10 Movies That RUINED People's Lives

Movies have a LOT of influence! For this list, we’ll be looking at the most detrimental effects a film production had on one or more people. Our countdown includes movies "The Goonies", "The Conjuring", "WarGames" and more! What other stories of ruinous motion pictures have you heard? Join the discussion in the comments.
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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content

[@scoutart1508]

a top 10 that i highly recommend to make is a TOP 10 WARNER BROS animated films exclusively involving the animated productions that are officially part of the lineup starting with sister facility (mask of the phantasm and TTGOtoMovies), WB feature animation, and the one being rebranded WAG before rebranding into WB PICTURES ANIMATION

[@JustAPrayer]

Three films you didn’t mention were Clockwork Orange, where the director pulled the film from UK theaters and issued a public apology because a bunch of people in the UK committed copycat crimes inspired by the film. Also Dog Day Afternoon, where Al Pachino’s portrayal of the criminal Sonny Wojtowicz's almost got the real criminal killed because it depicted him as almost betraying his partner to the fbi when in real life he did not, which caused him to be almost beaten to death by other prisoners who saw the film. And finally Cinderella Man, where the murderous villainous boxer the hero had to face was based on a real boxer who accidentally killed an opponent and was so traumatized by it he spent his life savings putting the man’s family through school. Once again, the director had to issue an apology to the both him and the family of the boxer he killed because they were furious on his behalf

[@mlpartclub412]

Top 20 worst things Adam Warlock has done, please?

[@iangurudata]

I feel the section on Erin Brockovich is incomplete without some insight into how the show Rebel; also based on her; further impacted her life.

[@Heathcoatman]

If you go knock on a stranger's door because the house was in a movie nearly 40 years ago, you arent a fan, you're a crazy person.

[@Lutherson1962]

I lived about 2 blocks away in 1974 and went to Kindergarten Cop school. I would never imagine knocking on the door.

[@mam362]

Just so long as you're not being judgmental....

[@Heathcoatman]

@@mam362 Sounds like we have a crazy person who doesnt like being called out. You realize that your passive aggressive response is actually being judgmental? I hope you enjoy the irony there. Dont bother strangers just because you liked a movie, K?

[@felipeaguena5289]

I mean...how about Star Wars: Episode I? Jake Lloyd was literally bullied and harassed until he broke, so was the guy that played Jar Jar

[@OtterTheater]

Jar Jar tortures me😂

[@indubitablysoyall]

God. I know Jake is living with his family now after his schizophrenia diagnosis. I just hope he realizes that people majorly fucked up in how they treated him, yet people still feel for him.

[@cjmeyers2926]

I think the schizophrenia ruined his life, not playing a young Anakin.

[@mariaaguadoball3407]

​@@cjmeyers2926 The stress from harassment can trigger schizophrenia. So, your little overentitled manbaby buds aren't blame-free.

[@moleshaman3040]

Came to comment about this . The hate Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best got was unbelievable !

[@Ecl1pse09]

The first movie that came to my mind is The Wizard of Oz. The whole set is one giant death trap; the Tine Man got poison, the Wicked Witch got burned, twice, and snow was made out of Asbestos. Also, let not forget what they forced what happened to Judy Garland on set; forced to take pill and go on a strict diet to make herself younger, harassment by munchkins actor, etc.

[@peterohlhornjr]

Wasn't there a hanging corpse in the movie as well?

[@princesskatarina351]

​@@peterohlhornjr No. That is a well-debunked myth.

[@peterohlhornjr]

​@Katarina not well enough apparently 😅 Thanks

[@indubitablysoyall]

Margaret Hamilton was the only one who looked out for her. Its strange there's hardly much on Billie Burke. You'd think she'd have protected her too. I wonder if Judy loved that people knew her and her song because of that movie? Like despite the awful treatment and the hell she went through.

[@chris26479]

The Judy garland biopic heavily implied that she and Shirley temple were.. 😢

[@celestialsaph6402]

For me, my first thought would be the Twilight Zone film for the deaths that occurred during filming

[@princesskatarina351]

I would agree, except John Landis' career wasn't hurt at all. Which I'm conflicted about, as he directed 3 movies I love afterwards: Three Amigos, Coming to America, & Beverly Hills Cop III.

[@amzngspdr62]

same

[@dicksonfranssen]

Wasn't it Landis that rearranged the set after the explosives tech had everything set up? That's manslaughter at most and at least depraved indifference. Money talks.

[@BrianJNelson]

@@dicksonfranssen Wasn't that. He just wanted the helicopter to fly lower. In order to do that, the helicopter would basically be "in range" of the pyrotechnics, which is what made it crash. The pilot objected, Landis said to do it anyway. Tragedy ensued.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

​@@princesskatarina351 The film didn't ruin Mr. Landis' career or his life, but it certainly TOOK THE LIVES of actor Vic Morrow and those two Vietnamese children who appeared in the same scene together when the helicopter fell on them and killed them. As for those three movies you liked that Landis also directed, "Three Amigos," "Coming To America," and "Beverly Hills Cop III," while the last one was a hit (I think), the other two were a couple of the biggest bombs in film history.

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

Orson Welles also thought that Citizen Kane "cursed" his career, because every movie he made after that would be compared to "the greatest movie ever made", an expectation that many times tortured Welles

[@grf15]

I saw him interviewed once where he made that exact point. There's no where to go from up. I intensely dislike the movie, but have sympathy for Welles. He was a fine actor, as a director he was always in his own shadow.

