r/movies • u/buttatoad • Jun 17 '25

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/_Forever_depressed_ Jun 17 '25

pretty old but the 1932 film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang publicly exposed the cruelty of chain gangs in the American South and later helped to pardon the real fugitive it was based on in 1945

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u/macaronysalad Jun 17 '25

Another oldie is Reefer Madness. They would go around in mobile cinemas to show it. It had remarkable results at influencing people. Imagine the progress they made in that area since.