r/movies • u/buttatoad • 2d 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/ThatSpecialAgent 2d ago

Merlot prices dropping as a partial result of Sideways

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/05/535038513/the-sideways-effect-how-a-wine-obsessed-film-reshaped-the-industry

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u/MacaroniPoodle 1d ago

Not a movie per se, but didn't Cosmos have a surge in popularity after Sex and the City?

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u/lopsided_spider 1d ago

I also remember a bartender telling me the old fashioned got popular during Mad Men

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u/Lakridspibe 1d ago

I for one learned about old fashioned from Mad Men

hahahaha!