[@LukeLovesRose]

He was cursed because his next movie was going to be "No Less Than The Life of Christ." That doesnt work in Hollywood

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

​@@grf15 What was wrong with "Citizen Kane"?

[@kathyharris1627]

Orson Wells is a total narcissisti

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@kathyharris1627 He earned the right to be a little narcissistic. What he did with Citizen Kane was nothing short of magical

[@kaiserklovis1692]

I figured The Shining would be in here. Shelley Duvall had a breakdown and was never quite right after.

[@ScottAlanBecker38]

While Stanley Kubrick was a genius, he was also a slave-driving perfectionist.

[@AJCyalater-qv4ei]

She was a horrible actress. Even in that movie. I'm pretty sure nobody asked her on the couch. Which is why she never really appreciated the horrific nature of it all. You have to be morally and emotionally bankrupt to act. It's not faint of heart profession. You sell your soul and every imagined evil is reality. I don't understand why people worship them. They are propaganda puppets.

[@JamesGilbert_]

Hearst's misfortune resulting from _Citizen Kane_ is more funny to me above all else. An awful man getting his comeuppance by way of a spectacular film feels poetic.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

James, apparently Welles thought so too. Also coming from a wealthy background, our man Orson was a jokester who thought it would be great fun to prank the 'also-wealthy' Hearst. Hearst, however, had other thoughts on the matter...

[@brianarbenz1329]

If a movie "ruins" someone by a portrayal that is accurate, then the problem lies not in the film, but in how that person has chosen to live.

[@veronicaferguson8548]

Hearst had no one to blame but himself!

[@dicksonfranssen]

It runs in the family. Patty Hearst served only 22 months and got a presidential pardon. Saw her on TV last year at some $10,000 / plate dinner in a fur coat. Brainwashed my ass!

[@bryanjfe]

Aww the poor billionaire. A movie ruined his life. He will dab his tears away with $100 bills.

[@heiditatman5055]

I watched the movie THE BLIND SIDE many years ago. This message is for Michael Orr. My impression of you from this movie was that you had a very troubled life. I never thought you were dumb, stupid or ignorant. You chose to continue with your education and for whatever reason you were given a helping hand. NOT A HANDOUT! YOU DID IT! you made the effort to make a better life for yourself. For that I have nothing but RESPECT for you. I pray that you will find peace with the issues with the movie and that you continue to enjoy the life that YOU have made for yourself. God bless you and your ENTIRE family.

[@Air_Serpent]

I saw it as a child, I assumed that he had been an unlucky boy who was finally given his first chance. Perhaps other audiences saw it differently. But like you, I assumed he was intelligent and skillful.

[@Lokian_Mermaid]

Same!

[@dn8387]

Very well said.

[@onetiredempath]

Thank You for posting this! This is 💯% how I feel! Said so very well!!

[@ellenchavez2043]

I thought "The Blind Side" was despicable. It was condescending, patronizing towards people of color. It also smacked of the "spunky white female" who saves the day. How about voting so schools in struggling communities are equitable and have the family/student support services needed?

[@Benjarmon]

I immediately thought Jake Lloyd in Star Wars The Phantom Menace

[@vanessastegall]

Poor Jake.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

And Ahmed Best.😢😢😢

[@LukeLovesRose]

Ouch. So true.

[@mattalan6618]

@@CaptainCretaceous91 the guy who voiced Jar Jar?

[@brianhatcher2799]

I did too.

[@melissawickersham9912]

Since Hearst was a real life villain with his yellow journalism, Hearst actually deserved what happened to him...unlike the rest of the people on this list.

[@CetranRage]

you should check out the ince scandal. hearst during a fit of jealousy, shot a man on his yacht over actress marion davies. the man died and his death was blamed on heart failure while rumors swirled that hearst's vast wealth and influence silenced all others on board, even charlie chaplin.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

Hearst was humiliated by "Kane", but Welles' career was a dumpster fire after Hearst got through with him.

[@livinginvancouverbc2247]

Hearst was furious because Rosebud was his petname for his mistress'... lady parts.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

@@livinginvancouverbc2247 Yeah I heard that one too.

[@sjwilson1079]

Anyone who takes wine that serious needs a life

[@marikothecheetah9342]

Yeah, sometimes it's their livelihood. Although there's a very slim chance, practically close to none, that I will drink American wine and I haven't nor do I intend to watch the film. :)

[@doctornova3015]

That's somewhat the point of the movie.

[@SeashelleBytheseashore]

I worked for an executive of a large music company for a few years and he was obsessed with talking about grapes, wine and anything to do about wine. It was so annoying. The only good thing was when he started talking he would pour a glass for anyone in the room. I seriously stayed a little inebriated the entire time I worked for him!

[@sjwilson1079]

@@SeashelleBytheseashore is that what got you through working for him?

[@SeashelleBytheseashore]

@@sjwilson1079 😂 yes!

[@organfairy]

'Delieverance' has also had the consequence for banjo players all over the world that now their skills as musicians are judged solely on their ability to play 'Duelling banjos'.

[@6twister428]

One film I'm surprised wasn't on here was The Conqueror. Due to filming near nuclear testing grounds, many of the cast and crew got cancer from the radiation.

[@stompyg]

Should have been top of the list... proving, yet again, that Mojo lists are terrible.

[@l.salisbury1253]

Sadly this list needs a "Volume 2"...!

[@alfienoakes1911]

not only filming near the testing ground, Howard Hughes shipped back 60 tons of the dirt to Hollywood to finish filming.

