) | La sirène du (1969) | The novel Waltz into Darkness (William Irish) |
Oscar (1991) | Oscar (1967) | The play Oscar |
Palmetto (1998) | (1961) | The novel Just Another Sucker (James Hadley Chase) |
Paradise (1991) | Le Grand Chemin (1987) | |
Paradise for Three (1938) | Un oiseau rare (1935) | The novel Three Men in the Snow (Erich Kästner) |
Paris When It Sizzles (1964) | La fête à Henriette (1952) | |
Passion (2012) | Crime d'amour (2010) | |
Point of No Return (1993) | La Femme Nikita (1990) | |
Port of Seven Seas (1938) | Marius (1931) Fanny (1932) César (1936) | |
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) | Le Dernier Tournant (1939) | The novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain) |
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) | Le Dernier Tournant (1939) | The novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain) |
Pure Luck (1991) | La Chèvre (1981) | |
Quick Change (1990) | Hold-Up (1985) | The novel Quick Change (Jay Cronley) |
The Rebel Son (1938) | Taras Bulba (1936) | The novel Taras Bulba (Nikolai Gogol) |
Reflections of Murder (1974, TV film) | Les Diaboliques (1955) | The novel Celle qui n'était plus (Boileau-Narcejac) |
Return to Paradise (1998) | Force majeure (1989) | |
Rigged (1985) | (1959) | The novel Hit and Run (James Hadley Chase) |
Rough Magic (1995) | Une blonde comme ça (1962) | The novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (James Hadley Chase) |
Scarlet Street (1945) | La Chienne (1931) | The novel La Chienne (Georges de La Fouchardière) |
Second Bureau (1936) | Deuxième bureau (1935) | The novel Second Bureau (Charles Robert-Dumas) |
The Silent Battle (1939) | La Bataille silencieuse (1937) | The novel Le Poisson chinois (Jean Bommart) |
Sleepless (2017) | Nuit Blanche (2011) | |
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) | Michel Strogoff (1936) | The novel Michael Strogoff (Jules Verne) |
Some Like It Hot (1959) | Fanfare d'amour (1935) | |
Sommersby (1993) | Le Retour De Martin Guerre (1982) | |
Sorcerer (1977) | Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) | The novel Le Salaire de la peur (Georges Arnaud) |
Special Correspondents (2016) | Envoyés très spéciaux (2009) | |
Station Six-Sahara (1962) | S.O.S. Sahara (1938, Germany) | The play Men Without a Past (Jean Martet) |
Stranger in the House (1967) | Les Inconnus dans la maison (1942) | The novel The Strangers in the House (Georges Simenon) |
Sweet Devil (1938) | Quelle drôle de gosse! (1935) | |
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | Plein soleil (1960) | The novel The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith) |
Taxi (2004) | Taxi (1998) | |
Temptation Harbour (1947) | L'Homme de Londres (1943) | The novel Newhaven-Dieppe (L'Homme de Londres) (Georges Simenon) |
Three Fugitives (1989) | Les Fugitifs (1986) | |
Three Maxims (1936) | Varieté (1935) | |
Three Men and a Baby (1987) | Trois hommes et un couffin (1985) | |
The Tourist (2010) | Anthony Zimmer (2005) | |
Tovarich (1937) | Tovaritch (1935) | The play Tovaritch (Jacques Deval) |
The Toy (1982) | Le Jouet (1976) | |
Trap for Cinderella (2013) | Piège pour Cendrillon (1965) | The novel Piège pour Cendrillon (Sébastien Japrisot) |
True Lies (1994) | La Totale! (1991) | |
True to life (1943) | (1939) | |
The Tunnel (1935) | Le tunnel (1933) | The novel Der Tunnel (Bernhard Kellermann) |
Twelve Monkeys (1995) | La Jetée (1962) | |
Two Men in Town (2014) | Deux hommes dans la ville (1973) | |
Two Much (1995) | Le Jumeau (1984) | The novel Two Much (Donald E. Westlake) |
Under Suspicion (2000) | Garde à Vue (1981) | The novel Brainwash (John Wainwright) |
Unfaithful (2002) | La Femme infidèle (1968) | |
The Unfinished Dance (1947) | La mort du cygne (1937) | |
The Upside (2017) | Intouchables (2011) | |
Violent Road (1958) | Le Salaire de la Peur (1953) | The novel Le Salaire de la peur (Georges Arnaud) |
War of the Buttons (1994) | La Guerre des boutons (1962) | The novel La Guerre des boutons (Louis Pergaud) |
The White Lilac (1935) | La cinquième empreinte (1934) | The play Lilas Blanc (Ladislas Fodor) |
Wicker Park (2004) | L'Appartement (1996) | |
Wild Target (2010) | Cible émouvante (1993) | |
Willie & Phil (1980) | Jules et Jim (1962) | The novel Jules and Jim (Henri-Pierre Roché) |
A Window in London (1940) | Metropolitan (1939) | |
