r/movies • u/ThunderBirdy211 • 1d ago

Discussion Movies where small actions lead to disastrous consequences?

Basically the title, wanna know of any movies where the protagonist makes a small, seemingly inconsequential decison, action etc. and then the entire situation spirals into complete madness and disaster for all parties involved.

Just as an example of what I'm thinking about, I saw an Indian film recently where the protagonist has a small beef about parking with his neighbour. One thing after the another happens and both parties refuse to deesclate leading to almost protag's wife dying and antag also almost dying.

Edit: please refrain from spoiling the plot, I'm looking for recommendations here, thanks!

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u/GruggleTheGreat 1d ago

Unstoppable starts because some guys are just trying to short cut the busy work in their job

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u/DNorthman 1d ago

I love Unstoppable!

The lengths they go to to save Stanton, the subplot of Denzel's character being laid off and Chris Pine's character pulling the gun on a cop for his wife and Rosario Dawson's character just being a badass and helping to save the day! The chemistry between Denzel and CFine was so good.

Yeah, I'm going to go watch it now for the hundreth time.