[@AJCyalater-qv4ei]

Awesome comment. Not many know true history of Hollywood. It's pathetic

[@b.o4788]

I live by the Goonies house and now I feel better for never going to visit. It makes sense that its such a problem. I hear a lot of people going to visit it like it. I didnt know someone lived in it Why are people so obsessed with going onto peoples property!?!?! Privacy is a thing.

[@ericseitzler81]

Bc as fans we think it belongs to us.

[@Jeff98177]

People have issues separating fact from fiction. The owners of the houses used in The Beverly Hillbillies had fans stopping by to see if Granny was home. This was 60 years ago!

[@Lutherson1962]

I lived about two blocks away up on Franklin & 39th back in the 70s before the movie… would never imagine

[@Batman-lg2zj]

Movies don’t ruin lives. It’s stupid people who ruin lives

[@WatchMojo]

[@Batman-lg2zj]

@@WatchMojo y’all are my heroes

[@kathygonzalez1413]

Exactly.

[@koriw1701]

Excellent point. Very salient.

[@josevilas4927]

You are 100% correct. Just because Godzilla and Kong destroyed the pyramids it does not mean that you must go to Egypt and do the same....please.

[@melissawickersham9912]

Celebrity is a two edged sword. It can be both beneficial and detrimental for anyone.

[@DRCEQ]

Sideways also had the negative effect of PERMANENTLY LOWERING THE QUALITY of Pinot Noir. The increase in demand of the wine from this movie resulted in wineries having to use lesser qualities of soil to grow and lesser quality grapes to add as filler. The result is that any Pinot Noir that has been grown since the movie is a lower quality of anything that came before.

[@SUK2293]

Merlot !

[@petercofrancesco9812]

This whole video is ridiculous who's lives were ruined? I'm not saying what you say isn't true but has it ruined any lives? It's pretty common a science paper says there is link to a health benefit for a food (which is far from proof) and there is a massive run on that item.

[@dhenderson1810]

It is like saying that doctors warning that a particular food is bad for you decreases sales of said item and ruins the lives of the manufacturers of said product.

[@trinaq]

Poor Sandi Preston, it sounds horrible to have strangers constantly invading your house, just because it was used in a famous movie.

[@kamsismith]

That reminds me of when American Horror Story was very popular, people were googling the home that was used in the show and attempting to storm the home. I think they had to place restrictions to prevent future tourists from doing so.

[@kriscynical]

It floors me that anybody would have the audacity to just walk up to somebody's house and expect to be let in just because it was in a movie. People are unbelievable. 🤦‍♀️

[@shanemerrill4826]

These comments are hilarious. She bought the house because of the movie lmao

[@corythecrow]

she could have said no or NOT purchased the home!!

[@lorizold349]

The new owner of the Goonies house is awesome but the house owner 2 doors down is an awful human being.

[@devonhappe]

This wasn't mentioned on the list but as a Long Islander I need to mention the house from Amityville Horror has gone through several buyers because of people constantly trying to drive by and get a look at it (none of the movies were even filmed in that house).

[@guidingspirit3033]

And it went through an exterior remodel to make it less recognizable AND an address change!

[@happychaosofthenorth]

That's why I think it would be great if someone with the right kind of desire for such a business, bought those houses (like the Goonies house) and, if the bylaws allowed it, turned it into a B&B/museum so they could profit off the popularity.

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Amityville Horror was a fake from start to finish. Look it up.

[@No-ik8kv]

Jaws. The movie caused a dramatic increase in hunting of sharks for sport, which in turn had devastating effects on local ecosystems.

[@ImmortalRimas]

I’m playing the world’s smallest violin 🎻 for William Randolph Hearst!🤣

[@lp-xl9ld]

If anyone's life was ruined by CITIZEN KANE, it wasn't Hearst...it was Orson Welles

[@lalaj5831]

At the hands of Hearst, no less.

[@naughtysmurf64]

Burt Reynolds broke his back filming Deliverance in the rapids scene.....

[@stacydetwiler1475]

I thought it was his butt

[@joshuamountz6891]

Did you forget about the curse of the cast and crew of Poltergeist

[@mattdavis4248]

A single movie called It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable back in 1934 almost destroyed the undershirt for men companies in the US and beyond. At that time, every man wore an under shirt (wife-beaters usually), but in one scene Gable took off his shirt and wasn't wearing and undershirt. Within months, sales in those shirts dropped by 70% - 80% and never recovered. On the other hand, carrots began to sell more after the movie, because it showed him eating one raw which wasn't all that popular back then. People are such sheep that they would follow someone in a movie.

[@SeashelleBytheseashore]

Thanks for that comment! I love trivial facts and never knew this info.

[@solitaryman777]

People have ALWAYS looked for guidance from truly questionable sources

[@chrisjulian6871]

Funnily enough, Miles in Sideways doesn't like Merlots because it reminds him of his ex-wife (they used to enjoy them together). The bottle of wine he drinks at the end of the movie he's been saving is a 1961 cheval blanc, which is a merlot and cab franc blend (a grape he also mentions he doesn't like). A winky wine nerd in-joke that nearly destroyed an entire sector of the industry 😂

[@ktash8937]

I live close to Rabun County in Georgia, and people are both proud of Deliverance as well as annoyed with it. It’s always mentioned when we go kayaking on ANY river. Can’t play country and bluegrass without it being mentioned either.

[@pedroportillo1585]

Jake Lloyd being in “The Phantom Menace” come to mind. The poor kid was only 9 years old when the movie came out. He was bullied mercilessly throughout his entire life because of it. Just goes to show how toxic the Star Wars Fandom can be.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

This list seems to be devoid of actors playing parts and being more about people effected by the movie even if not directly involved in it.

