For awhile now I have been a fan of “minimalist” film posters. These are posters which show little details from films, but which often say a lot about a movie. They are frequently very simple, clever and creative. They are thought-provoking because most of them capture the very essence of a film and can distil a whole movie at a glance; a kind of “the fewer the words, the deeper the meaning” motto, but here, instead of the words, it is lines and presentation. Rich symbolism and double-meaning also sometimes form the essential part of them. Below are twelve of my favourite examples. Do you have a favourite “minimalist” movie poster? Warning, I do not own the images presented below, and some of them can reveal important PLOT TWISTS.
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Nice observation! So much in so little, these are genius and master art.
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Totally!
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Fight Club poster is perfect. Loved it.
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It is really good, isn’t it? It tells something about the idea behind the film, but keeps it neat all the same.
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That’s absolutely right! I missed that movie 🙂
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I love this one: http://a69.g.akamai.net/n/69/10688/v1/img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/19/01/21/96/20643609.jpg
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Oh, yeah! I saw it online and I thought it was fantastic. Great choice.
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The Usual Suspects poster is great. No sure I would have appreciated it before seeing the film tough.
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I agree completely, and that’s why I put a spoiler alert warning at the top of the post 🙂
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I love The Breakfast Club one. Two I love are the poster for Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Another that I think is very effective and shows very little is Alien (1979).
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The “Anatomy of a Murder” poster is quite striking, thanks for the suggestion. The poster to “Alien” is such a classic – it and maybe the one to “Jaws” are maybe the most effective ones ever.
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How could I have forgot about the one for Jaws! I firmly believe that when it comes to film and TV series promotion less is more.
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Aha, the same could be said about film titles, unless of course as a film you are
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”(2007) lol
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This are wonderful posters. I especially love Taxidriver, Her and The skin I live in, which I must say was such a great and disturbing movie that only a handful may only understand. This is simplicity at it’s best. ☺
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Her and The Skin I Live In are some of my favourites too here. I totally agree about The Skin I Live In, a true masterpiece from Almodovar, gave it 9/10. Thanks a lot for the comment!
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Wow, these posters are something else.
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Aha! Thought-provoking, aren’t they? Less words/presentation, greater meaning, as they say.
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Sometimes imagery has more meaning than words. Cinema is a great example of that in all its glory.
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