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=== Non-American Foreign Film Remakes: ===
* ''Mean Machine'' -- ''[[The Longest Yard]]:'' A British remake of the 1973 American film (the Sandler remake came out in 05), substituting soccer for football.
* ''[[A
* Danish ''[[Olsen-Banden]]'' remade in Norway as ''[[Olsen Banden|Olsenbanden]]'' and in Sweden as ''[[Olsen Banden|Jönssonligan]]''.
* ''Zinda'' -- ''[[Old Boy]]''
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* ''Daraar'', ''Agnisakshi'' and ''Yaraana'' -- ''[[Sleeping With the Enemy]]''
* ''Sauda'' and ''Judaai'' -- ''[[Indecent Proposal]]''
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* ''[[Ghajini]]''/''[[Memento (Film)|Memento]]''
* ''If....'' (technically an American production, but with a largely British cast, crew and setting), based on the French short film ''Zéro de conduite''.
* ''[[A Simple Noodle Story]]'' -- ''[[Blood Simple]]''
* ''[[Chloe]]'' -- ''[[Nathalie]]''
* ''[
* Taken [[Serial Escalation]] by ''[[High School Musical]]''--the book ''Battle of the Bands'' was adapted three times in Latin America--once in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. The latter two count as this.
* The Hindi ''Bhool Bhulaiyaa'', a remake of the Tamil and Telugu ''Chandramukhi'', which was a remake of the Kannada ''Apthamitra''...which was a remake of the Malayalee ''Manichitratazadu''. Apparently, there's another remake in Bengali called ''Rajmohol". And yes, all of those are from the same country.
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* ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' -- ''Steptoe and Son''
* ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' -- ''[[Yo Soy Betty La Fea]]'': Which has migrated up many South American countries, all the way to the US. Later, it even got to Russia and the rest of the CIS, [[Adaptation Displacement|where fans are convinced that it is a re-make of an original ''American'' show]]. ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is the inspiration for a Bosnian variant, and possibly an Arabic version as well. There was also a quite successful German adaption.
* ''[[The Nanny]]'' has been remade [
* ''[[Spitting Image]]'' had at least Spanish, Portuguese, French and Russian follow-ups. It helps politicians are laughable everywhere.
** There was also an attempt to bring it to the US during the Reagan years. A pilot was aired, but never led to a series; the audience were shocked to see their leaders satirised so heavily, and objected to the grotesque puppets.
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