Remakes of films by Alfred Hitchcock

Films that are considered remakes of Alfred Hitchcock's

A number of films directed by Alfred Hitchcock have been remade, with official remakes of Murder! and The Man Who Knew Too Much being directed by Hitchcock himself. North by Northwest and Saboteur are also considered by some scholars to be unofficial remakes of Hitchcock's English espionage thriller The 39 Steps.[1][2][3] This list does not include sequels (such as the films that followed the 1960 version of Psycho), but it does include films based on the same original source materials as were used by Hitchcock (such as the multiple films based on Marie Belloc Lowndes's novel The Lodger).

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Year | Title | Remake of | Director | Country of origin

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1931  | Mary | Murder! | Alfred Hitchcock  | UK
1932  | The Lodger | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | Maurice Elvey | UK
1944  | The Lodger | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | John Brahm | USA
1953  | Man in the Attic | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | Hugo Fregonese | USA
1956  | The Man Who Knew Too Much | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Alfred Hitchcock  | USA
1958  | Step Down to Terror | Shadow of a Doubt | Harry Keller | USA
Dial M for Murder | Dial M for Murder | Boris Sagal | USA
1959  | The Fifth Stair | Dial M for Murder | Vincent Sherman | USA
The 39 Steps | The 39 Steps | Ralph Thomas | UK
1968  | Dial M for Murder | Dial M for Murder | John Llewellyn Moxey | USA
1969  | Once You Kiss a Stranger | Strangers on a Train | Robert Sparr | USA
1976  | Obsession | Vertigo | Brian De Palma | USA
1978  | The Thirty Nine Steps | The 39 Steps | Don Sharp | UK
1979  | The Lady Vanishes | The Lady Vanishes | Anthony Page | UK
1980  | Dressed to Kill | Psycho | Brian De Palma  | USA
1984  | Body Double | Rear Window and Vertigo | Brian De Palma  | USA
1987  | Throw Momma from the Train | Strangers on a Train | Danny DeVito | USA
1991  | Shadow of a Doubt | Shadow of a Doubt | Karen Arthur | USA
1992  | Notorious | Notorious | Colin Bucksey | USA
1993  | Lifepod | Lifeboat | Ron Silver | USA
1996  | Once You Meet a Stranger | Strangers on a Train | Tommy Lee Wallace | USA
The Secret Agent | Sabotage | Christopher Hampton | UK
1998  | A Perfect Murder | Dial M for Murder | Andrew Davis | USA
Rear Window | Rear Window | Jeff Bleckner | USA
Psycho | Psycho | Gus Van Sant | USA
2000  | Mission: Impossible 2 | Notorious | John Woo | USA
2007  | Disturbia | Rear Window | D. J. Caruso | USA
2001  | Officer | Vertigo | Naeem Sha  | India
2008  | Easy Virtue | Easy Virtue | Stephan Elliott | UK
The 39 Steps | The 39 Steps | James Hawes | UK
2009  | The Lodger | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | David Ondaatje  | USA
2020  | Rebecca | Rebecca | Ben Wheatley | USA

## Announced remakes

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After the success of Gone Girl, in January 2015 it was announced that David Fincher would direct a remake of Strangers on a Train with Ben Affleck to star with a script penned by Gillian Flynn.[4] In April 2024, it was reported that Netflix had greenlit the remake, now titled Strangers.[5] Fincher is also reportedly attached to remake Rope, with Denzel Washington rumored to star.[6]

In March 2023, it was reported that Paramount Pictures acquired the remake rights to Vertigo, with Steven Knight set to write the script and Robert Downey Jr. set to star.[7] As of March 2025, Knight is still working on the screenplay.[8]

In February 2024, it was announced that Kevin Williamson is developing a television series based on Rear Window for Peacock and Universal Television.[9]

## Footnotes

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## References

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1. ^ Sauveur, Trace. "The 39 Steps: Alfred Hitchcock's Fun, Flighty Trial Run of North By Northwest". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
2. ^ Eberwein, Robert. "PART ONE—NEXT OF KIN: REMAKES AND HOLLYWOOD". publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
3. ^ Bligh, William Oliver McLean (2018). "Remaking The 39 Steps : Hitchcock's screenwriting and identification". Open Publications of UTS Scholars. UTS. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
4. ^ Kroll, Justin (13 January 2015). "Ben Affleck and David Fincher Reteam for 'Strangers on a Train' Reboot". Variety. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
5. ^ Ruimy, Jordan (19 August 2019). "David Fincher to Direct 'Strangers' for Netflix, Hitchcock Remake". World of Reel. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
6. ^ Ruimy, Jordan (19 August 2019). "Confirmed: David Fincher Attached to Direct 'Rope' Remake [Updated]". World of Reel. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 23, 2023). "Paramount Sets Remake of Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' as Potential Robert Downey Jr-Starrer; Steven Knight to Write Script & Davis Entertainment to Produce with Team Downey". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
8. ^ Felt, Klein (4 March 2025). "A Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo With Robert Downey Jr. Is Officially Happening". The Direct. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
9. ^ Hailu, Selome (8 February 2024). "'Rear Window,' 'The It Girl' and 'The Game' Head to Television via Kevin Williamson's Overall Deal With Universal". Variety. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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Feature films|

| Silent
films|

* The Pleasure Garden (1925)
* The Mountain Eagle (1926)
* The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
* The Ring (1927)
* Downhill (1927)
* The Farmer's Wife (1928)
* Easy Virtue (1928)
* Champagne (1928)
* The Manxman (1929)

|

British
sound films|

* Blackmail (1929)
* Juno and the Paycock (1930)
* Murder! (1930)
* Elstree Calling (1930)
* The Skin Game (1931)
* Mary (1931)
* Rich and Strange (1931)
* Number Seventeen (1932)
* Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
* The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
* The 39 Steps (1935)
* Secret Agent (1936)
* Sabotage (1936)
* Young and Innocent (1937)
* The Lady Vanishes (1938)
* Jamaica Inn (1939)

Hollywood
and later|

* Rebecca (1940)
* Foreign Correspondent (1940)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
* Suspicion (1941)
* Saboteur (1942)
* Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
* Lifeboat (1944)
* Spellbound (1945)
* Notorious (1946)
* The Paradine Case (1947)
* Rope (1948)
* Under Capricorn (1949)
* Stage Fright (1950)
* Strangers on a Train (1951)
* I Confess (1953)
* Dial M for Murder (1954)
* Rear Window (1954)
* To Catch a Thief (1955)
* The Trouble with Harry (1955)
* The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
* The Wrong Man (1956)
* Vertigo (1958)
* North by Northwest (1959)
* Psycho (1960)
* The Birds (1963)
* Marnie (1964)
* Torn Curtain (1966)
* Topaz (1969)
* Frenzy (1972)
* Family Plot (1976)

Short films|

* Always Tell Your Wife (1923)
* An Elastic Affair (1930)
* Aventure Malgache (1944)
* Bon Voyage (1944)
* The Fighting Generation (1944)

Television|

* Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, episodes)
* Incident at a Corner (1960)
* Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985, episodes)

Related|

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* Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
* Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology
* Three Investigators
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* High Anxiety
* Alfred Hitchcock: The Art of Making Movies
* Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
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* My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

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