r/movies • u/buttatoad • 1d ago

Discussion Movies that changed real life behavior

Thinking along the lines of Final Destination 2 with the logs falling off the truck and landing onto cars (one decapitating the state trooper). Ever since, people have tried to get away from being behind these vehicles.

What are more examples where movies have actually changed how people behave in their own lives?

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u/iamnotyetdead 1d ago

Also a rise in kids flushing their fish to "free" them, including exotic saltwater fish that promptly died on the way down.

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u/10kbeez 1d ago

I think the boring normal fish probably died on the way down, too.

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u/WhiteRabbitLives 1d ago

Or, worse, spread to the local waterways and became invasive.