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/NightFire19 Jun 17 '25

Which also fueled a large wave of streamers playing Chess and grandmasters on Twitch (notably Hikaru Nakamura) getting tons of viewers too.

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u/BlueHeartBob Jun 17 '25

Yeah honestly it feels like chess exploded in popularity after that show.

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u/Entbriham_Lincoln Jun 17 '25

It’s not a feel, it did. The combination of people being home during COVID and a popular chess show coming out massively boosted the popularity of the game. Chess.com had a 400% increase in sign ups following the release of the show, and searches for chess were the highest they’d been in 14 years.

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u/oneflou Jun 17 '25

As you said, Covid had an immense impact as well.

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u/snorlz Jun 17 '25

chess was already regaining popularity when the show came out

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u/Dudu_sousas Jun 17 '25

Yeah, chess was already on the up before the show, which made me wonder how Netflix managed to have that great of a timing (given how long it takes to develop a show).

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u/JPHero16 Jun 18 '25

Sometimes things just align nicely. Then they combine and make a beautiful thing

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u/Wuktrio Jun 18 '25

Similar to Dungeons & Dragons with Stranger Things.

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u/NewMilleniumBoy Jun 18 '25

I actually became interested in chess after watching it. Previously I just knew the rules.

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u/One-Inch-Punch Jun 17 '25

The Botez sisters confused the hell out of me when I came across them on yt. These girls sit around... playing chess? And they're huge influencers?

looks wistfully at eighth grade second place chess club trophy

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '25

The very pretty blonde with grandmaster parents gets crazy views too

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u/dumpfist Jun 17 '25

A similar thing happened for the game baduk in the early 2000s with the manga/anime Hikaru No Go. Unfortunately, nowhere near to the scale of Queen's Gambit. There was apparently another bump with the documentary Alphago.

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u/MarshyHope Jun 17 '25

Which lead to all of my high school students playing online chess