Movies since this

Did you miss the Barbenheimer thing this summer?

How are you judging 'cultural impact'? What impact did this movie have that others did not?

I'd say movies like Barbie, Oppenheimer, Top Gun: Maverick, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Dune: Parts One & Two are ones that have been released after and have been nearly as relevant or even more so.

A few months prior to Joker we had Avengers: Endgame which was the culmination of one of the biggest box office and pop culture dominating movie franchises of all time.



The only real lasting impact I see from Joker is the idolization of the character, which didn't begin with this movie, he's always been one of the most popular villains in media. It's true that this movies take on him did resonate with lonely men who can't get a date and are mad at the world but those edgy loser types aren't the types you'd want to be among.

Phoenix's Joker probably seems enduringly popular online due to the amount of edgy boys and men in the nerdy corners of the internet who revere the character. Sort of an echo chamber if you will, I don't think this character or movie are that enduringly relevant for most people. Though with the sequel coming out later this year we'll see if the general movie going public want more or if it was a flash in a pan.