Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Reversal of Fortune

This 1990 biopic starring Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons tells the story of Claus von Bulow who gets convicted of the attempted murder of his own wife. He eventually is able to overturn the case after hiring a connected lawyer named Alan Dershowitz, but not before irreversible damage is done to his reputation and mental health.

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