Some posters are memorable because they are stunning examples of how a single, arresting image can pull you in. Some posters are memorable because they make you curse Photoshop and all it has wrought upon the Earth.
The Heat
The actual posters for The Heat are less than thrilling — and the U.K. version is downright horrifying. But this variant poster commissioned by Mondo is exactly the kind of over-the-top throwback image that should have been selling the film all along. Why throw together a forgettable jumble of Photoshopped images when you can make something dorm-room-wall worthy like this?
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August: Osage County
If you've seen the film — or the award-winning play it's based on — you know this image is lifted directly from one of the climatic moments in this family drama. There is something dark and angry about this poster that does the movie much better service than the oddly upbeat trailers for the film.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
The movie itself has divided audiences, but there is no denying that this striking single shot from the film lets you know exactly how much manic, hard-partying energy director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio are expending for this film. (That would be all of it.)
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The Kings of Summer
Everything about this poster, from the shot to the tagline, evokes the unfettered joy of an adolescent summer. Lovely.
CBS Films
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