I’m in the process of renovating our basement for use as a home theater, and I have space to put up eight distinct movie posters. I plan on commissioning posters through an artist that I like so that they will all have a shared art style and appearance, so the look of the official movie poster doesn’t matter to me. What I’m trying to do is select eight of the most iconic films of all time, across these genres:

  • Action/Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • CGI/3D Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • Science Fiction
  • Mystery/Thriller (Not horror)
  • Fantasy

So, if you were to pick out a set like this, which would you choose?

  • hitagiAEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Akira (1988) for 2D animation.

    Though now that I’m re-reading your post body, it seems that the actual poster doesn’t really matter?

    If I had to select a few for the genres (without looking at their posters and just purely from what I think are iconic films for each genre), then:

    • Indiana Jones for Action/Adventure (to be fair, very iconic posters)
    • Monty Python for Comedy
    • Shawshank Redemption (or Citizen Kane if you prefer older classics) for Drama
    • Toy Story for 3D animation
    • Akira (or Spirited Away, but if you prefer Western then Lion King is another good classic) for 2D animation
    • 2001: A Space Odyssey (or Star Wars if that’s more of your thing, very iconic posters) for Sci-Fi
    • The Silence of the Lambs for Thriller (very iconic poster too)
    • The Lord of the Rings trilogy for Fantasy

    They’re mostly American/Hollywood films but that’s what most people would identify as iconic. There are a lot of other iconic films from other regions too such as French, Italian, Soviet, and Japanese films that I think may not be as iconic depending on your region but they’re just as good and maybe even better. 400 Blows (French) is a pretty iconic Drama film for example.

    • AverageCakeSlice@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, thanks, I’m more looking for a list of the most iconic/ your favorite movies from each genre. The title is a bit misleading; the official movie poster is irrelevant.