Favorite / Best Movie Posters

Jcomp · May 16, 2010

A lot of times these days movie posters seem like an afterthought compared trailers and commercials. Just throw the stars on there, throw up a title and tagline and let it be. Some posters still stand out as awesome for one reason or another though. This poster...

...put this movie on the map for me. Didn't even know it existed, and my interest has immediately gone from zero to "Give me a release date, dammit!"

Got me thinking about other classic movie posters, like the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster...

...and the Star Wars movie poster.

What are your favorites? Discuss...

Aleta · May 16, 2010

i saw this poster and begged my parents to let me see it. they agreed but only if my older sister would take me. ah...my very first "r" rated movie and still my favorite nicolas cage movie to date.

maxmordon · May 16, 2010

Zoombie · May 16, 2010

Eli Roth? Ew!

Also, I'm a huge fan of the anything by Drew Struzan.

Which is, fortunately, most of them.

Shadow_Ferret · May 16, 2010

The Graduate, with that leg.

Jaws, with the shark about to eat the swimmer.

Jcomp · May 16, 2010

Zoombie said:
Eli Roth? Ew!

He's only producing. That may or may not mean anything significant in relation to how the film ultimately comes out.

And seconding SF's mention of "The Graduate." Great poster indeed.

Zoombie · May 16, 2010

Bah. Bah humbug, I say.

There are a few people in the industry that I won't even touch with a twelve foot clown pole. Eli Roth is one of them. Oh, and Michal Bay.

regdog · May 16, 2010

slcboston · May 16, 2010

I have my walls festooned with various movie posters, from Jurassic Park to Star Wars to Blade Runner (heck, even the original, animated Transformers movie).

Among my favorites? Blade Runner (but that's mostly my attachment to the movie), Unforgiven, and the promo poster - not the actual movie poster but the promo - to The Crow: City of Angels. It's very understated, just a skeletal crow and the tag line from the film, but it works.

... wish I had the one from Alien, though. :e2bummed:

SPMiller · May 16, 2010

The Brazil poster would be good if only the movie weren't such an awful, pointless clusterfuck.

Cyia · May 16, 2010

The Dark Knight had a lot of great posters, but IMO, this was the best:

Wayne K · May 16, 2010

maxmordon · May 16, 2010

SPMiller said:
The Brazil poster would be good if only the movie weren't such an awful, pointless clusterfuck.

E-hem, there some of us who do enjoy Brazil. Deeply. "cough".

gabbleandhiss · May 17, 2010

Taxi Driver.

dgiharris · May 17, 2010

From the best Prison Movie ever made

Mel...

Noah Body · May 17, 2010

I always thought The Exorcist had a very understated, darkly creepy kind of one sheet:

And I thought Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was freaking epic (But where's Bones?):

Wayne K · May 17, 2010

Wavy_Blue · May 17, 2010

Okay, and this one isn't a movie, but just try to deny its awesomesauce.

dgiharris · May 18, 2010

How could this one not be mentioned???

rhymegirl · May 18, 2010

I have Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) on my bedroom door:

Smileycat · May 18, 2010

Toy Story 3 has all the characters and is also clever, with the 'ANDY' shoe, too.

fredXgeorge · May 18, 2010

robeiae · May 19, 2010

regdog said:

Ditto.

Also, this one's pretty good:

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/22/b70-11169

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