Film Noir Remakes

These movies are later film noir remakes of the original classic versions from the forties or fifties.

Why make such a list? Maybe you saw one of these films from the 60's through today and didn't know it was based on an earlier

Or, you may be curious to find out if any of your film noir favorites have a more recent, updated version? True, they can often be more disappointing than the original. Other times, though, the addition of color, modern editing and music can add significant depth to the story. Sometimes.

While some of the following are truly film noir remakes, others may just be other versions based on the same novel as the earlier film. The first film listed in each entry is the original, with the date it came out and the key players. The second film listed will be the remake, with its own date and key players.

Now for the film noir remakes:

The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Sterling Hayden
Cairo (1963), George Sanders
Cool Breeze (1972), (blaxploitation), Sydney Lord Jones

The Big Clock (1948), Ray Milland, Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan
No Way Out (1987), Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman and Sean Young

The Big Sleep (1946), Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
The Big Sleep (1978), Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles and James Stewart

Body And Soul (1947), John Garfield
Body And Soul (1981), Leon Isaac Kennedy

Dark Passage (1947), Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall
Johnny Handsome (1989), Mickey Rourke and Ellen Barkin

The Desperate Hours (1955), Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March
Desperate Hours (1990), Mickey Rourke and Anthony Hopkins

Detour (1945), Tom Neal and Ann Savage
Detour (1992), Tom Neal Jr. and Lea Lavish

D.O.A. (1950), Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton
Color Me Dead 1969, Tom Tryon
D.O.A. (1988), Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan

Double Indemnity (1944), Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson and Barbara Stanwyk
Body Heat (1982), William Hurt, Richard Crenna and Kathleen Turner

High Sierra (1941), Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino
I Died A Thousand Times (1955), Jack Palance and Shelley Winters

I, The Jury (1953), Biff Elliot
I, The Jury (1982), Armand Assante

The Killers (1946), Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner and Edmond O'Brien
The Killers (1964), Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and John Cassavetes

Kiss Of Death (1947), Victor Mature and Richard Widmark
Kiss Of Death (1995), David Caruso and Nicholas Cage

The Maltese Falcon (1941), Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)(parody), Steve Martin and Rachel Ward

Murder My Sweet (1944), Dick Powell
Farewell My Lovely (1975), Robert Mitchum

No Man Of Her Own (1950), Barbara Stanwyk and John Lund
J'ai Epousé Une Ombre/I Married A Shadow (1982), Nathalie Baye and Francis Huster

Night And The City (1950), Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney
Night And The City (1992), Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange

No Man Of Her Own (1950), Barbara Stanwyk and John Lund
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser

Out Of The Past (1947), Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas and Jane Greer
Against All Odds (1984), Jeff Bridges, James Woods and Rachel Ward

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), John Garfield and Lana Turner
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange

Sunset Boulevard (1950), William Holden and Gloria Swanson
Heat (1972)(parody), Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles

They Live By Night (1948), Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell
Thieves Like Us (1974), Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall

There are other film noir remakes that were made for TV, but they are not part of this list.