They have Day of the Triffids and The Omega Man as well - it's a neat collection, I've spent a couple of years not deciding what I want on the walls of my home office but some of those kitsch older sci-fi posters are a strong candidate - I saw a fair few of them as a kid.
+1000 every time I swing by PH I'm impressed. Unlike other NYC museums, there's never a line and you can be in/out in 30-45mins. Also, located on 23rd st right near 3 subway stations serving a slew of lines. It's a regular stop when I have a few minutes to kill on my way to other things.
I recently sold a bunch of movie posters for a relative's estate, and only just came across the name Drew Struzan. Several of his posters were in the collection, including this one [0], and I was stunned by the sale price.
The high sale price was due to the fact that this was a rare "REVENGE of the Jedi" rather than the normal "RETURN of the Jedi" poster. The back-story is that the movie title was originally going to be "Revenge..." but then there was pushback because Yoda had said "A Jedi craves not revenge" in the previous episode, so it got changed.
I was looking to add a few posters to my room, and this came at the right time.
The only one that interested me was: Colossus: The Forbin Project, as I love Michael Colombier's OST in that. Other than that, it's hard for me as a 23-year-old to find movies I've seen here. The earliest I can think of is Indiana Jones, and The Rocketeer, and those are in the 90s.
++ for reference to "Colossus: The Forbin Project"
I only discovered that film about a decade ago, and it quickly became a favorite.
What’s wild is how it’s shifted from pure sci-fi to something that feels eerily plausible, especially with how tech has evolved in just the last five years.
Colossus: In time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love.
Dr. Forbin: NEVER!
Recently discovered this movie. I still can't believe it was done in 1970! The visual props of the huge mainframes, tape drives, blinking lights, etc were real-computing gear from Control Data Corporation (CDC). Probably one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time.
The poster for Colossus:Forbin was very disappointing. The title sequence graphics for the movie were great - but the poster doesn’t show a computer at all, although the movie is all about them.
I've started watching one film every day 3 years ago. Much less time investment than one would imagine. It all comes down to finding a good system to plan what to watch not just sit down and have an analysis paralysis. Once (after a few months) I’ve figured out my current plan where I _have to_ watch certain films it became incredibly easy to keep up.
There's the "1001 Movies to See Before You Die", the "AFI 100"…
Neither of these are bad lists to start with. The "AFI 100" is going to be all American films (some Hitchcock films get a pass because they were filmed in the U.S.?).
"1001 Movies…" has a number of film critics contributing — and all the usual suspects are on the list. Fortunately it includes a good deal of foreign films, silent films, art-house films… So it covers a larger gamut of course.
The wife and I are now up to the 1980's and finishing up a Turkish film from 1982. I suppose we're 5 years into this, perhaps a couple years still before we've done the 1000.
Why go in order? Partly context — you can see how films have "evolved", see when new ideas show up. But also there is some pragmatism: if left to my own devices, skipping around, I might leave until last the silent films, the French New Wave (sorry, I've been only slowly coming to enjoy them), the several-hours-long films, Warhol's films, etc.
The nice thing about films is that they're generally pretty much self-contained. A lot of modern TV series are serialized and committing to a multi-season set of episodes is a big chunk of time.
I'm not sure that art deco is really the right term but there's definitely a 30s/40s poster styleI find quite attractive. You also see it wit a lot of travel/national park/etc. posters from that era.
The National Parks poster style is often called the Work Progress Administration (WPA) style. There was a series of these done for astronomy education in the early 2010's that are wonderful examples of the style: https://www.wired.com/2013/12/nordgren-planetary-posters/
Different subject matter (space), but if anyone has recommendations, I would love love love the chance to see a poster form childhood.
It was sometime around international space year ish (1992), and was a poster of a hybrid ship, part Space Shuttle and part large sailing ship, a gallon or what not.
I kept it for many years as it fell apart but ultimately got rid of it. I love the motif, the idea of endless exploration. Every now and then I do a little web-searching for it, but no luck. Any suggestions welcome!
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North by Northwest. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...
Goldfinger / Dr No. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...
Ten Commandments. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll...
“Miss” Galore they say :)
Apparently leaking her name to the press prevented big wigs from forcing it to be changed.
Great finds.
Fantastic graphic art and poster museum. Not focused on movies per se but we had a great time there.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Casaro
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Struzan
[0]https://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=deta...
Movie posters from Ghana in the 1980s and 90s - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45712807 - Oct 2025 (91 comments)
Also:
Bizarre Movie Posters From Africa That Are So Bad, They’re Good - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37259525 - Aug 2023 (24 comments)
* Do a test print on a small size for the same paper. Color's on the screen will differ to the print (and the print in your room's lighting).
* Use upscayl to bring the resolution up. I aim for at least 300 DPI.
(Plug: check out some of my amateur restorations https://liampulles.com/ )
I only discovered that film about a decade ago, and it quickly became a favorite.
What’s wild is how it’s shifted from pure sci-fi to something that feels eerily plausible, especially with how tech has evolved in just the last five years.
Colossus: In time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love. Dr. Forbin: NEVER!
Never ?
I've done it 9 times and I've even gotten a 10 x 5 foot poster made of the park city ski map.
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I confess, I like the style of a lot of the earlier movie posters.
I've started watching one film every day 3 years ago. Much less time investment than one would imagine. It all comes down to finding a good system to plan what to watch not just sit down and have an analysis paralysis. Once (after a few months) I’ve figured out my current plan where I _have to_ watch certain films it became incredibly easy to keep up.
Neither of these are bad lists to start with. The "AFI 100" is going to be all American films (some Hitchcock films get a pass because they were filmed in the U.S.?).
"1001 Movies…" has a number of film critics contributing — and all the usual suspects are on the list. Fortunately it includes a good deal of foreign films, silent films, art-house films… So it covers a larger gamut of course.
The wife and I are now up to the 1980's and finishing up a Turkish film from 1982. I suppose we're 5 years into this, perhaps a couple years still before we've done the 1000.
Why go in order? Partly context — you can see how films have "evolved", see when new ideas show up. But also there is some pragmatism: if left to my own devices, skipping around, I might leave until last the silent films, the French New Wave (sorry, I've been only slowly coming to enjoy them), the several-hours-long films, Warhol's films, etc.
https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/The_List
It was sometime around international space year ish (1992), and was a poster of a hybrid ship, part Space Shuttle and part large sailing ship, a gallon or what not.
I kept it for many years as it fell apart but ultimately got rid of it. I love the motif, the idea of endless exploration. Every now and then I do a little web-searching for it, but no luck. Any suggestions welcome!
They specialize in finding and identifying obscure childhood memories like this. Good luck!
https://guides.loc.gov/travel-posters/sample-images
and this site got some traction here recently:
David Klein's TWA Posters - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44952696 - Aug 2025 (9 comments)