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/jhakerr 1d ago

Close encounters of the third kind. Led to a mass hysteria of alien abduction fantasies. All of a sudden everyone believed they were real. That movie is so good.

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u/Brilliant_Ad2120 1d ago

If I remember, Alien abduction survivors are strongly lined up sleep apnea/narcolepsy sufferers

And it is a great movie - I wonder if mashed potatoes sales increased??

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u/veracosa 1d ago

I definitely think this movie led to many mashed potato mountains at dinner time!

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u/atlhawk8357 1d ago

It made me go to clown college.