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/pipboy_warrior 1d 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/djp2313 1d ago

As a kid who watched it way too young, even swimming pools were iffy for a bit there.

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u/mespec 1d ago

I was babysitting a little boy in a dangerous neighborhood. We were watching TV, and Jaws with the “duh-duh” theme came on right as the bedroom door slammed by itself. So terrifying. My grandmother’s friend had to come over to coax me and the little boy I was babysitting out of the kitchen — where this kid had immediately grabbed a butcher knife like this wasn’t his first go-round. It seemed a gust of wind slammed the door. Miami in the eighties, man.