Favorite Movie Based on a Magazine Article (Part 2)
From this list of movies based (partially or completely) on story/article that was first published in a magazine or newspaper, which one is your favorite?
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Part 1: Favorite movie based on a magazine article?
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Part 1: Favorite movie based on a magazine article?
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- DirectorNicholas RayStarsJames MasonBarbara RushWalter MatthauA seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity."Ten Feet Tall", The New Yorker, September 10, 1955 – Berton Roueche
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsJane ConnellWilliam DanielsJames FrawleyStaff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or a mistake."They Thought the War Was On!", McCall's, April 1963 – Lois Dickert
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRobert BlakeScott WilsonJohn ForsytheTwo ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers."In Cold Blood: The Last to See Them Alive", The New Yorker, September 25, 1965 – Truman Capote
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation."GOP Security Aide Among Five Arrested in Bugging Affair", The Washington Post, 1972 - Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
- DirectorRod HolcombStarsFarrah FawcettBeau BridgesHarold GouldGovernment agent Frank Powell (Beau Bridges) is determined to bring down racketeering crime lord Oliver Sully (Harold Gould) but cannot find any evidence. Powell concocts a plan to have the Justice Department buy a brothel, set up a professional call girl named Kathy Dunn (Farrah Fawcett) as a hostess, and get the crime boss on extortion."The Whorehouse Sting", New York Magazine, February 2, 1981 - Henry Post
- DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseTim RobbinsKelly McGillisAs students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom."Top Guns", California, May 1983 – Ehud Yonay
- DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsJoe MantegnaBen KingsleyMax PomerancA prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer."Fathering a Chess Prodigy", The New York Times Magazine, 1985 - Fred Waitzkin
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsMark WahlbergJulianne MooreBurt ReynoldsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent."The Devil and John Holmes", Rolling Stone, May 1989 – Mike Sager
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsMeg RyanRussell CroweDavid MorseAlice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America."Adventures in the Ransom Trade", Vanity Fair, May 1998 – William Prochnau
- DirectorReggie Rock BythewoodStarsLaurence FishburneDerek LukeOrlando JonesA son of the leader of a legendary group of an urban biker gang tries to retain his championship title."Biker Boyz", New Times Los Angeles, April 2000 - Michael Gougis
- DirectorMichael TollinStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Ed HarrisDebra WingerThe story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing."Someone to Lean On", Sports Illustrated, December 16, 1996 – Gary Smith
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsCliff McMullenYasiin BeyLuray CooperA dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas."Like Something the Lord Made", Washingtonian Magazine - Katie McCabe
- DirectorRod LurieStarsSamuel L. JacksonJosh HartnettKathryn MorrisUp-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family."Resurrecting the Champ", Los Angeles Times Magazine - J. R. Moehringer
- DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine KeenerAfter graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life."Death of an Innocent", Outside, January 1993 – Jon Krakauer
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJack BlackShirley MacLaineMatthew McConaugheyIn small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp."Midnight in the Garden of East Texas", Texas Monthly, 1998 - Skip Hollandsworth
- DirectorMichael BayStarsMark WahlbergDwayne JohnsonAnthony MackieA trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong."Activities of the Sun Gym gang", Miami New Times, 1999 - Pete Collins
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKatie ChangIsrael BroussardEmma WatsonInspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes."The Suspects Wore Louboutins", Vanity Fair, March 2010 – Nancy Jo Sales
- DirectorLee DanielsStarsForest WhitakerOprah WinfreyJohn CusackAs Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society."A Butler Well Served by This Election", Washington Post - Wil Haygood
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsJeremy RennerRobert PatrickJena SimsJournalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua."Dark Alliance", San Jose Mercury News, 1996 - Gary Webb
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsGeorge LopezJamie Lee CurtisCarlos PenaVegaFour Mexican high school students form a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this rag tag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT."La Vida Robot" (Robot Life), Wired - Joshua Davis
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsMark RuffaloMichael KeatonRachel McAdamsThe true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core."Church Allowed Abuse by Priest for Years", Boston Globe, 2002 - The Boston Globe Spotlight Team
- DirectorKeith MaitlandStarsMonty MuirViolett BeaneCole Bee WilsonAnimation, testimony, and archival footage combine to relate the events of August 1, 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the University of Texas clock tower, killing 16 people."96 Minutes", Texas Monthly, 2006 - Pamela Colloff
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJonah HillMiles TellerSteve LantzLoosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan."The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders", Rolling Stone, March 16, 2011 – Guy Lawson
- DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergKurt RussellDouglas M. GriffinA dramatization of the disaster in April 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in American history."Deepwater Horizon's Final Hours", The New York Times Magazine, December 2010 - David Barstow, David Rohd, and Stephanie Saul
- DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsJosh BrolinMiles TellerJeff BridgesBased on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town from a historic wildfire."No Exit", GQ, September 27, 2013 – Sean Flynn
- DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsSteve CarellMaura TierneyJack Dylan GrazerBased on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years."My Addicted Son", The New York Times Magazine, 2005 - David Sheff
- DirectorMatthew HeinemanStarsRosamund PikeAlexandra MoenTom HollanderOne of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless."Marie Colvin's Private War", Vanity Fair, August 2012 – Marie Brenner
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsJason SegelIsabella KaiViolet McGrawAfter receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined."The Friend: Love Is Not a Big Enough Word", Esquire, May 10, 2015 – Matthew Teague
- DirectorMarielle HellerStarsMatthew RhysTom HanksChris CooperBased on the true story of a real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel."Can You Say… Hero?", Esquire, 1998 - Tom Junod
- DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsConstance WuJennifer LopezJulia StilesInspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients."The Hustlers at Scores", New York Magazine, December 28, 2015 – Jessica Pressler
- DirectorCory FinleyStarsHugh JackmanRay RomanoWelker WhiteThe beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history."The Bad Superintendent", New York Magazine, 2004 - Robert Kolker
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsMark RuffaloAnne HathawayTim RobbinsA corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution."The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare", The New York Times Magazine, January 6, 2016 – Nathaniel Rich
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsPaul Walter HauserSam RockwellBrandon StanleySecurity guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case."American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell", Vanity Fair, 1997 - Marie Brenner
- DirectorTiller RussellStarsNick RobinsonJennifer YunJimmi SimpsonPhilosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells drugs, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down."Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht's Big Fall", Rolling Stone - David Kushner
- DirectorChristopher ZallaStarsEugenio DerbezDaniel HaddadJennifer TrejoA teacher in a Mexican border town full of neglect, corruption, and violence, tries a radical new method to unlock their students' curiosity, potential - and maybe even their genius."A Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of Geniuses", Wired, 2013 - Joshua Davis