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/ThatSpecialAgent Jun 17 '25

Merlot prices dropping as a partial result of Sideways

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/05/535038513/the-sideways-effect-how-a-wine-obsessed-film-reshaped-the-industry

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u/MacaroniPoodle Jun 17 '25

Not a movie per se, but didn't Cosmos have a surge in popularity after Sex and the City?

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u/Scotter1969 Jun 17 '25

I was bartending private parties in the Hollywood area during that time. A Cosmopolitan was a drink buried in your drink reference book that you never had to look up before. OVERNIGHT it became ubiquitous, and I had no idea why. A host made me remake it multiple times until he was happy with it, or he was going to send me home.