# Most Iconic Movie Posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554 "2017-12-04T17:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/41 "2017-12-05T02:54:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Metropolis](https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/print/metropolis-german-movie-poster-1926_u-l-p99v9n0.jpg?src=gp) Fucking shit! Best movie poster EVAIR. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/42 "2017-12-05T03:09:21Z")
Ghostbusters. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/43 "2017-12-05T04:06:53Z")
[Lawrence of Arabia](https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/6/b70-3107) I[t’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World](http://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_expanded/(JamieF-DW)__ItsAMadMadWorld(1).jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/44 "2017-12-05T04:27:44Z")
2001: A Space Odyssey [https://www.amazon.com/Posters-USA-Odyssey-Poster-GLOSSY/dp/B06XJGWKHH/ref=pd\_lpo\_vtph\_201\_tr\_img\_1?\_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4TKQ1913H11RQ2846FYN](https://www.amazon.com/Posters-USA-Odyssey-Poster-GLOSSY/dp/B06XJGWKHH/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_201_tr_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4TKQ1913H11RQ2846FYN) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/45 "2017-12-05T05:24:49Z")
Not sure if it has the same impact today, but at the time the [Platoon](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HnviSn53axk/UGA3K47FkkI/AAAAAAAAAFI/T_L0H-75Tp4/s1600/Platoon+film+poster.jpg) poster was significantly memorable and often parodied. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/46 "2017-12-05T05:48:52Z")
At that, Travolta in a white suit striking that weird pose for Saturday Night Fever. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/47 "2017-12-05T05:56:08Z")
Jaws ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/48 "2017-12-05T06:10:51Z")
The iconic poster for ROBOCOP pretty well sold the movie. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/49 "2017-12-05T06:12:25Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Star Wars, for certain, though there are several different versions, including: > [The original Brothers Hildebrandt art](https://milnersblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/star-wars-a-new-hope-poster-last-jedi-comparison.jpg) > [A revised version](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/Star-Wars-New-Hope-IV-Poster_c217085b.jpeg?region=49%2C43%2C580%2C914&width=480), in which Luke and Leia look more like Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher > [Another well-known version](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81P3lDJbjCL._SY717_.jpg) > A few more suggestions: > > [The Silence of the Lambs](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/63/bc/fc/63bcfcacfbd1c291055dfa73253a29c7--iconic-movie-posters-horror-movie-posters.jpg) > [The Terminator](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/b6/4d/2eb64dcd3d8d7d321cb5f702dd01c844.jpg) > [E.T.](http://img.moviepostershop.com/et--the-extra-terrestrial-movie-poster-1982-1020141470.jpg) I’m afraid you’ve got it backwards. The Brothers Hildebrant poster was the _later_ poster. I was there when the film premiered, and the original poster\* was the Tom Jung poster that you’ve indicated as a “later” poster. I was surprised when the Hildebrant poster showed up later that summer with its more colorful image and “softer” contours. See here for corroboration: > **[The History of Star Wars Posters](https://filmschoolrejects.com/star-wars-the-posters-14ad09654325/)** > > Forty years, hundreds of artists, dozens of countries. Infinite cool. - Actually, the original Star Wars poster was one bearing only the words “Star Wars” in foil lettering on a black background, which I first saw months before the film’s release. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/50 "2017-12-05T06:22:27Z")
More Corroboration from Wookieepedia > **[Tom Jung](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Jung)** > > Tom Jung (born February 13, 1942) is an American art director, graphic designer, and illustrator. He is noted as the designer of the Style A poster advertising the theatrical release of Star Wars in US cinemas. Jung is credited with designing a... ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/51 "2017-12-05T08:54:32Z")
It’s hard for a recent poster to be considered iconic when not much time has passed, but I’m sure there have been a few from the last 20 years that will stand the test of time. Here’s [the first one I thought of](https://imgur.com/gallery/F0brr) that might do so. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/52 "2017-12-05T09:22:11Z")
