Let's remember the particularly striking failures of Hollywood remaking, when studios took on the creation of their own versions of non-American films and overestimated their strength. 
Hollywood has long held the title of the very place where the best films in the world are produced. And most of the projects released there confirm this status. But what Hollywood isn't so good at is remakes. And both for our own, that is, American films, and for foreign ones. Good and bad paintings, which are remakes of old ones, appear in a ratio of about 50/50 - one will be successful, and the second will fail miserably and disappoint everyone.
New York Taxi (2004) 
Remake of the film "Taxi" (France, 1998).
Remake ratings: IMDb 4.5
Original ratings: IMDb 6.9
Oldboy (2013) 
A remake of the 2003 South Korean film of the same name.
Remake ratings: IMDb 5.7
Original ratings: IMDb 8.4
1+1: A Hollywood Story (2019) 
Remake of the film “1+1” (France, 2011).
Remake ratings: IMDb 7.0
Original ratings: IMDb 8.5
Oh, Hollywood especially often fails at remakes of French films.
Death at a Funeral (2010) 
Remake of the film "Death at a Funeral" (UK, 2007).
Remake ratings: IMDb 5.7
Original ratings: IMDb 7.3
As you noticed from the collage, actor Peter Dinklage played in both versions of the comedy. Moreover, his hero had different names - in the remake he became Frank, but in the original he bore his own name Peter.
Dinner with Assholes (2010) 
Remake of the film "Dinner with a Moron" (France, 1998)
Remake ratings: IMDb 5.9
Original ratings: IMDb 7.6
The Wicker Man (2006) 
A remake of the 1973 British film of the same name.
Remake ratings: IMDb 3.7
Original ratings: IMDb 7.5
Funny Games (2007) 
A remake of the 1997 Austrian film of the same name. Both versions were directed by the same director, Michael Haneke. And almost frame to frame, only with English-speaking actors.
Remake ratings: IMDb 5.2
Original ratings: IMDb 6.5
Gone (2002) 
Remake of the film “Carried by an extraordinary fate into the azure sea in August” (Italy, 1974).
Remake ratings: IMDb 3.6
Original ratings: IMDb 7.5
13th District: Brick Mansions (2013) 
Remake of the film “District 13” (France, 2004). Luc Besson took part in the creation of both versions as a producer and screenwriter.
Remake ratings: IMDb 5.6
Original ratings: IMDb 7.1
French actor David Belle also played in both films. In Hollywood, his lines were re-voiced by Vin Diesel.
Honey in the head (2018) 
A remake of the 2014 German film of the same name. Both versions were directed by Til Schweiger.
Remake ratings: IMDb 5.2
Original ratings: IMDb 6.5
Til Schweiger called the failure of the remake the low point of his career.
Bonus: "Solaris" (2002) 
American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stanislaw Lem. The film is not a remake of Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 Soviet film (although it was in the early stages of production), but they can be compared.
Hollywood version ratings: IMDb 6.2
Soviet version ratings: IMDb 8.0
Bonus 2: “Perfect Strangers” (Italy, 2015) 
It’s an amazing thing, because remakes of this Italian dramatic comedy were filmed in 18 countries around the world (it even made it into the Guinness Book of Records). But not in the USA!
Of course, Hollywood development took place, but it fell into the wrong hands at the wrong time. The remake was produced by The Weinstein Company, which ceased to exist in 2018 after Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment.
Therefore, at the moment the fate of Hollywood's "Perfect Strangers" is unknown.
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