[@stephenmarshall8367]

I thought Jake was a better Anakin than Hayden...

[@scottaznavourian3720]

@stephenmarshall8367 I'm sure he won't go anywhere near them or his family won't let him but there are a TON of 'first time watchjng' phantom menace videos on KZbin that love his perfoemance...Jake's I mean

[@aliamjon4423]

Why was Jake Lloyd bullied ? He played in a big budget movie

[@scottaznavourian3720]

@@aliamjon4423 jealousy

[@jobrakai9395]

How is the Abyss not on the list?? That movie has left a lot of its actors with PTSD

[@JIF882]

Because the list is about how movies affected the real people that inspired them

[@gbonkers666]

MEM almost drowned on set.

[@johnsizemore7579]

The movie Waiting was filmed in a Bennigan's restaurant, and the horrible way the staff was depicted led to a huge decline in business, eventually leading to the parent corporation filing for bankruptcy.

[@SiccDeville]

loved that movie.

[@billmacp]

The Merlot thing was actually supposed to be ironic because the wine that he is chasing the whole movie is actually a Merlot

[@CrazyBear65]

Pinot, Merlot, whatever. Any wino will tell you, it's the amount of alcohol that matters. Nobody drinks for the taste.

[@lpr5269]

The reason he doesn't want to drink Merlot is because he ex-wife liked it so much.

[@CetranRage]

you failed to mention during the citizen kane segment that marion davies [ hearst mistress and former actress ] reputation was also destroyed due to the audience and scandal rags of the time believing she was the inspiration for kane's wife in the movie and she was labeled everything from talentless, mediocre, gold digger, homewrecker, etc.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

I think another reason that Marion Davies was "ruined" by the film was because of its main plotline, whereby the reporter character was trying to find out the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's dying word: "Rosebud." The reporter never finds the answer, and neither does anyone else, but (spoiler alert!), the audience is let in on the secret in the segment where Kane's childhood sled is tossed into a roaring furnace, and then there's a close-up of sled that clearly shows that it bears the word "ROSEBUD." In reality, "rosebud" was a sexual code word used by Miss Davies and William Hearst during their little private dalliances. It was, I believe, a reference to Davies' VAGINA!

[@solitaryman777]

@@michaelpalmieri7335 well, clitoris, actually. It's nice he was paying attention, at least!

[@vanessahenry7238]

"Goonies around the world, just know this, this is our time! It's our time right now' Yeah, like Time to leave the owners of the house alone! Holy crap, some people! I am a fan of some movies as well (Goonies included), but I couldn't think of invading someone's home like that! This isn't the only ones (on the video) that this has happened to! People need to learn to step back and respect privacy!

[@Rylosalex]

Yes! It always boggles my mind when people do stuff like this....but.....stealing the wallpaper from the the house?? THE WALLPAPER??!!

[@paladinpariah325]

Hard to feel sorry for someone like Hearst who has enough blood on his hands to fill an ocean. Instead of facing real justice, he had a movie made about him. Not even sure how something like that made this list.

[@JustAPrayer]

Three films you didn’t mention were Clockwork Orange, where the director pulled the film from UK theaters and issued a public apology because a bunch of people in the UK committed copycat crimes inspired by the film. Also Dog Day Afternoon, where Al Pachino’s portrayal of the criminal Sonny Wojtowicz's almost got the real criminal killed because it depicted him as almost betraying his partner to the fbi when in real life he did not, which caused him to be almost beaten to death by other prisoners who saw the film. And finally Cinderella Man, where the murderous villainous boxer the hero had to face was based on a real boxer who accidentally killed an opponent and was so traumatized by it he spent his life savings putting the man’s family through school. Again, the director had to issue an apology to both him and the family of the boxer he killed.

[@dicksonfranssen]

I've had a BluRay Clockwork Orange sitting in the basement for 10 years. Seeing it once was enough.

[@Koolgreen]

​@@dicksonfranssenOnce! That movie is a pure beauty with fantastic Nadsat language used and the great Malcolm McDowell. Stanley Kubrick made another classic movie!

[@Rylosalex]

I read that the town where the Blair Witch project was filmed had trouble with fans. A person actually broke into the mayor's house

[@dicksonfranssen]

@@Rylosalex We don't live far from the house where Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka (Ken and Barbie Killers) murdered at least 2 girls. The house was a crime scene and had alarms and heavy duty security for a year after the trial but there was always someone breaking in looking for souvenirs. Just driving on the highway near that place gives me the creeps. The house was torn down 20+ years ago but people will do sick things like that forever. They need their heads examined.

[@Rylosalex]

@@dicksonfranssen Dude!! Yep! In certain peoples' minds.....the house is still there.

[@erictaylor5462]

Something else about Goonies, Wil Wheaton *REALLY* wanted to be in this movie, but he was bound by Contract to Star Trek. He was fading by this time and was not needed for every episode, so at first they agreed agreed to let him go. Then just before shooting started Star Trek called him back, then didn't use him at all while Goonies was being shot. He later found out a Star Trek producer had done this deliberately just to fuck-up his career. Actors who bail just before shooting starts costs the studios a lot of time and money. For this reason, Wil Had trouble getting parts after Star Trek.

[@SpamEggSausage]

he got stuck playing an annoying character but it wasn't really his fault

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

Wil Wheaton is soy incarnate.

[@chrisjames3204]

Goonies was filming in October 1984, STNG didn't start production till 1987.