The Woman I Love (1937) | L'Équipage (1935) | The novel L'Équipage (Joseph Kessel) |
The Woman in Red (1984) | Un éléphant ça trompe énormément (1976) | |
Wrath of Man (2021) | Cash Truck (2004) | | |
English-language film | German-language film | Common source material (if any) |
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952) | 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (1931) | The novella Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (Stefan Zweig) |
Addio Mimí! (1949) | The Charm of La Boheme (1937, Austria) | A modernized version of the opera La bohème (Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Henri Murger) |
Adorable (1933) | Her Grace Commands (1931) | |
After the Ball (1932) | The Opera Ball (1931) | |
Alone in Berlin (2016) | Everyone Dies Alone (1976, West Germany) | The novel Every Man Dies Alone (Hans Fallada) |
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) | The Angel with the Trumpet (1948, Austria) | The novel Der Engel mit der Posaune (Ernst Lothar) |
Baby Cakes (1989) | Sugarbaby (1985) | |
Bachelor Mother (1939) | Little Mother (1935, Austria) | |
Ball at Savoy (1936) | Ball at the Savoy (1935, Austria) | The operetta Ball im Savoy (Paul Abraham, Alfred Grünwald, Fritz Löhner-Beda) |
Beauty and the Boss (1932) | Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) | The play A templom egére (Ladislas Fodor) |
Between Us Girls (1942) | A Precocious Girl (1934, Austria) | The play Le Fruit Vert (Jacques Théry, Regis Gignoux) |
Blast (2004) | Operation Noah (1998) | |
The Blue Angel (1959) | The Blue Angel (1930) | The novel Professor Unrat (Heinrich Mann) |
Bundle of Joy (1956) | Little Mother (1935, Austria) | |
Burning Secret (1988) | The Burning Secret (1933) | The short story Brennendes Geheimnis (Stefan Zweig) |
The Captain from Köpenick (1945) | The Captain from Köpenick (1931) | The play Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (Carl Zuckmayer), based on Wilhelm Voigt |
The Challenge (1938) | Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928, Switzerland) | |
The Church Mouse (1934) | Poor as a Church Mouse (1931) | The play A templom egére (Ladislas Fodor) |
City of Angels (1998) | Wings of Desire (1987, West Germany) | |
Confession (1937) | Mazurka (1935) | |
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934) | The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) | |
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948) | The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932) | |
Desire (1936) | Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933) | The play Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (János Székely, Robert A. Stemmle) |
The Diplomatic Lover (1934) | The Ladies Diplomat (1932) | |
Doomed Battalion (1932) | Mountains on Fire (1931) | |
Dreaming Lips (1937) | Dreaming Lips (1932) | The play Mélo (Henri Bernstein) |
Dreams Come True (1936) | The World's in Love (1935, Austria) | The operetta Clo-Clo (Franz Lehar, Bela Jenbach) |
Eight Girls in a Boat (1934) | Eight Girls in a Boat (1932) | |
Emil and the Detectives (1935) | Emil and the Detectives (1931) | The novel Emil and the Detectives (Erich Kästner) |
Emil and the Detectives (1964) | Emil and the Detectives (1931) | The novel Emil and the Detectives (Erich Kästner) |
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) | The Emperor's Candlesticks (1936, Austria) | The novel The Emperor's Candlesticks (Baroness Orczy) |
Escapade (1935) | Maskerade (1934, Austria) | |
The Experiment (2010) | Das Experiment (2001) | The novel Black Box (Mario Giordano), based on the Stanford prison experiment |
First a Girl (1935) | Victor and Victoria (1933) | |
Forget Me Not (1936) | Forget Me Not (1935) | |
Funny Games (2007) | Funny Games (1997, Austria) | |
The Ghost Comes Home (1940) | The Valiant Navigator (1935) | The play Der mutige Seefahrer (Georg Kaiser) |
The Girl Downstairs (1938) | Catherine the Last (1936, Austria) | |
Give Her a Ring (1934) | Wrong Number, Miss (1932) | |
Happy Go Lovely (1951) | And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) | |
Head Full of Honey (2018) | Head Full of Honey (2014) | |
Her Majesty, Love (1931) | Her Majesty the Barmaid (1931) | |
It's a Boy (1933) | Hooray, It's a Boy! (1931) | The play Hurra, ein Junge (Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach) |
Jakob the Liar (1999) | Jacob the Liar (1975, East Germany) | The novel Jacob the Liar (Jurek Becker) |
