Monday, December 17, 2012

My Top 20 Favourite Movie Posters

I'm bored, and nothing cures boredom like selecting a bunch of your favourite movie posters for a nice, lazy blog post. Below are my top 20 favourite movie posters. I'm using a mixture of theatrical release posters and home media posters.

20. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)


19. April Fool's Day (Fred Walton, 1986)


18. Trash Humpers (Harmony Korine, 2009)


17. Submarine (Richard Ayoade, 2010)


16. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)


15. Hard Candy (David Slade, 2005)


14. Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper, 1982)


13. Carnage (Roman Polanski, 2011)


12. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)


11. Palindromes (Todd Solondz, 2004)


10. Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma, 2007)


9. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)


8. Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé, 2009)


7. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)


6. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)


5. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997)


Note: The poster looks bland and abstract at first, but it's very clever because it foreshadows a pivotal scene in the movie. Haunting, really. 

4. Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998)


3. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) 


2. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)


1. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)



2 comments:

  1. Loving this post. Some beautiful and clever artwork. When they get it right, movie posters can be so powerful!

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  2. Great list. Shame and two Bergman's... hell, no argument from me!

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