# What's the greatest movie poster of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445 "2003-11-26T20:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spellingerror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@spellingerror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spellingerror)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/1 "2003-11-26T20:00:37Z")
My brother’s 30th birthday is coming up and I know that he would love a framed movie poster for his appartment. He is an illustrator and LOVES MOVIES - he knows them all. Is there a great movie out there with a fantastic concept or illustration layout for its poster? ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/2 "2003-11-26T20:06:10Z")
Mrs. Chastain and I just bought a classic King Kong poster for our home office, and had it framed. [It looks like this one.](http://www.123posters.com/kingkong1.htm) It’s cool-looking, and yet timeless and classic. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/3 "2003-11-26T20:07:50Z")
“Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” has always been a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/4 "2003-11-26T20:13:33Z")
For retro posters, I always liked “Gun Crazy” (particularly the red one on the bottom here): [http://www.sd455.com/movieguncrazy.htm](http://www.sd455.com/movieguncrazy.htm) ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/5 "2003-11-26T20:16:21Z")
[Crime is the disease. He’s the cure.](http://imdb.com/title/tt0090859/posters) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/6 "2003-11-26T20:21:03Z")
I kinda dig the [Godfadda](http://www.123posters.com/godfather2.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/7 "2003-11-26T20:21:03Z")
The original Mad Max posters were way cool. The ones in French or German are even cooler. Check em out. Type “Mad Max Memorabilia” in google. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/8 "2003-11-26T20:22:31Z")
How about [Jaws](http://imdb.com/title/tt0073195/posters) It’s got it all; big, scary monsters and nekkid ladies! ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/9 "2003-11-26T20:41:37Z")
The [Estorick Collection](http://www.estorickcollection.com/) in London is currently doing a good [exhibition on classic Italian film posters](http://www.estorickcollection.com/current_exhibitions.aspx). Lots of good stuff, but for impact there’s nothing to match the earliest example they have: a big fiery one by L. Metlicovitz from 1913 for the great baby-eating Carthegian epic _Cabiria_. It’s reproduced as [Figure 6(a) on this page](http://archaeology.stanford.edu/journal/newdraft/garnand/figurepage.html). ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/10 "2003-11-26T21:07:40Z")
Gotta love the original [Star Wars](http://www.toysrgus.com/images-speci/vilmur/sw-stylea.jpg) poster. And the famous James Bond one where he’s looking between the girl’s legs and you can kinda…sorta…maybe…see something… (I can’t belivee I can’t remember which Bond movie) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/11 "2003-11-26T22:01:42Z")
My personal favorite has always been the Polish poster for Altman’s [Nashville.](http://movieposterbiz.com/new%20additions%205202003/nashville.htm) I bought one at Centre George Pompidou in Paris; lost it to a fire. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/12 "2003-11-26T22:04:57Z")
“Trainspotting” “The Blair Witch Project” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/13 "2003-11-26T22:13:35Z")
I think Eve is the best movie poster. She really seems to know what the hell shes talking about. \*Oh…that \*kind of poster. Never mind! 🙂 * * * She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/14 "2003-11-26T22:14:48Z")
By the way…its _Easy Rider._ * * * Never kiss an animal that can lick its own butt. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/15 "2003-11-26T22:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*And the famous James Bond one where he’s looking between the girl’s legs and you can kinda…sorta…maybe…see something… (I can’t belivee I can’t remember which Bond movie) \*\* That would be [For Your Eyes Only](http://www.musicman.com/mp/jb/jb12.html). ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/16 "2003-11-26T23:01:40Z")
We have that _King Kong_ poster in our bathroom. I love the guy parachuting away from Kong. My favorite poster that I own is a subway-sized French poster for _From Dusk Til Dawn_. Hmm, maybe I can find a link… [http://www.graphicexpectations.com/itemdetail.cfm?sku=1147](http://www.graphicexpectations.com/itemdetail.cfm?sku=1147) It’s a tiny picture, but it looks cool in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Apoptosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Apoptosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apoptosis)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/17 "2003-11-26T23:01:57Z")
[This](http://www.123posters.com/darkness1.htm) one. -Apoptosis ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/18 "2003-11-26T23:15:59Z")
Hee. Got that one too, **Apoptosis**. And a nice, big Brisco County promo poster over the TV in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/19 "2003-11-26T23:25:06Z")
We have two posters framed in our Home Theater Room: Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445/20 "2003-11-26T23:28:00Z")
BTW, prepare to cry when you find out how much framed standard-sized movie posters cost. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-movie-poster-of-all-time/215445.md?page=2)