List of films based on magazine articles

This is a list of films based on non-fiction articles published in periodicals such as magazines or newspapers. See also List of films based on short fiction.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – "[https://classic.esquire.com/article/1998/11/1/can-you-say-hero Can You Say Hero]", Esquire, November 1998 – Tom Junod{{Cite web |last=Epting |first=Claire |date=2023-03-17 |title=The Best Movies Based on Newspaper or Magazine Articles |url=https://screencrush.com/best-movies-based-on-articles/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=ScreenCrush |language=en}}
A Nightmare on Elm Street – "[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-11-mn-3961-story.html Medical Experts Seek Clues to ‘Nightmare Deaths’ That Strike Male Asian Refugees]", Los Angeles Times, January 11, 1987 – Larry Doyle{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Jonny |last2=Scheer-Erb |first2=Patricia |date=2022-02-20 |title=14 Best Movies Based on Magazine and Newspaper Articles, Ranked |url=https://movieweb.com/movies-based-on-magazine-newspaper-articles/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}}
Adaptation – "[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/01/23/orchid-fever Orchid Fever]", The New Yorker, January 23, 1995 – Susan Orlean{{Cite web |last=Cusick |first=Catherine |date=2020-02-28 |title=25 Movies and the Magazine Stories That Inspired Them |url=https://longreads.com/2020/02/28/movies-based-on-articles/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Longreads |language=en-US}}
All the President's Men – "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/05/31/AR2005111001228.html GOP Security Aide Among Five Arrested in Bugging Affair]", The Washington Post, 1972 – Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Almost Famous – "[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-allman-brothers-story-how-gregg-allman-keeps-band-going-after-duanes-death-75625/ The Allman Brothers Story]", Rolling Stone, December 6, 1973 – Cameron Crowe
American Gangster – "[https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/3649/ The Return of Superfly]", New York, August 14, 2000 – Mark Jacobson
Argo – [https://www.wired.com/magazine/2007/04/feat_cia "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran"], Wired, April 2007 – Joshuah Bearman
Bad Education – “[https://nymag.com/nymetro/urban/features/9908/ The Bad Superintendent]”, New York, September 17, 2004 – Robert Kolker
Beautiful Boy – "[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/magazine/my-addicted-son.html My Addicted Son]", New York Times, February 6, 2005 – David Sheff
Bernie – “[https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/midnight-in-the-garden-of-east-texas/ Midnight in the Garden of East Texas]”, Texas Monthly, January 1998 – Skip Hollandsworth
Bigger Than Life – "Ten Feet Tall", The New Yorker, September 10, 1955 – Berton Roueche{{Cite news |last=Yorker |first=The New |date=2008-12-31 |title=Bigger Than Life |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/bigger-than-life |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}
Biker Boyz – "Biker Boyz", New Times Los Angeles, April 2000 – Michael Gougis{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=The Vintagent Trailers: Biker Boyz {{!}} The Vintagent |url=https://thevintagent.com/2023/09/19/the-vintagent-trailers-biker-boyz/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |language=en-US}}
The Bling Ring – [http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/03/billionaire-girls-201003 "The Suspects Wore Louboutins"], Vanity Fair, March 2010 – Nancy Jo Sales
Blue Crush – "[https://www.outsideonline.com/1926561/lifes-swell Life's Swell]", Women Outside, September 1998 – Susan Orlean
Boogie Nights – "[http://reprints.longform.org/the-devil-and-john-holmes The Devil and John Holmes]", Rolling Stone, May 1989 – Mike Sager
The Butler – "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/a-butler-well-served-by-this-election/2019/01/02/b2a805a6-07b1-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html A Butler Well Served by this Election]", The Washington Post, November 7, 2008 – Wil Haygood
City by the Sea – "[https://classic.esquire.com/article/1997/9/1/mark-of-a-murderer Mark of a Murderer]", Esquire, September 1997 – Michael McAlary
Coyote Ugly – "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon", GQ, March 1997 – Elizabeth Gilbert
Dallas Buyers Club – "[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/1992/08/09/buying-time-world-traveler-ron-woodroof-smuggles-drugs-and-hope-for-people-with-aids/ Buying time: World traveler Ron Woodroof smuggles drugs — and hope — for people with AIDS]", Dallas Morning News, August 9, 1992 – Bill Minutaglio
Dark Waters – "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare", New York Times, January 6, 2016 – Nathaniel Rich{{Cite news |last=Phelan |first=Matthew |date=2019-11-22 |title=What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Dark Waters |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/dark-waters-accuracy-fact-vs-fiction-teflon-dupont.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}
Deepwater Horizon – “[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/26spill.html Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours]”, New York Times, December 25, 2010 – David Barstow, David Rohde, and Stephanie Saul{{Cite web |last=Gaughan |first=Liam |date=2024-04-12 |title=The True Story Behind 'Deepwater Horizon' |url=https://collider.com/deepwater-horizon-true-story/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Collider |language=en}}
Dog Day Afternoon – "[https://books.google.com/books?id=5VYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false The Boys in the Bank]", Life, September 22, 1972 – P. F. Kluge & Thomas Moore
The Fast and the Furious – "[https://www.vibe.com/2015/03/racer-x-rafael-estevez-kenneth-li-fast-and-furious-inspiration-may-1998 Racer X]", Vibe, May 1998 – Kenneth Li{{Cite web |last=Scanlon |first=Colin |date=2024-03-06 |title=Movies You Didn't Know Were Based on Magazine Articles |url=https://www.womansday.com/life/entertainment/g46661892/movies-you-didnt-know-were-based-on-magazine-articles/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Woman's Day |language=en-US}}
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", Rolling Stone, November 11 & November 25, 1971 – Hunter S. Thompson
