20 بوستر لافلام اجنبيه من عام 1980 بس ايه روعه - 20 Amazing Movie Posters From the 1980′s
The 1980s was a decade of cultural and artistic confidence and
exuberance, represented in all media including the movies. The
brilliance of the decade’s films is reflected in the posters created to
accompany them, and many of these designs are fine artworks in their own
right. This list brings together 20 amazing movie posters of the 1980s,
set out chronologically and representing the highlights of that
astonishing decade.




1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)



Image: The Empire Strikes Back

The year 1980 saw the release of George Lucas’s follow-up to the
hugely successful Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, directed by Irvin
Kershner. Although originally a sequel, the film became Episode V of the
Star Wars saga following the more recent release of three prequels.
Artist Roger Kastel created this beautiful hand-painted poster for the
film’s theatrical release, taking his inspiration from a poster for Gone
With the Wind.

2. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)




Image: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

American illustrator Richard Amsel produced some of the most iconic
movie posters of the 20th Century, including this for the original
release of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. The film, in
which adventurer archaeologist Jones thwarts the Nazis in their efforts
to capture the Ark of the Covenant, was the top-grossing film of 1981.

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Image: Excalibur

Another key figure in the development of film posters was American
artist Bob Peak, who created this design for Excalibur, director John
Boorman’s classic interpretation of the King Arthur legend.

[b][b]4. Chariots of Fire (1981)[/b][/b]

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Image: Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire is an Oscar-winning film based on the true story of
British runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, competitors in the
1924 Olympic Games in Paris.

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Image: The Thing

American Artist Drew Sturzan produced this striking poster for John
Carpenters 1982 film The Thing. The film is terrifying sci-fi horror
story with a team of researchers in the Antarctic who come into contact
with a parasitic alien life form.

[b][b][b][b]6. Blade Runner (1982)[/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Blade Runner

Blade Runner, the third film on the list to star Harrison Ford, is
Ridley Scott’s dystopic vision of the future based on Philip K. Dick’s
novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Award-winning cinematic
artist and painter John Alvin created the design, and is responsible for
some of the most recognizable movie posters of the late-20th Century.

[b][b][b][b][b]7. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial tells the story of an
American boy called Eliot who discovers a friendly alien stranded on
Earth. The poster references a scene in the movie when Eliot and E.T.
fly above a forest on a BMX, a sequence that Empire magazine named as
the most magical moment in cinema history.

[b][b][b][b][b][b]8. Amadeus (1984)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Amadeus

This powerful design is the poster for Amadeus. The film’s epic tale
follows the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri,
composers in 18th Century Vienna.

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Image: The Terminator

James Cameron’s 1984 action movie The Terminator is a brutal science
fiction noir in which a cyber assassin is sent back in time from 2029 to
track down the mother of a future resistance leader. The film, the
first of four installments, gave Arnold Schwarzenegger one of defining
roles of his acting career as the eponymous Terminator.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]10. Re-Animator (1985)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Re-Animator

This poster is for the cult-classic Re-Animator, director Stuart
Gordon’s reinterpretation of H.P. Lovecraft’s horror story, Herbert
West-Reanimator. The film tells the story of a medical student’s
experiments with a life-restoring serum, and the horrific, and often
comic, results.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]11. Back to the Future (1985)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Back to the Future

Back to the Future is one of the defining movies of the 80s,
following the story of teenager Marty McFly who is accidentally
transported back in time from 1985 to 1955. McFly meets his parents’
younger selves during his comic time travel adventures. Drew Struzan
designed the film’s iconic poster, showing Michael J. Fox as McFly next
to the DeLorean sports car, which the Doc has converted into a time
machine.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]12. The Breakfast Club (1985)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: The Breakfast Club

Another classic movie of the 80s is John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club,
featuring five archetypal American high school students who meet during
detention and emotionally bond despite their differences.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]13. Brazil (1985)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Brazil

Terry Gilliam’s Brazil is a classic dystopian sci-fi satire centring
on worker Sam Lowry and the dysfunctional Orwellian society in which he
lives.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]14. Aliens (1986)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Aliens

The sequel to the classic Alien is itself a defining moment in
science fiction and action cinema, with Sigourney Weaver’s heroine
Ripley and a team of Space Marines battling an army of alien creatures.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]15. Stand by Me (1986)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Stand by Me

Of all the coming-of-age and buddy movies of the 80s, Stand by Me is
one of the best. Based on Stephen King’s short story The Body, the film
is narrated by a writer who, following the death of a friend, recounts
his adventures with three friends as they set out to find a missing boy.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]16. Blue Velvet (1986)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: Blue Velvet

This is a poster for the German release of David Lynch’s masterpiece
Blue Velvet, with the stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and
Dennis Hopper as the unsettlingly malevolent Frank.

[b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b][b]17. The Fly (1986)[/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b][/b]

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Image: The Fly

David Cronenberg’s 1986 sci-fi body horror The Fly is a remake of the
original from 1958, with Jeff Goldblum playing a scientist whose
teleportation experiments result in a monstrous metamorphosis.

18. The Princess Bride (1987)

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John Alvin’s poster art for The Princess Bride reflects the
fantastical nature of the swashbuckling fantasy comedy. The film’s
narrative is worked around a grandfather reading a story to his sick
grandson, the film relating the fairytale adventure.

19. Withnail and I (1987)

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Artist Ralph Steadman provided the artwork for this brilliant poster
for Withnail and I, the much-quoted black comedy by Bruce Robinson,
starring Richard E. Grant as Withnail and Paul McGann as ‘I’.

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Image: Do the Right Thing

At the close of the 1980s, Spike Lee released Do the Right Thing,
which he produced, wrote and directed. Featuring an ensemble cast, the
film is set during one day on a single Brooklyn street, as the various
residents face the summer heat as simmering tensions boil over. The film
was controversial but critically and commercially successful, and like
the best films of the 1980s, reflected the culture of that amazing
decade.