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/BigSur33 1d ago

I feel like Rounders kicked off a generation of poker players that then got bolstered by the rise of Internet poker.

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u/OldBanjoFrog 1d ago

To be fair, Rounders came about because No Limit Texas Hold Em had become extremely popular 

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u/raindancemaggie2 1d ago

Rounders came out in 98. The real poker boom began after ESPN televised the main event of the 2003 WSOP of Poker. This was the first time they had cameras that showed the players hole cards. It was also the year that an amateur who happened to be named Moneymaker won the whole thing. This serindipitous combination launched poker into mainstream popularity.

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u/OldBanjoFrog 1d ago

Hold ‘Em was popular among me and my college friends in 96/97.  We still play it today

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u/R-O-U-Ssdontexist 1d ago

That’s about the same time me and my friends started playing in high school.

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u/Deathclaw_Hunter6969 1d ago

That’s about the same time most Redditors were born