[@gbonkers666]

@@chrisjames3204 yes...

[@Raggmopp-xl7yf]

Re: War Games - One thing I remember was the UK Daily Mail ran a story 10 years ago about how antiquated the US nuclear software was in those manned bunkers. That they still used floppy disks. When 1000s of people responded with, "Oh it's a closed system then - that's great! That means they can't be hacked," they pulled the story as it was clear those who'd written it didn't understand what they were ridiculing.

[@glennstarkey7087]

I guess we're not counting torture actors otherwise last tango in Paris and the shining would be on there

[@marikothecheetah9342]

And Irreversible.

[@glennstarkey7087]

@@marikothecheetah9342 good call i wasnt thinking foreign films but yes

[@jenniferfriesen7691]

Shelly Duvall had a breakdown caused by the abuse she suffered during the filming of The Shining. This happened to Tippy Hedren while filming The Birds as well.

[@SpamEggSausage]

@@jenniferfriesen7691 Stanley Kubrick treated Shelley Duval terribly; she was so traumatized and that's part of why her career wasn't what it should have been

[@DonLekei]

You could have done an entire video just on Wargames alone. The "war dialer" inspired by the movie, spawned an entire new class of scams, hacks, junk faxes, and telemarketing. Even though it showed how password aging puts systems at greater risk of social engineering attacks, it took until 2019 to start recommending against its use.

[@mkvv5687]

I remember a place I worked at turned on pw aging and created a snowstorm of sticky notes.

[@alyzu4755]

Not a movie, but Anna Gunn was harassed and even received death threats because Skylar from "Breaking Bad" didnt "support her husband". 🙄

[@mariaaguadoball3407]

It genuinely blows my mind that so many people don't realise Walter White was a villain.

[@alyzu4755]

@@mariaaguadoball3407 Right?!?!?!?

[@crystalshaw8744]

I remember that. Its messed up people got so caught up in that EXCELLENT series but it was just so damn good.

[@crystalshaw8744]

@mariaaguadoball3407 I know. I think because ppl love Bryan Cranston so much it's was hard to see him as what he would eventually become, a monster.

[@cheechicana]

Christian people

[@blueturtle3623]

Michael Oher actually came to my elementary school around the time of The Blind Side's release. ALL of the questions were about his home life and the family featured in the movie. I was not into football and was very confused who this man was and why he came to my elementary school to talk about... something? I'm genuinely not sure what the point of that assembly was. All I remember is all these questions about these people with a funny last name. He did seem somewhat eager to move on to another topic though. Also I've seen that movie one too many times in a psych ward to find any enjoyment in it, and I tend to agree with Oher's assessment of it.

[@HoldenNY22]

Psych WArds are big on playing that Movie- The Blind Side

[@blueturtle3623]

@@HoldenNY22 For reasons that are entirely beyond me.

[@solitaryman777]

Ucch, that's terrible. I like Sandra Bullock, but the film is so saccharine. Uplift based on false premises is aggravating.

[@andirandolph8830]

Sideways is one of my favorite films, but I had no idea it affected Merlot sales like that.

[@Zethonring23]

There was a story years back, on one of those godawful Resident Evil films, there was a stuntwoman, a complete professional who'd been in the business for years, was setting up for a motorcycle chase sequence, and due to the generally terrible direction and management on set the stunt went horribly wrong and she drove into a piece of equipment, suffered brain damage, lung damage, broke several bones, knocked her into a coma and they had to amputate her arm, effectively ended her career.

[@Cornhollo26]

That’s was The Final Chapter (2017) your talking about.

[@TrevorMoses312]

Olivia Jackson.

[@Air_Serpent]

I think this list is more about the social effects of the films. That very tragic accident would be more on a list like 'top ten film accidents'.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

Now do one for TV shows.

[@petercgillis]

Kubrick did a number on Shelley Duvall, directing her in The Shining. Drove her over the edge.

[@boxelder9147]

Really? I knew she had a tough time in later years, didnt know it was that connected to her involvement in The Shining

[@dicksonfranssen]

Oops, forgot one. The lifeboat scene in Titanic where the officer shoots the passenger, then shoots himself. They stupidly used a real Titanic officer's name for that scene, a family that still lives in the UK. They sued and won. Things like this may be based in fact but why shame someone's family 100 years later?

[@agentredhead4612]

Are there even enough cases for there to be a list of the opposite? Top 10 movies that saved people’s lives?

[@laustcawz2089]

I'd love to see a list like that.

[@Air_Serpent]

If the Goonies house owner was smart, she would've been rich as hell. She could've made the house into a museum.

[@winteryuki_onna8172]

If I was to make a movie, I'm adding a disclaimer saying to never visit this town or famous place if they are going to be disrespectful towards the locals and house owners plus their private property, and don't harass the actor/actress, sport players or environmental activists.

