25 Uniquely Beautiful Movie Posters

Posted by Maggie Van Ostrand

We’ve been admiring posters for new films like Avatar, Solomon Kane, Edge of Darkness, The Last Airbender, and Legion.

They inspired us to have another look at the 25 greatest and most intriguing movie posters of all time, not listed in any particular order, each being uniquely cool in its own right.

Straw Dogs, 1971	Apocalypse Now, 1979	Metropolis, 1927	Lawrence of Arabia, 1962	2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
Anatomy of a Murder, 1959	Barry Lyndon, 1975	The Graduate, 1967	Full Metal Jacket, 1987	Lolita, 1962
The Silence of the Lambs, 1991	MASH, 1970	The Seven Year Itch, 1955	Showgirls, 1995	Chinatown, 1974
Blonde Venus, 1932	The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 1981	Jaws, 1975	Star Wars, 1977	A Clockwork Orange, 1971
The Shawshank Redemption, 1994	Titanic, 1997	Sullivan’s Travels, 1941	The Godfather, 1972	American Beauty, 1999

         

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4 Responses to “25 Uniquely Beautiful Movie Posters”

1. tim cronin Says:
   February 1st, 2010 at 4:42 pm

   Good call on Sullivan’s Travels, Anatomy of a Murder and Straw Dogs

2. Matt Cronin Says:
   February 1st, 2010 at 7:21 pm

   I’m surprised that’s the image they used for the poster of 2001: A Space Odyssey. I’ve never seen the movie but the “Sullivan’s Travels” poster is so simple and beautiful, without a clue of what the movie’s about. Interesting choice of MASH, I’m not sure that’s “beautiful” but all in all good choices.

3. Steven Severt Says:
   February 2nd, 2010 at 8:46 am

   A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, American Beauty, The Silence of the Lambs, and the original Star Wars posters were all excellent and represented the films well. I don’t know if I’d call all of these beautiful, but you picked some good stuff that should be recognized.

4. Big Boss Says:
   July 8th, 2010 at 4:04 pm

   Very cool posters! I think the original Alien poster should be there as well.

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