‘Premiere’ picks 25 favorite movie posters Premiere magazine has compiled what it thinks are the 25 best movie posters ever. Notable inclusions are Breakfast at Tiffany’s (at No. 18), in which Audrey Hepburn’s overexaggerated cigarette holder makes her look like she’s chewing on a stick; The Man With the Golden Arm (No. 14), which not only had the audacity to cast Frank Sinatra as a substance abuser but seemingly hired one to design their poster; and Attack of the Fifty Ft. Woman (No. 8), which has been disfigured in punk fliers since what seems like the dawn of time. Anatomy of a Murder is No. 1, which is somewhat anticlimactic after seeing the posters for Silence of the Lambs and Forbidden Planet, both of which are a lot more atmospheric. I’m a tad underwhelmed by Premiere’s list. But never fear, Something Awful will lift whatever doldrums that list threw me into. Via Movie Marketing Madness. —Posted by David Kiefaber

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sorry you're underwhelmed, but "anatomy of a murder" has long been considered one of the very best posters. maybe you should do a little research before you hit the send button. that's what's so dumb about blogging.

Posted by: | Mar 8, 2007 12:07:17 PM

sorry you're underwhelmed, but "anatomy of a murder" has long been considered one of the very best posters. maybe you should do a little research before you hit the send button. that's what's so dumb about blogging.

Posted by: thumper | Mar 8, 2007 12:16:13 PM

I'm amazed I'm actually responding to that comment, but what's so "dumb" about someone's opinion that doesn't happen to agree with everyone else's?

And now you don't agree with the poster's opinion, so why don't you respond as to why you don't agree instead of calling him out for not agreeing with the world at large?

That's what's so great about blogging.

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I notice the list has very few current offerings, or many since the 80's. And I love the pulpy style of many of those older posters which points out that today the movie poster is pretty superfluous compared to being able to see it in a magazine or the watch the trailer over and over on the internet. I still get intrigued by the posters and displays in the theaters when I go, but I haven't gone back to ask a manager for a poster in at least 10 years.

Posted by: urban bohemian | Mar 8, 2007 12:58:51 PM

All of Adfreak underwhelms me. But I still come back hoping one day they will cover more noteworthy stories.

Posted by: | Mar 8, 2007 1:45:31 PM

What about The Endless Summer
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/bamabeachboy/MoviePosters/endlesssummer.jpg

always a favorite!

Posted by: rupert | Mar 8, 2007 1:54:15 PM

Jaws was an iconic poster as well.
Gotta love the Murray Hamilton movies!

Posted by: Murray Hamilton, RIP | Mar 8, 2007 2:10:57 PM

Totally agree re: Endless Summer.
Great poster.

Posted by: Diverting Narration | Mar 8, 2007 2:11:58 PM

Everything about Endless Summer is great but that can't be from the early 1960s, can it?

Posted by: Rosebud Henri Withmustard | Mar 8, 2007 3:36:58 PM

THE GRADUATE anyone? The leg, the stocking, Hoffman's bewilderment? Number one of all time.

Posted by: Tony Jones | Mar 9, 2007 4:27:09 PM

DIDN'T SAUL BASS DO THE SINATRA "MAN WITH"
POSTER....??
He seemed to do all the other preminger movies...not noted substance abuser...occasionally abused type.....
best poster i ever saw was for 3-D movie, Bwana Devil....
you walked past the theatre (The Valencia in Jamaica Queens) and a spear came flying out of the lobby attached to a rope or
something.....

Posted by: Tom Messner | Mar 10, 2007 10:56:56 AM

I agree with Jaws and The Graduate. Other posters more worthy of that list are Blow-Up, Kill Bill, and even An Inconvenient Truth.

Posted by: Somebody | Mar 12, 2007 6:27:45 PM

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