The List: 100 Greatest Movie Posters: #20-1

Stefan Halley June 15, 2011 3

The final part of 100 Greatest Movie Posters is finally here. The last twenty posters are very different but all share one thing in common, they are amazing pieces of art. The posters chose are all US theatrical release posters (as far as I can tell). It would be fun to do this again but with teaser posters. Some of the most creative posters found in research were teaser posters.

What did you think of the list? Did you see your favorite movie poster in the top 100?

If you haven’t seen the first 80 posters, take a moment and check them out.

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #100-81

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #80-61

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #60-41

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #40-21

20. 2001: A Space Odyseey (1968)

19. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

18. Putney Swope (1969)

17. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

16. My Left Foot (1989)

15. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

14. The Endless Summer (1966)

13. The Public Enemy (1931)

12. Jaws (1975)

11. Halloween (1978)

10. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

9. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

8. Animal House (1978)

7. Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982)

6. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

5. Metropolis (1927)

4. Pulp Fiction (1994)

3. An American Werewolf in London (1981)

2. Vertigo (1958)

1. Fargo (1996)

What are your favorite movie posters?

If you haven’t seen the first 80 posters, take a moment and check them out.

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #100-81

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #80-61

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #60-41

100 Greatest Movie Posters: #40-21

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Stefan Halley has been writing about movies for over 10 years. You can find him on his podcast icanhazpodcast.com about social media and online marketing. He is one of the founders of the podcasting community palavr.com . He likes the smell of napalm in the morning. He thinks it smells like strawberries and death.

Mark

that Fargo poster is absolutely brilliant. great choice for #1. The 2001 poster at #20 also ranks as one of my favorites. As I followed these posts I was curious as to your methodology for ranking them. Also, was there a repository somewhere that you were able to initially search to narrow them down to 100? I’d love to browse it sometime to find some other gems
Stefan Halley

I started with about 300 posters and narrowed down from there. They are all on my computer. It’s difficult to describe the process. I started with posters that were unique, made a statement, set a trend or did it better than the original.

I got it down to 150 posters then I had to ask a few people to help me narrow down the list. Check out http://www.moviepostershop.com/ and http://eu.movieposter.com for lots of great posters.
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