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 - Susan Orlean
- Almost Famous - "The Allman Brothers Story", Rolling Stone cover story by Cameron Crowe
- American Gangster - "The Return of Superfly", New York, 2000 - Mark Jacobson
- Biker Boyz - Michael Gougis
- Blue Crush - "Life's Swell", Women Outside - Susan Orlean
- City by the Sea - "Mark of a Murderer", Esquire, 1997 - Michael McAlary
- Coyote Ugly - "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon", GQ, 1997 - Elizabeth Gilbert
- Dog Day Afternoon - "The Boys in the Bank", Life, 1972 - P.F. Kluge
- The Fast and the Furious - "Racer X", Vibe - Ken Li
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, - adapted from a two-part article of the same title which appeared in Rolling Stone - Hunter S. Thompson
- The Insider - "The Man Who Knew Too Much", Vanity Fair, 1996 - Marie Brenner
- The Killing Fields - "The Death and Life of Dith Pran", Sydney Schanberg
- Live Free or Die Hard - "A Farewell to Arms", Wired, 1997 - John Carlin
- Perfect -- Series of articles in Rolling Stone - Aaron Latham
- Proof of Life - "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" Vanity Fair - William Prochnau
- Pushing Tin - The New York Times Magazine - Darcy Frey
- Radio - Gary Smith
- Saturday Night Fever - "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", New York - Nik Cohn
- Shattered Glass - Vanity Fair, 1998 - Buzz Bissinger
- Urban Cowboy - "The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America's Search for True Grit", Esquire, 1978 - Aaron Latham
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