[@spongeyspikes09]

I was expecting Jake Lloyd to be among the top 3

[@stonewolf1848]

Am I the only one that got Peggy bundy vibes when looking at the real Erin Broccovich

[@gbonkers666]

of course everyone forgets that the actual people who suffered damages from the pollution, get screwed in the court case. They received very little. Just like the people at the end of A Civil Action.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thanks for the List and Video

[@fenian123]

Anyone who knowingly buys an iconic home from a movie or TV show should know that it is going to come with baggage

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

I can think of a few other movies that ruined people's lives. "Psycho" (1960), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. We're all familiar with the classic scene where Janet Leigh is stabbed to death while taking a shower. Because of that, Miss Leigh developed a fear of showering! That poor woman! I wonder how she kept herself clean for the rest of her life without taking any showers. She must have stunk like a latrine! "The Birth Of A Nation" (1915) directed by D.W. Griffith. This movie practically ruined the life of every black person in the United States, because it showed a distorted version of the history of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era that followed it. In the film, blacks are depicted as subhuman savages terrorizing the innocent white people of the post-Civil War South, especially the women, who are in constant danger of being sexually assaulted by lust-crazed black men. Furthermore, the film portrays the Ku Klux Klan as the heroes and saviors of the South who eventually stop the evil plans of the blacks. At a time when racial prejudice and segregation was the order of the day, and the idea of "White Supremacy" was considered something that had to be upheld throughout the country in order to protect "civilization," "The Birth Of A Nation" only added to the bigotry and racism of the time, by renewing and reinforcing all the old fears and hatreds, by increasing dislike and suspicion of blacks, by convincing white Americans that Reconstruction was a tragic period in American history, that giving black people equal rights was a terrible idea because they were a barbaric and inferior race that was incapable of enjoying freedom without running wild and putting white people in danger, and that the blacks needed to be controlled and kept "in their place" for the good of society. Because of this type of thinking, segregation laws were tightened, blacks were deprived of what little freedom they'd ever known, they were now in greater peril of being lynched (especially by the new KKK, which was reborn after "The Birth Of A Nation" was premiered), and they were more likely to be victims of being suspected, accused, arrested, or FRAMED for raping white women. They were also more likely to receive tougher punishments for minor offenses than white people would get. In other words, Mr. Griffith's film epic set the cause of racial equality, justice, and freedom BACK BY SEVERAL DECADES OR SO! In a similar vein, the lives of the Jewish people of Europe were ruined because of the anti-Semitic movies produced by the Nazis, like the so-called "documentary," "The Eternal Jew," or the supposedly "historical" film, "Jud Suss" ("The Jew Suss"), both made in 1940. These movies did to Jews what "The Birth Of A Nation" did to black people, showing them as subhuman, dirty, dishonest, deceitful, plus portraying them as international scroungers and parasites, who traveled all around the world, never permanently settling down anywhere, but weakening the "host countries," corrupting the morals and the finances, driving everyone into bankruptcy, and generally plotting to take over the world. Just as "The Birth Of A Nation" showed black men lusting after white women, the Nazis' anti-Semitic films (like most of their anti-Jewish propaganda materials in general) showed Jewish men lusting after "Aryan" females. These films spread and encouraged hatred towards Jews, convincing Germany's Aryans that the Hebrew people were the enemies of all humankind, and therefore had to be eliminated, thus making the German people more accepting of the Holocaust.

[@eugeneflynn7435]

Underrated comment. Not familiar with The Eternal Jew or Jud Susa, but know BoaN well, and your comment is spot on.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

@@eugeneflynn7435 *Suss

[@Muirmaiden]

Janet Leigh preferred baths to showers after the movie, and when she did shower, she had her maid stand outside the bathroom until she finished. Leigh later said that the movie made her realize how vulnerable we are in the shower - naked, wet, in a small space and basically deaf with the water running.

[@dhenderson1810]

Maybe Janet Leigh had baths for the rest of her life. I heard that the Queen only took baths.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

@@dhenderson1810 Which Queen?

[@alienmoosestudios]

WOW 😮😳 I had no idea. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@melissawickersham9912]

Why would one movie devastate the wine industry that badly?

[@Gerilyn2003]

Especially when few have ever heard of it, much less seen it. (Maybe it was only seen by snobby wine drinkers?)

[@thebeatnumber]

Not the entire wine industry. Just the American one.

[@gbonkers666]

Well, if ET can cause massive sales of Resse's Pieces....the opposite is true...(M and M is still kicking their own butts over that one.)

[@MaryMamaAshlee]

@@Gerilyn2003Sideways was a box office hit with several Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. Plenty of people heard of it.

[@joshuamohlman]

It’s a shame such popular movies can be surrounded by controversy

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Didn't the owners of the Amityville Horror house get harassed after the movies came out, too? I had heard it got so bad that they actually had to change the way the house looked, removing the iconic eye-like windows.

[@kelleyk28]

That was their problem. They finally came out and said they made the whole story up.

[@marcoantoniorodriguezlopez5600]

And star wars episode 1? Literally that movie destroyed Jake Lloyd

[@John.Excelsior1999]

You forgot to mention the super mario bros movie back in 1993 and the effects it had on nintendo

[@stevenblackwood6097]

I wouldn’t waste too much breath worrying about Hearst (sp?). He deserved approbation. The other 9 are decent examples of how media, in this case movies, can have often unintended consequences.

[@finneogan]

To blame the MIT hacker's falling afoul of overblown security laws on War Games is a bit of a stretch, to say the least. War Games remains to this day the most accurate movie about computers or IT to ever come out of Hollywood. It would also merit a rewatch and reappraisal in light of how AI is (not) being dealt with.

[@scubaad64]

The fact that enough people based their wine preferences off of a movie and a movie character, that is so severly impacted the industry, is all the evidence you need on the overall stupidity of humanity.

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

Well, wine culture is all based on influence.

[@httr94]

The Amityville Horror House owners over the decades should be on here as well

[@kevinbutler-hm1]

To combat the "fans", the house's facade was totally changed and they also changed the house number to make it a lot more difficult to find.

[@Rage867]

Most of these are people who were inconvenienced by their fame.

