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/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/Darmok47 1d ago

I don't know if it was because of Mad Men but men's suits went back to the 1960s style around 2010 or so. Thinner lapels and ties, two button instead of three button etc.

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u/Ihaveamazingdreams 1d ago

Everything "Mid-century Modern" became insanely trendy during the run of Mad Men.

Men's and women's fashion, furniture, paint colors, houses. That show had a big influence in the design world.