Movies That Changed Everything...

[donlapalma]

Akira Kurosawa movies.... "Seven Samurai" gave us "The Magnificent Seven", "Yojimbo" gave us "A Fistful of Dollars" and "Last Man Standing". Star Wars was heavily influenced, along with a boat load of other movies, like the use of action rain shots in "Blade Runner","Matrix" series and "LOTR Two Towers".

A true master and auteur.

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[Whalstib]

Film is medium. No different from books or spoken word. We also don't need to be Hollywood specific.

And if you don't think films change anything, you haven't seen "The China Syndrome", that f'ing movie destroyed our domestic nuclear program. Films can change big things.

The obvious choice is Easy Rider.

Made on a show string budget with no real script or studio.

A few films from this era started an American semi-cinéma vérité revolution (lacking the artistic nuances of Cassavetes truer attempts in the field) but Easy Rider is the must see and had most influence.

"They'll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em."

[CRAMBONE]

Actual Die Hard 2 was the film that sold handguns. The lore of the Glock was born with the Glock 7.

First Die Hard was a hour and a half long promo for the HK MP5. But yeah both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon helped move some Beretta's.

Don’t forget the AUG. Diehard 1, and Harley Davidson and Marlboro Man, is the reason I now own an AUG.. As far as movies changing the world I’d say the war footage from Saipan or Tarawa can’t remember which was very world changing. I remember hearing it was the first time the American public saw their dead service members on video.

[SteyrAUG]

Don’t forget the AUG. Diehard 1, and Harley Davidson and Marlboro Man, is the reason I now own an AUG.. As far as movies changing the world I’d say the war footage from Saipan or Tarawa can’t remember which was very world changing. I remember hearing it was the first time the American public saw their dead service members on video.

Probably Tarawa, we payed a lot for that floating football field in the Pacific. And yeah, Diehard also starring the HK P7 and the Steyr AUG. The should have called that film "Guns you will be compelled to buy."

[Bulletdog]

Terminator. 1 and 2. So many one liners that I still use almost daily. "I'll be back..." My wife does upper body work outs to get "Sarah Connor arms". Every time we see AI, connectivity and other tech developments we all talk about "skynet" coming.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Jurassic Park and the rise of CGI. First movie that heavily relied on it, and it seemed seamless.

Kick Ass and Dead Pool- action hero movies could be R rated and box office hits.

[Jellybean]

In the sci-fi world, there was before Star Wars and after Star Wars. It was that influential.

Fixed it for ya.
Seriously.
That first SW film changed ALL of how sci-fi, as we know it today, is portrayed.

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Kick Ass and Dead Pool- action hero movies could be R rated and box office hits.

Indeed. Although Logan was a better movie than either.
The first Kick-Ass, although not exactly something I'd say 'changed everything' from a film perspective, is still, IMO, seriously underrated, and a bit deeper than it seems at first glance.

[SteyrAUG]

[Wildcat]

Actual Die Hard 2 was the film that sold handguns. The lore of the Glock was born with the Glock 7.

First Die Hard was a hour and a half long promo for the HK MP5. But yeah both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon helped move some Beretta's.

The Beretta showed up in a lot films during that approximate time frame. I suspect one big reason is that it was readily converted to blowback for use with blanks. Later on (say mid 90s), Glocks, H&Ks and Sigs started showing up once they figured out what alterations were needed to make those guns into props. Where the breech block fills the ejection port, the front of the barrel block on some converted guns shows a visible bevel:
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[Slater]

"Halloween" and "Friday The 13th" brought slasher movies to center stage, although there were certainly notable ones before those two.