Filmsourcing presents – Top 50 Movie Posters
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#1 Tideland
Eerie and beautiful. Yet somehow inviting, like it’s calling you to step in…
#2 Sideways
Sarcastic, intoxicated, out of balance and beautifully simple. It so perfectly reflects this brilliant film… I must watch it again. Immediately.
#3 The 40 Year Old Virgin
I don’t know what they’ve done to Steve to make him absolutely radiate sexlessness. Awesome!
#4 Trans America
The central theme of this film is clear as day. Color pink has never looked so argumentative.
#5 Cold Souls
“We want it to say ‘mindbending’ but also that Paul Giamatti’s in it”. Well, you got it!
#6 Precious
Does anyone else see a hand in the crotch, like someone’s scraping her?
#7 The Machinist
I want to say “murder”, but considering the way Bale looks in this film, maybe it’s “bonier”.
#8 Submarine
With the right idea, all you need is the lead character’s face and 10min in photoshop.
#9 Moon
If you stare at it for 60 seconds, it starts spinning!
#10 Good Bye Lenin
They could have gone for straight-up Soviet propaganda, but there’s something more peculiar here, more human. Just like in this film.
#11 Celebration Day
The Soviet propaganda style is so effective! I’m compelled to watch this film.
#12 The Dark Knight
Like they needed a poster to advertise this film. And they even made it clever.
#13 Hard Candy
There’s nothing more terrifying than young people in hoodies… no, seriously, this one is stunning.
#14 Roman Holiday
You expect this film to be sweet as candy, and rightly so.
#15 Metropolis
This was on Ted’s wall in How I Met Your Mother. It means it’s cool, but also a bit douchy.
#16 The Cabin in the Woods
What better way to make you dive into a movie poster than visual trickery.
#17 Beauty is Embarrasing
I haven’t seen this film, but assume it features many ugly people. I’m fascinated.
#18 Casino Royale
A woman’s crotch hanging over shiny, nerdy faces – it’s a winning combo!
#19 Big Fish
Perfectly illustrates the larger-than-life story of this film.
#20 Lolita
Perfect on the wall of a bachelor pad to say the occupant is a film buff but also an alpha male.
#21 Office Space
Very few comedies come with funny posters, even fewer with a statement as relatable as “work sucks”.
#22 The Tree of Life
Some people really hate this film, but only a heartless monster would hate a little baby foot! 
#23 Brüno
This is tame, almost cute. You could nearly convince your parents to watch it. It’s their evil ploy…
#24 An Inconvenient Truth
A harrowing film with a harrowing poster.
#25 Jaws
The poster pretty much summarizes the plot, but that’s okay since it’s so awesome!
#26 Donnie Darko
This movie and its poster were made, so you’d never ever think of rabbits as cute and cuddly.
#27 The Great Dictator
Well, it’s not subtle.
#28 Pulp Fiction
A perfect combination of filthy and funny, just like the film itself.
#29 Black Swan
If you didn’t know it was a film, you’d think it’s advertising a classical ballet.
#30 The Silence of the Lambs
Not many things from 1991 have aged this well. This still looks creepy.
#31 Pan’s Labyrinth
Reflects the amazing graphics of the film. But what is it with the fantasy genre and those vaginal shapes…?
#32 Vertigo
Would you have the balls to call your film “masterpiece”? This bold piece of poster art doesn’t quote movie critics or websites, they just state a fact.
#33 Walk the Line
It’s like a stamp. Reminds us that Johnny is a legend – a man to be turned a vector graphic alongside Che, Bob and others.
#34 Kill Bill
It’s all appropriate: Martial arts, a shiny blade… But considering the film – not NEARLY enough blood.
#35 The Kid
There’s something epic about the poster art before the time of photoshop – or even photography.
#36 The Good German
The classic new-old movie poster. A great tribute to the golden years. #MoviePosters
#37 Django Unchained
If you have the big names, and they have to be BIG, then this is the way to do it.
#38 The King’s Speech
This could have been boring. Instead, it’s yellow
#39 Frida
A movie about a great artist comes with the benefit of ready-to-use poster material.
#40 Sex and Lucia
Like having SEX in the title wasn’t enough, they also have Paz Vega’s bedroom eyes and… Okay, if you’re a guy, you haven’t noticed the eyes yet.
#41 Anatomy of a Murder
Feels like picking up a good old fashioned ‘whodunnit’ crime novel. I bet it’s the guy in the bottom right corner.
#42 Killing Them Softly
Don’t know how they resisted the temptation of using Brad’s face…
#43 How to Survive a Plague
Simple & intriguing
#44 The Exorcist
There’s something so poetic in its scariness.
#45 The Mechanic
A very literal illustration of the title. Leaves no doubt that this film features gun violence.
#46 The Raiders of the Lost Ark
Harrison Ford could only look this good in a drawing.
#47 Forrest Gump
Maybe leaning a bit too heavily on the star power of Hanks, this poster beautifully portrays the nature of its lead character.
#48 Woodstock
Reminds us of the simpler times.
#49 Sound of My Voice
Different, requires close inspection, not for the impatient masses.
#50 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
It’s like a disturbed Western teenager taking a Japanese woodcarving class.
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