The Last Waltz (1936) | The Last Waltz (1934) | The operetta Der letzte Walzer (Oscar Straus, Julius Brammer, Alfred Grünwald) |
The Lightship (1985) | The Lightship (1963, West Germany) | The novella Das Feuerschiff (Siegfried Lenz) |
Little Man, What Now? (1934) | Little Man, What Now? (1933) | The novel Little Man, What Now? (Hans Fallada) |
Love Again (2023) | SMS für Dich (2016) | The novel SMS für dich (Sofie Cramer) |
Love in the Afternoon (1957) | Ariane (1931) | The novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Claude Anet) |
Love Me and the World Is Mine (1928) | Hannerl and Her Lovers (1921) | The novel Hannerl and Her Lovers (Rudolf Hans Bartsch) |
M (1951) | M (1931) | |
Madame Spy (1934) | Under False Flag (1932) | |
Mad Love (1935) | The Hands of Orlac (1924, Austria) | The novel Les Mains d'Orlac (Maurice Renard) |
The Missing Guest (1938) | Secret of the Blue Room (1932) | |
Murder in the Blue Room (1944) | Secret of the Blue Room (1932) | |
My Love Came Back (1940) | Episode (1935, Austria) | |
No Reservations (2007) | Bella Martha (2001) | |
Oh, Daddy! (1935) | The True Jacob (1931) | The play Der wahre Jakob (Franz Arnold, Ernst Bach) |
On Secret Service (1933) | Spies at Work (1933) | |
One Exciting Adventure (1934) | What Women Dream (1933) | |
Paradise for Two (1937) | And Who Is Kissing Me? (1933) | |
The Parent Trap (1961) | Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) | The novel Lottie and Lisa (Erich Kästner) |
People Will Talk (1951) | Doctor Praetorius (1950, West Germany) | The play Frauenarzt Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (Curt Goetz) |
The Pledge (2001) | It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958, Switzerland) | The novella (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) |
Premiere (1938) | Premiere (1937, Austria) | |
Prince of Arcadia (1933) | The Prince of Arcadia (1932) | |
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) | Bel Ami (1939) | The novel Bel-Ami (Guy de Maupassant) |
Ripley's Game (2002) | The American Friend (1977, West Germany) | The novel Ripley's Game (Patricia Highsmith) |
The Road Within (2014) | Vincent Wants to Sea (2010) | |
The Secret of the Blue Room (1933) | Secret of the Blue Room (1932) | |
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) | A Waltz Dream (1925) | The operetta Ein Walzertraum (Oscar Straus,,) |
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) | The Czar's Courier (1936) | The novel Michael Strogoff (Jules Verne) |
A Song to Remember (1945) | Farewell Waltz (1934) | |
The Song You Gave Me (1933) | The Song Is Ended (1930) | |
The Sound of Music (1965) | The Trapp Family (1956, West Germany) | The memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (Maria von Trapp) |
Spring Parade (1940) | Spring Parade (1934, Austria) | |
A Star Fell from Heaven (1936) | A Star Fell from Heaven (1934, Austria) | |
Star of the Circus (1938) | Truxa (1937) | |
Stolen Identity (1953) | I Was Jack Mortimer (1935) | The novel Ich war Jack Mortimer (Alexander Lernet-Holenia) |
Storm in a Teacup (1937) | Storm in a Water Glass (1931, Austria) | The play Sturm im Wasserglas (Bruno Frank) |
Storm Over Tibet (1952) | Demon of the Himalayas (1935, Switzerland) | |
Strangler of the Swamp (1946) | Fährmann Maria (1936) | |
Talk About Jacqueline (1942) | Talking About Jacqueline (1937) | The novel Man spricht über Jacqueline (Katrin Holland) |
There Goes Susie (1934) | Marion, That's Not Nice (1933) | |
There Goes the Bride (1932) | I'll Stay with You (1931) | |
The Thirteenth Floor (1999) | World on a Wire (1973, West Germany) | The novel Simulacron-3 (Daniel F. Galouye) |
Three Maxims (1936) | Variety (1935) | |
Top Hat (1935) | Scandal in Budapest (1933) | The play A Girl Who Dares (Sándor Faragó, Aladar Laszlo) |
The Tunnel (1935) | The Tunnel (1933) | The novel Der Tunnel (Bernhard Kellermann) |
Twice Upon a Time (1953) | Two Times Lotte (1950, West Germany) | The novel Lottie and Lisa (Erich Kästner) |
Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) | Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1930) | |
Victor/Victoria (1982) | Victor and Victoria (1933) | |
Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) | The Gentleman Without a Residence (1934, Austria) | The play Der Herr ohne Wohnung (Bela Jenbach, Rudolf Österreicher) | |