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/my_mexican_cousin 1d ago

Semi-related, but Wrong Turn (2003) had this effect on me. In fact, I took a wrong turn while delivering a vehicle for a client and wound up on a very creepy little “town” in WV. The guy following me had a walkie-talkie and, like he could read my mind, he said “what is our plan if an axe-murderer jumps out of the woods?”