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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
Dark Waters – "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare",
New York Times , January 6, 2016 –
Nathaniel Rich
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
Hustlers –
"The Hustlers at Scores"
New York Magazine , December 28, 2015 –
Jessica Pressler
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
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
Perfect – Series of articles in
Rolling Stone –
Aaron Latham
A Private War – "Marie Colvin's Private War"
Vanity Fair , August 2012 –
Marie Brenner
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