I’m doing a new countdown called 100 Awesome Movie Posters. There’s an art to these promotional tools, and if you know what you’re doing, a simple movie poster can herd thousands of people to the theater to see your movie. Trailers are essential to seal the deal with moviegoers, of course, but sometimes just seeing a poster is enough to get you excited about a movie. Here are some of my favorite movie posters ever (in no particular order), starting with:
Quantum of Solace (2008) - directed by Marc Forster. Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric and Judi Dench.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
Jungle Fever (1991) - directed by Spike Lee. Starring Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro and Annabella Sciorra.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
Secretary (2002) - directed by Steven Shainberg. Starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) - directed by George Lucas. Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
American Beauty (1999) - directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Annette Bening, Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley and Mena Suvari.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
Funny Games (2007) - directed by Michael Haneke. Starring Naomi Watts, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
Pierrot le Fou (1965) - directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
The Illusionist (2006) - directed by Neil Burger. Starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti.
100 Awesome Movie Posters
Unforgiven (1992) - directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.
