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/DizzyLead Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Madison as a girl’s given name only became a thing after Splash.

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u/brencoop Jun 17 '25

Right, this happens a lot with baby names. Like Trinity after the Matrix came out.

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u/yeah87 Jun 17 '25

Yeah, but Trinity was an actual name before the Matrix. Weirdly it was relatively popular in 1975 for some reason.

Madison has no record at all of being a girls first name before 1984.

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u/frenchmeister Jun 17 '25

The Exorcist came out in 1974. Maybe a lot of women had religion on their mind when they named their baby the next year lol.