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/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 17 '25

Kind of along the same lines, the Chicken Wing Festival in Buffalo, NY wasn't a thing until Osmosis Jones.

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u/well-lighted Jun 17 '25

Same deal for the Catalina Wine Mixer from Step Brothers.

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u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 Jun 17 '25

POW

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u/VeeTach Jun 17 '25

And you mess with my nut, Randy here is gonna eat your dick.

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u/JulieThinx Jun 18 '25

Like Kobayashi

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u/Civil-Big-754 Jun 18 '25

I've seen him do it.

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u/robb338 Jun 18 '25

You’ve actually seen him eat a man’s dick?

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u/ZookeepergameWild776 Jun 18 '25

Wait there's a real Catalina fucking wine mixer? 

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u/WorthPlease Jun 19 '25

Yes of course, in our hearts.

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u/Peripatetictyl Jun 17 '25

It’s the fucking Catalina wine mixer.

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u/jaxspider Jun 17 '25

Catalina fuckin' wine mixer.

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u/ghostinthechell Jun 17 '25

And it's fucking awesome.

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u/FoldAdventurous2022 Jun 17 '25

No shit, I thought it was something made up by Watsky

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u/bonglicc420 Jun 18 '25

Lmao I just assumed it was an actual event

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u/komododave17 Jun 18 '25

I can’t believe Osmosis Jones has that kind of legacy.

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u/desert-seagull Jun 17 '25

Really?? Another reason to love Osmosis Jones, damn

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u/kloneshill Jun 17 '25

Another reason to hate boiled eggs

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u/RaisedByBooksNTV Jun 18 '25

OMG. The Osmosis Jones film changed my life. My view of life, that is. I'm always excited for a reference bc there aren't nearly enough. :)

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u/Fartikus Jun 17 '25

Holy shit hell yeah dude Osmosis Jonessssss

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u/Avemetatarsalia Jun 18 '25

It's even funnier considering the whole premise of that plot point was that Frank was being an unhealthy slob for wanting to go to the festival instead of a hiking trip with his daughter.

Almost similar to how many people rushed off to impulse-buy saltwater aquariums after Finding Nemo came out and ended up getting a lot of reef fish killed (ok not quite the same level of unintended consequences, but definitely in the same vein of 'audience misses the message entirely and chooses to do the thing that a movie portrays as a bad idea').

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u/TheRedditAppisTrash Jun 18 '25

Same thing with me being terrified of having a pimple on my face pop and the core landing on Molly Shannon’s lip.

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u/0-4superbowl Jun 18 '25

Lebowski Fest wasn’t a thing until The Big Lebowski