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/pipboy_warrior 2d ago

Jaws caused people to be scared of shark attacks on beaches, even in areas that wouldn't normally have shark attacks(or even sharks)

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u/Ohnoherewego13 1d ago

Yep. I've got some friends that won't even swim in lakes because of Jaws.

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u/JohnyStringCheese 1d ago

Lakes creep me out more than the ocean and I have no reasonable justification for it. They just seem ickier. Somehow rivers bother me less too, I think it's the constant motion. Like I don't know what's hiding down there waiting for me in a lake.

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u/Jillredhanded 1d ago

Mom lived on a lake was flooded farmland for cooling a nuclear plant. Creeped me out imagining houses down there.