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.

Adaptation. - "The Orchid Thief", The New Yorker, January 23, 1995 - Susan Orlean
Almost Famous - "The Allman Brothers Story", Rolling Stone, December 6, 1973 - Cameron Crowe
American Gangster - "The Return of Superfly", New York, August 14, 2000 - Mark Jacobson
Argo - "How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran", Wired, April 2007 Joshuah Bearman
Bigger Than Life - "Ten Feet Tall", The New Yorker, September 10, 1955 - Berton Roueche
Biker Boyz - "Biker Boyz", New Times Los Angeles, April 2000, Michael Gougis
The Bling Ring - "The Suspects Wore Louboutins", Vanity Fair, March 2010 - Nancy Jo Sales
Blue Crush - "Life's Swell", Women Outside, September 1998 - Susan Orlean
Boogie Nights - "The Devil and John Holmes", Rolling Stone, May 1989 - Mike Sager
City by the Sea - "Mark of a Murderer", Esquire, September 1997 - Michael McAlary
Coyote Ugly - "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon", GQ, March 1997 - Elizabeth Gilbert
Dog Day Afternoon - "The Boys in the Bank", Life, September 22, 1972 - P. F. Kluge
The Fast and the Furious - "Racer X", Vibe, May 1998 - Ken Li
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", Rolling Stone, November 11 & November 25, 1971 - Hunter S. Thompson
In Cold Blood - "In Cold Blood: The Last to See Them Alive"' The New Yorker, September 25, 1965 - Truman Capote
The Insider - "The Man Who Knew Too Much", Vanity Fair, May 1996 - Marie Brenner
Into the Wild - "Death of an Innocent", Outside, January 1993 - Jon Krakauer
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 - "A Farewell to Arms", Wired, May 1997 - John Carlin
Perfect -- Series of articles in Rolling Stone - Aaron Latham
Proof of Life - "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" Vanity Fair, May 1998 - William Prochnau
Pushing Tin - "Something's Got to Give", The New York Times Magazine, March 24, 1996 - Darcy Frey
Radio - "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
Shattered Glass - Vanity Fair, September 1998 - Buzz Bissinger
Top Gun - "Top Guns", California, May 1983 - Ehud Yonay
Urban Cowboy - "The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America's Search for True Grit", Esquire, September 12, 1978 - Aaron Latham
"War Dogs" - "The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders", "Rolling Stone", March 16, 2011 - Guy Lawson