Four Good Days – "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/07/23/numb/ How's Amanda? A Story of Truth, Lies and an American Addiction]", Washington Post, July 23, 2016, – Eli Saslow
Hustlers – [https://web.archive.org/web/20190920170237/https://www.thecut.com/2015/12/robin-hood-strippers-scores-c-v-r.html "The Hustlers at Scores"] New York Magazine, December 28, 2015 – Jessica Pressler
In Cold Blood – [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1965/09/25/1965_09_25_057_TNY_CARDS_000280568 "In Cold Blood: The Last to See Them Alive"]' The New Yorker, September 25, 1965 – Truman Capote
The Insider – "[https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1996/05/wigand199605 The Man Who Knew Too Much]", Vanity Fair, May 1996 – Marie Brenner
Into the Wild – [https://web.archive.org/web/20131222051248/http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/north-america/united-states/alaska/Death-Of-An-Innocent.html "Death of an Innocent"], Outside, January 1993 – Jon Krakauer
Kill the Messenger – [https://narconews.com/darkalliance/drugs/start.htm Dark Alliance], San Jose Mercury News, 1996 – Gary Webb
The Killing Fields – "The Death and Life of Dith Pran", The New York Times Magazine, January 20, 1980 – Sydney Schanberg
Ladybug Ladybug – "They Thought the War Was On!", McCall's, April 1963 – Lois Dickert
Live Free or Die Hard – "[http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/5.05/netizen.html A Farewell to Arms]", Wired, May 1997 – John Carlin{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): Live Free or Die Hard |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/9-live-free-or-die-hard-2007/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Only the Brave – "No Exit", GQ, September 27, 2013 – Sean Flynn
Our Friend – "The Friend: Love Is Not a Big Enough Word", Esquire, May 10, 2015 – Matthew Teague
Pain and Gain – Series of articles in Miami New Times – Pete Collins{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): Pain and Gain |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/4-pain-and-gain-2013/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Perfect – Series of articles in Rolling Stone – Aaron Latham
The Perfect Storm – "[http://www.outsideonline.com/1926606/storm The Storm]", Outside Magazine, October 1994 – Sebastian Junger{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): The Perfect Storm |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/14-the-perfect-storm-2000/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
A Private War – "Marie Colvin's Private War" Vanity Fair, August 2012 – Marie Brenner
Proof of Life – "[http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=36&dir=2010/January/Monday18 Adventures in the Ransom Trade]" Vanity Fair, May 1998 – William Prochnau{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): Proof of Life |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/15-proof-of-life-2000/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Pushing Tin – "Something's Got to Give", The New York Times Magazine, March 24, 1996 – Darcy Frey
Radio – "[https://www.si.com/vault/1996/12/16/220460/someone-to-lean-on-in-upstate-south-carolina-a-man-who-was-left-out-on-the-margins-has-found-a-family-and-a-purpose-in-a-high-school-football-team Someone to Lean On]", Sports Illustrated, December 16, 1996 – Gary Smith
Saturday Night Fever – "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", New York, June 7, 1976 – Nik Cohn{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): Saturday Night Fever |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/23-saturday-night-fever-1977/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Searching For Bobby Fischer – "[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/21/magazine/fathering-a-chess-prodigy.html Fathering a Chess Prodigy]", The New York Times Magazine, July 21, 1985 – Fred Waitzkin
The Sessions – "[http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/174/on_seeing_a_sex_surrogate On Seeing a Sex Surrogate]" The Sun Magazine, May 1990– Mark O'Brien{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): The Sessions |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/7-the-sessions-2012/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Shattered Glass – "[http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809 Shattered Glass]", Vanity Fair, September 1998 – Buzz Bissinger
Spare Parts – "[https://www.wired.com/2005/04/la-vida-robot/ La Vida Robot]", Wired, April 2005 – Joshua Davis{{Cite news |last=Wired |title=The True Story of the Kids Who Beat MIT's Best Robots, Coming Soon to Theaters |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/12/spare-parts/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}
Spotlight – "[https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/special-reports/2002/01/06/church-allowed-abuse-priest-for-years/cSHfGkTIrAT25qKGvBuDNM/story.html Church Allowed Abuse by Priest for Years]", Boston Globe, January 6, 2002– Boston Globe Spotlight Team
Top Gun – "Top Guns", California, May 1983 – Ehud Yonay{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): Top Gun |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/19-top-gun-1986/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Tower – "[https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/96-minutes/ 96 Minutes]", Texas Monthly, 2006 – Pamela Colloff{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-03-13 |title=‘Tower’: SXSW Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tower-sxsw-review-874960/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Urban Cowboy – "The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America's Search for True Grit", Esquire, September 12, 1978 – Aaron Latham{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |last2=Alindogan |first2=Marah |date=2015-04-04 |title=25 Well-Known Movies That Are Based on Magazine Articles (Photos): Urban Cowboy |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/movies-are-based-magazine-articles-786327/22-urban-cowboy-1980/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
War Dogs – [https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-stoner-arms-dealers-how-two-american-kids-became-big-time-weapons-traders-176604/ "The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders]", Rolling Stone, March 16, 2011 – Guy Lawson

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Magazine articles