[@napalmwolf1728]

1:35 say what you want, this movie brought Sandman and Rhino together like Spectacular SpiderMan

[@solitaryman777]

Rhino was a terrible disappointment

[@intellektualPoet]

I never watched The Blind Side and never will.

[@jusadude7162]

I find it very hard to believe that that movie affected merlot wine sales for TWENTY FREAKING YEARS.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

The Exorcist has to be on the list (poor Linda Blair).

[@sadie9728]

She seems fine. She's not the one who broke her tailbone and got whiplash in a single scene.

[@Muirmaiden]

​@@sadie9728She injured her back in one scene.

[@solitaryman777]

@@Muirmaiden no, that was Ellen Burstyn, who played the mother. The injury from the stunt still affects her today.

[@Muirmaiden]

@@solitaryman777 Linda Blair injured her back in the scene were she was bouncing and rocking on the bed. She has talked about it in interviews. I'm aware of Ellen Burstyn's injury in the crucifix/possession scene.

[@michaelsaunders1400]

Number 1 is the only one that deserved it. God *DAMN* was Hearst sensitive to criticism!

[@solitaryman777]

Tyrants usually are

[@Shorty_Lickens]

In addition to the Goonies house that home in Breaking Bad was trespassed and vandalized a lot. In particular about a thousand pizzas have been tossed on the roof.

[@mdturnerinoz]

I suggest Mojo Foks read "The Chief" about the life of WRH; he truly was an elitist scoundrel! So, "Citizen Kane" was pretty much accurate about WRH; you reap what you do, so no tears from me for WRH (although I have loved visiting his castle every time I did!

[@leanygma89]

So we're gonna leave out The Crow and Rust where people actually lost their lives while filming?

[@mrhumble2937]

That would be the production. Not from the movie.

[@michaelnoel9998]

And the focus of the video was more so on the way these films affected real life people rather than actors and actresses

[@marikothecheetah9342]

There were such lists on Mojo and I believe those were mentioned.

[@mattalan6618]

i was gonna add the house seen in Home Alone. i hear the owners of the house have had their fair share of fans showing up over the years

[@dhenderson1810]

Hope that didn't include the Wet Bandits. LOL.

[@dhenderson1810]

Easy way around that. Just set up traps around the house for unwanted visitors.

[@terprubin]

How can a list like this not include William Atherton after Ghostbusters?

[@misticadavis]

What happened to him? He was the EPA person Peck?

[@terprubin]

@misticadavis People harassed him for YEARS afterwards, calling him the name that Venkman calls him in the film. Obviously, he's had a successful career since then, but he did suffer a lot of abuse at the hands of fans of the film

[@laustcawz2089]

@@terprubin They should've tried watching films he had done previously, like "The Day Of The Locust".

[@misticadavis]

@terprubin That's terrible that people took his character literally not differentiating from the person playing a character, but if there is a list of Darwin award winners that survived. Walter Peck really is the STUPIDEST human alive. He works for the Enivormental Protection Agency to protect the earth, but because someone hurt his feelings, he has an unknown power grid turned off. He could have gotten a warrant with the police and had government testing people come in and test the grid instead of turning it off. They don't know what's inside the grid. That's like shutting down Chrenobyl's plant. Egon said it perfectly "turning it off is like dropping a bomb on the city." Peck's job is to protect the planet but has an unknown power grid turned off. If there is a Darwin Awards for people who survive disasters that they caused and survived, he would win. The stupidest human alive award. He has it turned off and still blames them for the explosion. It's terrible that people can't understand that's a character he played and mistreated him but as far as dumb decisions in movies Walter Peck would get the Gold Prize if there are Darwin Awards for people who caused disasters and lived.

[@misticadavis]

@laustcawz2089 Or the first 2 Die Hard movies. He let the terrorists know John's life and location to the terrorists all for ratings endangering John and especially his family in both movies. If there were Darwin Awards for characters who cause disasters, blame others, and survive. His character in the Die Hard movies and the Ghostbusters movie he would win hands down as the STUPIDEST human alive especially in the Ghostbusters just because Venkman pissed him off he has an unknown deadly power grid shut off and blamed the Ghostbusters even though he caused the apocalypse even though he works for the EPA.

[@lynnevetter]

Lol, wow for Sideways. I love Merlot. I would never have let a movie influence my wine choices. :D

[@anyviolet]

Neither would I. I hate wine. /heh

[@KellyRende-yo3ql]

I absolutely HATE Sideways! I was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base for seven years, and touring the Santa Barbara wine region was so enriching, particularly when hearing the stories of those who built those wineries over the period of two decades. The portrayal of those wineries and their employees in that manure pile of a movie is beyond deplorable. I would HIGHLY recommend a tour of the Santa Barbara wine region despite what you saw in Sideways.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank For The Video 🙊🤯🥰😍😁💗

[@toddboughn5168]

No sympathy for Erin. Quite a bit of the money that was meant for the victims went into Erin's pocket and the lawyer she worked for.

[@stischer47]

Sorry, as a computer scientist, ANY illegal hacking is that...illegal hacking. If you aren't ready to do the time, don't do the crime.

[@Reggie2000]

It's a shame Michael Oher is so bitter and hateful. Tommy Wiseau is a great example of embracing love and rolling with it. You always catch more flies with honey then vinegar. He seems like a vinegar type of dude.

[@mariaaguadoball3407]

I'm sure you'd "embrace it" if your entire life was misrepresented in a popular film - especially in a way that made you look simple-minded.

