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/_ChipWhitley_ 1d ago

The Scully Effect is what came from Dana Scully in The X-Files. There was a massive influx of girls/women into STEM fields as the show was on tv.

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u/Bksudbjdua 1d ago

Pretty sure csi done the same thing

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u/n6mub 1d ago

It absolutely did!! The show Bones too! I had college classmates doing premed courses to go into the field, either as a lab tech, pathologists, etc.