List of non-fiction works made into feature films
This is a list of nonfiction works that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
The list does not include documentary films that are based on real events and people which are not based chiefly on a written work. For other documentary film categories, see documentaries.
Books
Biographies
Autobiographies and memoirs
Manuals and self-help books
| Book | Film adaptation(s) |
|---|---|
| Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man (2009), Steve Harvey | Think Like a Man (2012) |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1969), David Reuben | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) |
| He's Just Not That Into You (2004), Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo | He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
| The Joy of Sex (1972), Alex Comfort | Joy of Sex (1984) |
| Life Begins at Forty (1932), Walter B. Pitkin | Life Begins at 40 (1935) |
| Queen Bees and Wannabes (2002), Rosalind Wiseman | Mean Girls (2004) * Mean Girls 2 (2011) (TV) |
| The Secret (2006), Rhonda Byrne | The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020) |
| Sex and the Single Girl (1962), Helen Gurley Brown | Sex and the Single Girl (1964) |
| What to Expect When You're Expecting (1984), Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel | What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
Essays and articles
| Essay/article | Film adaptation(s) |
|---|---|
| "Adventures in the Ransom Trade", William Prochnau, Vanity Fair | Proof of Life, 2000 |
| "The Allman Brothers Story",[1] Cameron Crowe and Faybeth Diamond, Rolling Stone, December 6, 1973 | Almost Famous, 2000 |
| "The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America's Search for True Grit", Aaron Latham, Esquire, 1978 | Urban Cowboy, 1980 |
| "Biker Boyz", Michael Gougis, New Times LA, April 2000 | Biker Boyz, 2003 |
| "The boys in the bank: A fouled-up holdup moves step by step from threats to farce to violence", P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore, Life, September 22, 1972[2] | Dog Day Afternoon, 1975 |
| "A Butler Well Served by This Election", Wil Haygood, The Washington Post, 2008 | The Butler, 2013 |
| "The Death and Life of Dith Pran", Sydney Schanberg, The New York Times Magazine, January 20, 1980 | The Killing Fields, 1984 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, based on two-part series in Rolling Stone, 1971 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
| "The Flash of Genius", John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1993 | Flash of Genius, 2008 |
| "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran", Joshuah Bearman, Wired, 2007 | Argo, 2012 |
| "Jerry and Marge Go Large", Jason Fagone, The Huffington Post, 2018 | Jerry & Marge Go Large, 2022 |
| "Life's Swell", Susan Orlean, Outside, 1998 | Blue Crush, 2002 |
| "The Man Who Knew Too Much", Marie Brenner, Vanity Fair, 1996 | The Insider, 1999 |
| "Mark of a murderer", Mike McAlary, Esquire, 1997 | City by the Sea, 2002 |
| "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly", Elizabeth Gilbert, GQ, March 1997 | Coyote Ugly, 2000 |
| "Racer X", Ken Li, Vibe, 1998 | The Fast and the Furious, 2001 |
| "Shattered Glass", Buzz Bissinger, Vanity Fair, 1998 | Shattered Glass, 2003 |
| "Someone to Lean On", Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated, December 16, 1996 | Radio, 2003 |
| "Something's Got To Give", Darcy Frey, The New York Times Magazine | Pushing Tin, 1999 |
| "To See and Not See",[3] Oliver Sacks | At First Sight, 1999 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora!, Gordon W. Prange, Reader's Digest, October–November 1963 | Tora! Tora! Tora!, 1970 |
| "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", Nik Cohn, New York, 1976 | Saturday Night Fever, 1977 |
| "The Worst Marriage in Georgetown", Franklin Foer, The New York Times Magazine, July 6, 2012 | Georgetown, 2019 |
See also
References
- Reprint on Crowe's website Archived 2006-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Based on the Book Archived 2006-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Oliver Sacks. (May 10, 1993). To see and not see Archived July 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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