[@Reggie2000]

@Maria Aguado Ball I believe in making lemonade out of lemons. I believe every bad situation and scenario, is an opportunity. I believe those who come across asx the most gracious and grateful thrive. My opinion of him is now of a "self victim". That's what he puts out there. Whoa is me! Imagine if he had been unbeat and positive. Maybe he could have both prospered off of it, while setting the record straight. 🤔 What a lost opportunity for those who can see the long term potential over those who act like him. Jmo

[@mariaaguadoball3407]

@@Reggie2000 Again, if you were in his shoes, you wouldn't be such an insufferable prig about this. The idea that someone who obviously takes as much pleasure as you do in being mean-spirited and bitter is a "make lemonade out of those lemons" person is hilarious.

[@OldPirate1718]

Blind side was dumb...now the dude is broke and trying to sue his adoptive parents

[@LukeLovesRose]

I thought everyone loved Blindside

[@shawnhornick1901]

I live in the south those “Stereotypes” are true

[@mam362]

If you buy a house knowing it is famous, you cannot expect to be left alone

[@andrewharper1609]

I think The Crow pretty much ruined Brandon Lee's career. RIP. Same for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. And I have yet to be compensated for how badly Club Dread traumatised me.🤐

[@melissawickersham9912]

Yeah, death usually ends anyone’s career. The dead can’t work, obviously.

[@Kpictures_NYC]

I like how this video takes it’s time to explain each movie and how it effected whoever. Most of the videos on this channel are so fast and doesn’t give enough time so this is a better pace. However, you are letting way too many commercials play throughout the video and it ruins it.

[@sodorflubbs5000]

The channel doesn’t have a choice.

[@SirAsdf]

It must absolutely suck living in a famous movie house, like imagine strangers showing up at all hours of the day to take pictures of your house or worse.

[@laustcawz2089]

It can be helpful if the house is owned by someone who has every intention of showcasing it as a tourist attraction. That's been the case with Dunsmuir Mansion in Oakland, Ca., which has conducted tours of the premises for quite some time. It's been used in maybe half a dozen movies, but the first was 1976's "Burnt Offerings". Another film house & a TV house are apparently currently up for sale-- The "A Christmas Story" house, which has also been used as a tourist attraction; & the Brady house in the L.A. area, which was always used for the exterior shots & now has famously had its interiors modified to match the interiors seen on the show. Any prospective buyers of these houses should be well-informed (if they're not already well aware) of the histories of these properties.

[@carldamacion3740]

You could paint or renovate the house that it no longer looks like depicted in the movie or television show. The birds schoolhouse looks practically the way it did 60 years ago.

[@adagiobreeze8493]

Heavenly Creatures messed up Anne Perry’s career as a writer

[@debbieellett9093]

I'm on number three, and I am speechless at how easily people are offended. I never even took anything so far as anything that would ruin a persons life! Click bait?

[@BlenderStudy]

Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! Speaking of Deliverance (1972), someone on KZbin made a fake Wii ad featuring that guy yelling "Wiiiiiiiiiiii". 🤣

[@laustcawz2089]

Are you sure that's not from the film "The Last Movie Star"? Look into it.

[@PaiviProject]

Wow. I didn't know. I think out of all those I've only remember seeing the Wargames.

[@koriw1701]

I thought for sure you'd have the home from The Amityville Horror.

[@richdouglas2311]

Merlot has a bad rep because you can't make an outstanding one. For a long time it was grown to use to taper off other varietals. But growers held back the best and drank it themselves. Eventually, they began to market it.

[@n7hughesgaming223]

If I remember correctly, there was a stunt woman on the set of Transformers Dark of the Moon who ended up paralyzed because of a stunt gone horribly wrong.

[@KJ-of6lf]

I can't be the only one that thought Citizen Kane and Sideways were over-rated?

[@gbonkers666]

Citizen Kane...I found it boring.

[@carlapsalms2334]

I live in Rodanthe near the house from the Richard Gere movie .. its really a b&b but between the noteriety that attracts tons of people and the vandalism.. you cant really afford it unless youre pockets are deep.

[@taker68]

The lady who bought the Goonies house did so well after the film's production and was doing it with $$ in her eyes. So her cash cow became a burden, what a shame. And she sold it for big money so she should be fine. That hacker guy's suicide seems far removed from the film War Games. William Randolph Hearst's feelings were hurt? Awww, bet he cried in the 3 castles he lived in.

[@dhenderson1810]

Sociopath detected!

[@zackinwald9581]

I think it’s a stretch to say that the blind side ruined Michael ohers life considering he played 10 years in the league and won a Super Bowl

[@IGE5923]

It’s not a stretch idk why they made a movie like he was some stupid boy who knew nothing. But that’s how WORLD ESP AMERICA LOVES PORTRAYING BLACK PEOPLE.

[@JIF882]

So, you're disagreeing with the actual guy?

[@zackinwald9581]

@@JIF882 no but I’m it doesn’t belong on this list since the movie didn’t ruin his life at all

[@JIF882]

@zackinwald9581 So you're disagreeing with the guy. There's an interview clip with him that it said that it ruined his life because it lied about his background, and made him seem dumb. If he go through the comments, someone that Michael spoke at their school. Instead of asking about his football career, all people wanted to talk about was the movie. Imagine being associated with a movie full of lies.

[@zackinwald9581]

@@JIF882 the man has a Super Bowl ring and played 10 years in the league his life is far from ruined

[@sassykaren7587]

I used to live in the Georgia mountains where Deliverance was filmed. My boyfriend would take me to the places where the movie was filmed.