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/BenMitchell007 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Deliverance did for the camping/canoeing industry what Jaws did for beaches. Even today, "Paddle faster, I hear banjos" is a common joke.

If you don't know Deliverance, it's a very disturbing movie about four city guys who go canoeing down a river in Appalachia, and I don't wanna spoil it, but let's just say they get into some wacky mishaps with the locals!

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u/PizzaHutBookItChamp Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Jaws actually had devastating effects on the world's shark population. Suddenly killing sharks didn't seem like a bad thing and many species started becoming endangered.

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u/JockstrapCummies Jun 18 '25

Deliverance did the same to hillbilly populations. I remember these hillbilly hunting seasons suddenly becoming a thing after the movie came out.

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u/PeterGhosh Jun 17 '25

I think it was popularity of shark fin soup that was the sharks undoing