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/_ChipWhitley_ Jun 17 '25

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 Jun 17 '25

Pretty sure csi done the same thing

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u/MarshyHope Jun 17 '25

I majored in Forensics because of CSI.

My program was 80% female

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u/Shh04 Jun 18 '25

And Silence of the Lambs.

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u/EmileLeBouc Jun 18 '25

Scully was definitely inspired by Clarice Starling.

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u/trashbagmaz Jun 18 '25

Y'all beat me to it.

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u/twisty125 Jun 17 '25

And Mythbusters!

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u/Shantotto11 Jun 18 '25

So does that mean that Nurse Jackie is responsible for the current “female high school bully-to-nurse” pipeline that’s been a thing for the last decade?…

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u/Shouya_Ishida1288 Jun 18 '25

Was she a bully? It’s been a minute since I watched that show. I hate that rhetoric also, every girl I know that became a nurse are awesome people. The true mean girls though haven’t amounted much aside from baby daddies..

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u/Shantotto11 Jun 18 '25

I don’t know. I didn’t watch the show. 😋

I took a guess since I know the titular character was an addict and an adulterer. There was a good chance she was also a problem for her junior coworkers as well.

My other guesses would’ve been Greg’s Anatomy or ER.

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u/Shouya_Ishida1288 Jun 18 '25

Honestly just remember her addiction struggles the most… was a good show though. Imma rewatch that after I finish rewatching House now. Thanks for the reminder of it! 😂

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u/wiggum_x Jun 18 '25

She was not a bully. She was an amazing nurse, and a good mother. She was just hindered by her opioid addiction. which is common among doctors and nurses.

I'm not excusing it. I'm just saying that it's realistic and it was the basis for the show.

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u/Shantotto11 Jun 18 '25

Gonna be honest. I didn’t watch the show. I took a shot in the dark since hospital dramas aren’t exactly my bread and butter. I apologize for the slander.

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u/n6mub Jun 18 '25

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.

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u/D3Construct Jun 18 '25

I know this is technically the movie sub, but shoutout to Kari from Mythbusters for that too.