38 Randomly Awesome Movie Posters

Inspiration   November 16, 2009  by

Movie poster designs have always intrigued me. Although the studios often spend millions in dollars for advertising a movie, for some odd reason we have a hard time seeing good poster designs. We figured it would be necessary to highlight the movie posters that actually turned out great. We’ve collected 38 awesome poster designs from random films and movies, regardless of year, genre, popularity or language.

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28 Responses
  1. Old Comic Book Ads Revealed   -   November 16, 2009 at 11:52 am

    These are mainly good posters, but to claim that this is a list of 38 posters that are good regardless of year and if I see correctly, only one was released more than 10 years ago, seems misleading. I would have loved to see some of the many awesome posters put together BEFORE the Photoshop era.

  2. Sam (YouTheDesigner)   -   November 16, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    We are working on a vintage poster design post. To be clear, we are not saying these are the definitive best poster designs. There is no way we are the authority on that. We are simply saying these are a few we really like. Keep your eyes peeled for vintage poster designs in the future.

  3. designfollow   -   November 16, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    great collection, thanks

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  5. Raghava   -   November 17, 2009 at 2:07 am

    nice……..Great Combination.

  6. deltadesignz   -   November 17, 2009 at 6:52 am

    The Lord of War poster is amazing, one of my favorites

  7. elisa   -   November 17, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Great Post! I love the V for Vendetta Poster and Lord of War among others….

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  9. g   -   November 17, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    someone here likes natalie portman…g

  10. Web Print Brand   -   November 17, 2009 at 7:42 pm

    Very cool. Christmas on Mars, Lord of War, Big Fish, and Identity are some of my favorites. Not only are the posters well designed but a lot of the movies are good as well.

    Interesting post and nice blog.

  11. Dave the Kung Fu Hamster   -   November 18, 2009 at 5:14 am

    The V for Vendetta poster has a great 1940s feel to it, and the Dark Knight one is a classic!

  12. charu   -   November 18, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    This is really an awesome collection of movie posters! I really love it!

    Thanks dude/dudette,
    Charu

  13. Oliver Web   -   November 20, 2009 at 6:44 am

    Some really awesome movie posters here. I really like the Dark Knight, Lord Of War and V For Vendetta posters. Thanks for sharing these with us.

  14. Michelle   -   November 20, 2009 at 8:47 am

    these are all amazing butI really like the “This is It” poster :) I haven’t actually been to the cinema to see this film but the poster is cool, bless him.

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  15. Livia   -   November 21, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Brill!

    I hate to be a bore but you put a rubbish SAW one up, they have such clever and amazing other ones than the 6th one which is pretty lame. Anywhoo the saw poster designs have props, I love ‘em!

  16. Kimberly   -   November 22, 2009 at 3:12 am

    Wonderful collection! Thanks

  17. timkerrickDOTcom   -   November 24, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    all of this is cool – except the “THIS IS IT” poster. there is nothing awesome about that one. any kid with a stolen copy of Adobe Photoshop could have put that piece of crap together.

  18. Autonomy   -   November 29, 2009 at 7:26 am

    This is a fun contrast to your vintage poster collection. It’s interesting to scroll through the two and see how visual aesthetics have changed with the evolution of technology and culture. Thanks!

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  21. SJL Web Design   -   December 16, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Thanks for the great collection of movie posters. I would like to see more showcases of movie posters in the future and maybe have an insight from the designers who created them.

  22. Dan   -   January 2, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    Amazing collection!

  23. CreativEdge - Graphic Design Scarborough   -   January 5, 2010 at 9:18 am

    A great collection of posters, thanks for the post

  24. Grafické práce   -   January 5, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Nice collection for inspiration. Thanks!

  25. ALF   -   January 6, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    Create collection, definitely worth the optic. Strong polls.

  26. andy eaton   -   January 8, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    wow this is going into my swipe file for ideas for future projects. fantastic list

  27. blueskai   -   January 20, 2010 at 3:32 am

    i like the »ocean´s eleven« movie poster……. add it, it´s great!!!

  28. Don   -   February 2, 2010 at 12:22 am

    Thanks for the great list, well worth a look. I really liked the design of the one for “Visual Acoustics”, I haven’t seen the film but the poster is very cleverly designed!