The Best 10 Movie Posters in 2010

10. Buried
This bold, Vertigo-esque image is a nice tip of the hat to designer 
Saul Bass, invoking some of the best 
of Hitchcock's thrillers.

9. The Expendables
Sure, it looks like it belongs on the back of an Ed Hardy shirt, but it communicates
everything you need to know -- and no old-school action movie fan could resist a
lineup of stars like that.

8. I'm Still Here
The wiped-out type over Joaquin Phoenix's enigmatic (and slightly disturbing)
 portrait is a classy breath of fresh air.

 

7. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
From the pink on pink to the handwritten type, all of the elements on this
design come together quite nicely.

6. Toy Story 3
The gang's all here! A vibrant, fun teaser for Pixar's third and
final Toy Story adventure. Note even the Pixar ball in the top right corner.

5. For Colored Girls
This striking poster for Tyler Perry's latest drama is a gorgeous
contrast of watercolor on white.

4. Carlos
Retro-styled designs can be hard to pull off, but this 1970s-era
 poster art for Olivier Assayas' Carlos The Jackal epic is pitch perfect.

3. The Social Network

The blue browser bar is tacky, unnecessary and inexplicably sideways, 

but the poster for David Fincher's "Facebook movie" arguably has the best tagline of the year.

2. From Paris With Love

The teaser poster for this forgettable action thriller is surprising elegant 

and restrained. Of course, the subsequent theatrical poster featured John

Travolta firing a giant rocket launcher, so it all evens out.

1. Inception

This poster simply depicts one the most memorable, visually a

rresting sequences from Christopher Nolan's sci-fi heist thriller, and it works.