The Movie posters are an art form, far beyond putting famous faces on their covers.. When it comes to promoting a film or short film that brings the public to movie theaters en masse, there is nothing better than a good poster that captivates said public.
A good movie poster has to capture the main essence of the film, and convey it through a tone and content appropriate to said production. Therefore, in this article we are going to show you the best covers of famous movies in all the history of cinema.
Let pay homage to those great movie poster designs in history, with a list of the best, in which different genres, periods and design techniques are collected, in short, authentic design jewels.
Best covers of famous movies in the entire history of cinema.
Sometimes it happens that the covers of many movies sometimes become more famous than the movie itself. The best posters are those that manage to summarize the entire film in a single image.
ALIEN, the eighth passenger
Philips Gips, art and creative director of some of the most well-known movie posters and logos, in this poster for the movie ALIEN, with a phrase that runs throughout the design, in space no one can hear you scream. In this poster, we are presented with a broken egg that ejects a mysterious glowing green light, along with a sans-serif typeface for the name of the film.
Blade Runner
John Alvin, is the artist behind this poster created in 1982. It is one of the movie posters that we have seen the most throughout history. Its creator knew how to unite the essence of the film in the same image. A piece, considered one of the greatest works of cinema.
The Exorcist
Bild Gold, was and still is one of the best artists in horror movie poster design. He used contrasts in a unique way, as we can see in this poster he makes excellent use of light and shadow. It represents in a spectacular way, the atmosphere that is lived in the Willian Friedkin film with the father Merrin and the girl Regan.
The silence of the lambs
The poster of this film is perfectly effective and for this reason it is in this list of the best covers of famous films. The moth that sits on the lips of the actress, is a pattern that makes you see the shape of a skull, created by Salvador Dalí as a photographic work composed of the naked bodies of women.
A Clockwork Orange
Once again we find ourselves in front of a job by Bild Gold, a poster that has been and is a benchmark in the world of design and film. Composed of a central image, which makes all the attention go to it, in addition to bold fonts and an impeccable use of white space.
Vertigo
From the hand of master Saul Bass comes this movie poster artwork. The designer unites conceptual, graphic and typographic quality in this work. Through the illustration, it perfectly reflects the key of the film, in addition to using a typographic composition with a very personal style.
Saul Bass still considered the king of movie poster designs, so any of them becomes a work of art, with which to enjoy.
Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope
In 1977, the Star Wars movie is released and features a poster created by Tom Jung, a graphic designer and illustrator. The idea that he had to carry out this poster is to represent good over evil. The result of this poster, It is one of the most remembered of the saga, since it represents the darkest side of the plot.
Over time, other versions for this film ended up replacing the poster you can see, designed by Tom Jung, but from our point of view, this poster is the one that best represents the film.
Pulp Fiction
Who has not seen this poster hanging on their walls in a home or bar? Without a doubt, the The image of actress Uma Thurman has become one of the most viewed images in the world. It has become a fetish poster for one of the most representative films of the last century.
American Beauty
A picture is worth a thousand words, and in this case with a single image they are perfectly summarized, what happens in the mind of the character of the film. A curious fact is that it is not the body of the actress Mena Suvari, but of the model Chloe Hunter.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Juan Gatti, for this film moves away from the idea of showing the protagonists of the film and representing the plot with two main elements.
They say that it was the style of Saul Bass, which inspired Juan Gatti to make this poster.
The Truman Show
There is no better way to present the story of the film's protagonist than through recorded images of said film. The face of Jim Carrey, the protagonist, is made up of tiny photographs that tell the life of this. It is not that it is a very novel idea, but it perfectly tells the story that Truman lives.
Rosemary's Baby
One of the most iconic posters of horror movies, in many ways. From the use of gloomy tones that represent the illness of the actress, to religious connotations in her tagline. With this composition he leads us to the idea that it is a film in which the protagonist and her traumas will have an important weight in the film.
Metropolis
The film Metropolis, premiered in 1927 and today is still one of the most expensive posters in movie history. In the poster, the futuristic elements stand out and for this reason, it is the use of yellow and black colors, with metallic effects to give a more realistic sensation.
In the foreground, you can see a robot woman, the protagonist of the film, and behind her the futuristic city in which the story takes place.
ET the alien
John Alvin, collects wonderfully the story that is told in this film. Who does not remember the story of friendship between Elliot and ET, an unconditional friendship. This poster has been compared to Michelangelo's work, The Creation of Adam, because of the image of the hands.
Anatomy of a murder
There is no better way to end this list than once again with the figure of Saul Bass, the master of movie poster design. To which, we invite you to investigate, since he has a endless movie poster design each more wonderful, that's why he is considered a genius in this world.
This poster, anatomy of a murder, was chosen by Premiere magazine, as one of the best movie posters ever. By means of an uneven typography and the dismemberment of a body, the designer makes you wonder what happens in said film and if everything that the protagonist of it tells is true.
In this case we have talked about the movie poster, Anatomy of a Murder, but he also designed, Exodus, The Shining, The Temptation Lives Above, Schindler's List, Pride and Passion, Vertigo, Psycho, among many others.
The visual impact, the importance of capturing the essence of the film, getting out of the design style common at the time, etc.. All this has been collected in this list of famous movie covers throughout history.
Surely we have left many, so you can tell us in the comment box which one you miss and why. We hope that this list will serve as an inspiration for future poster designs.