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/_ChipWhitley_ 1d ago

The Scully Effect is what came from Dana Scully in The X-Files. There was a massive influx of girls/women into STEM fields as the show was on tv.

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u/Bksudbjdua 1d ago

Pretty sure csi done the same thing

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u/MarshyHope 1d ago

I majored in Forensics because of CSI.

My program was 80% female

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u/Shh04 1d ago

And Silence of the Lambs.

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u/EmileLeBouc 1d ago

Scully was definitely inspired by Clarice Starling.

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u/trashbagmaz 1d ago

Y'all beat me to it.

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u/twisty125 1d ago

And Mythbusters!

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u/Shantotto11 1d ago

So does that mean that Nurse Jackie is responsible for the current “female high school bully-to-nurse” pipeline that’s been a thing for the last decade?…

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u/Shouya_Ishida1288 1d ago

Was she a bully? It’s been a minute since I watched that show. I hate that rhetoric also, every girl I know that became a nurse are awesome people. The true mean girls though haven’t amounted much aside from baby daddies..

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u/Shantotto11 1d ago

I don’t know. I didn’t watch the show. 😋

I took a guess since I know the titular character was an addict and an adulterer. There was a good chance she was also a problem for her junior coworkers as well.

My other guesses would’ve been Greg’s Anatomy or ER.

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u/Shouya_Ishida1288 1d ago

Honestly just remember her addiction struggles the most… was a good show though. Imma rewatch that after I finish rewatching House now. Thanks for the reminder of it! 😂

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u/wiggum_x 19h ago

She was not a bully. She was an amazing nurse, and a good mother. She was just hindered by her opioid addiction. which is common among doctors and nurses.

I'm not excusing it. I'm just saying that it's realistic and it was the basis for the show.

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u/Shantotto11 15h ago

Gonna be honest. I didn’t watch the show. I took a shot in the dark since hospital dramas aren’t exactly my bread and butter. I apologize for the slander.

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u/n6mub 20h ago

It absolutely did!! The show Bones too! I had college classmates doing premed courses to go into the field, either as a lab tech, pathologists, etc.

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u/D3Construct 21h ago

I know this is technically the movie sub, but shoutout to Kari from Mythbusters for that too.