You must remember this… [https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/38/MPW-19005](https://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/38/MPW-19005) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/53 "2017-12-05T11:04:15Z")
The back-to-back shot of two people from different worlds in PRETTY WOMAN. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/54 "2017-12-05T13:00:40Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > 2001: A Space Odyssey > [https://www.amazon.com/Posters-USA-Odyssey-Poster-GLOSSY/dp/B06XJGWKHH/ref=pd\_lpo\_vtph\_201\_tr\_img\_1?\_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4TKQ1913H11RQ2846FYN](https://www.amazon.com/Posters-USA-Odyssey-Poster-GLOSSY/dp/B06XJGWKHH/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_201_tr_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4TKQ1913H11RQ2846FYN) I’ll second this. The Peabody-Essex Museum just wrapped up a show of Horror Film Poster art from the collection of Kirk Hammett of Metallica. It’s a truly awesome collection of rare and iconic posters > **[It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett…](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/its-alive-classic-horror-and-sci-fi-art-from-the-kirk-hammett-collection)** > > Kirk Hammett, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Metallica, is also an avid collector of classic horror and sci-fi movie posters. > **['It's Alive!' — Movies, Monsters And Metallica's Guitarist Meet At The...](https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/08/11/its-alive-metallica-guitarist-pem)** > > It turns out Metallica's guitarist Kirk Hammett has another passion: collecting rare, vintage horror and sci-fi movie posters. **The Mummy** is definitely one of the iconic posters ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/55 "2017-12-05T15:01:19Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m afraid you’ve got it backwards. I stand corrected! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/56 "2017-12-09T21:47:03Z")
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith – billed, simply, as MR JONES and MR SMITH – clad in black suits, wearing black sunglasses, toting slightly-oversized rayguns, with the tagline of Protecting The Earth From The Scum Of The Universe: [MEN IN BLACK](https://www.goldenglobes.com/sites/default/files/films/men_in_black.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/57 "2017-12-09T22:58:25Z")
[Forbidden Planet](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/2306/p2306_p_v8_aa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://google.com/search?tbm%3Disch%26q%3DForbidden%2520Planet&h=1440&w=960&tbnid=BFQ9OHwkvyX7bM:&tbnh=186&tbnw=124&usg=__XWzs_e_SmY_fNzyufScM4w-X_Vo%3D&vet=10ahUKEwiK3arZgf7XAhWq6oMKHWGODU0Q_B0IzgEwEg..i&docid=rWPN9ud7frj4VM&itg=1&client=firefox-b&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK3arZgf7XAhWq6oMKHWGODU0Q_B0IzgEwEg) [The Day the Earth Stood Still](http://krui.fm/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MV5BOTFiMzExYjktODgyMy00YmFjLTliNzUtZGYxNzlmYWE2OGViXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDI2NDg0NQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0012891000_AL_.jpg) This message brought to you by the Robots Who Like Earth Women Foundation. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554/58 "2017-12-10T00:13:14Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > [Forbidden Planet](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/2306/p2306_p_v8_aa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://google.com/search?tbm%3Disch%26q%3DForbidden%2520Planet&h=1440&w=960&tbnid=BFQ9OHwkvyX7bM:&tbnh=186&tbnw=124&usg=__XWzs_e_SmY_fNzyufScM4w-X_Vo%3D&vet=10ahUKEwiK3arZgf7XAhWq6oMKHWGODU0Q_B0IzgEwEg..i&docid=rWPN9ud7frj4VM&itg=1&client=firefox-b&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK3arZgf7XAhWq6oMKHWGODU0Q_B0IzgEwEg) > > [The Day the Earth Stood Still](http://krui.fm/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MV5BOTFiMzExYjktODgyMy00YmFjLTliNzUtZGYxNzlmYWE2OGViXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDI2NDg0NQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0012891000_AL_.jpg) > > This message brought to you by the Robots Who Like Earth Women Foundation. Back in the 1960s, Forrest J. Ackerman’s _Famous Monsters of Filmland_ magazine had a recurring feature called "Carry on Monsters, with publicity pictures of momnster bearing fainted women in their arms It’sd worth pointing out that, even though the posters depict the robots carrying fainted women in their arms, they don’t do so in the movioes. But both Robby and Gort carried [I[MEN\* in their arms. And DEAD men, at that [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-iconic-movie-posters/803554.md?page=2)