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Another of our favourite new additions, the simply sensational original Plakat Secesyjny/Art Nouveau Polish Poster Museum exhibition poster from 1971. Polish School of Posters master...

Wonderful pop design features on this original East German film poster for the 1980s comedy classic Three Amigos!, starring Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short. The artwork i...

We adore this original TWA Los Angeles travel poster from circa 1958, with superb artwork by David Klein. Searchlights, palm trees, mountains...

A superb original 1967 Polish poster for Warsaw Zoo, designed by Waldemar Swierzy. The design is wonderfully bold and unusual, with the strong graph...

A stylish original East German A1 film poster for 80s romcom The Woman in Red, released in the DDR under the title Die Frau in Rot. Designed by Werner Gottsmann, this striking poster captures the glamour and comedy of the film through a bold, fashion-led image: a swirling red dress, red shoes and a dark painterly background, punctuated with bright spots of colour. It is a wonderfully elegant and graphic interpretation, very different from the more familiar photographic publicity used for the film elsewhere. A knockout design with the knockout red dress. Directed by and starring Gene Wilder, The Woman in Red is a 1984 romantic comedy about a married man who becomes infatuated with a glamorous model after seeing her in a red dress. The film also stars Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin and Gilda Radner, and is especially remembered for its music by Stevie Wonder, including the Oscar-winning song I Just Called to Say I Love You. Light, stylish and very much of its decade, the film became one of the memorable romantic comedies of the 1980s. East German film posters are highly collectable for their distinctive artistic approach to international cinema. DDR poster...

A beautiful and highly striking original East German A1 film poster for The Color Purple, released in the DDR under the title Die Farbe Lila. Designed by Manfred Anker, the poster is a superb example of East German cinema advertising at its most elegant and symbolic. Rather than using a conventional cast image, Anker creates a bold silhouetted female profile, filled with a star-like texture and set against a clean white background. The small touches of red, turquoise and purple give the design a quiet emotional intensity. Directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1985, The Color Purple is based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The film follows Celie, a young Black woman in the American South, as she endures hardship, abuse and separation before gradually finding strength, love and her own voice. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, it remains one of Spielberg's most powerful dramas and an important work of 1980s American cinema. East German film posters are especially admired for their imaginative and often minimal interpretations of international films. DDR poster...

A gorgeously stylish original Bally advertising poster from c1980, known as the Plume design. A high heel packed with vivid roses, a bright blue eye and a sweeping peacock feather ri...

A wildly fun original French Moyenne poster for Bringing Up Baby, made for a 1950s French re-release of Howard Hawks’ screwball masterpiece. With its blazing orange-and-yellow burst,...

Clash of the Titans is a fantasy adventure rooted in Greek mythology, directed by Desmond Davis and brought to life with the iconic stop-motion creature effects of Ray Harryhausen. T...

A fabulous original TWA Las Vegas airline travel advertising poster by David Klein, dating from the 1950s. Bursting with colour, glamour and playful detail, the design presents Las V...

A beautiful original Czech A3 film poster for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, designed by Miroslav Vystrcil for the 1966 Czech release of Jacques Demy's celebrated musical romance. The a...

We love this incredibly rare original French poster for A Queen is Crowned, produced for the 1953 release of the landmark documentary on Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation. It is the on...

A brilliantly cool original UK Quad Advance film poster for The Blues Brothers, the cult 1980 comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. This advance design is especially stylish,...

A super chic original 1964 Swiss advertising poster for Bata Shoes, designed by the brilliant Donald Brun. Elegant, graphic and unmistakably mid-century, it turns women’s footwear in...

A super stylish original German film poster for Bullitt, Peter Yates’ ice-cool 1968 crime thriller starring Steve McQueen at his most iconic. Sharp, stripped-back and effortlessly to...

A brilliantly playful original East German film poster for Coming to America, designed by Günter Wongel for the film’s 1990 DDR release. With Eddie Murphy crowned against a vivid blu...

A glamorous original c1960s TWA Hollywood travel poster by David Klein. With its night sky, searchlights, palm silhouettes and glowing sunset colour, the design evokes the magic of t...

A fantastically fun original Egyptian film poster for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Hammer’s wild 1970 prehistoric adventure. Bursting with hand-painted action, it features battlin...

A powerful original US 1 sheet film poster for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper's landmark 1974 horror film. The poster's stark white background, brutal central image and unf...

A wonderfully atmospheric original Egyptian film poster for Tales from the Crypt, the classic British horror anthology released in Egypt in the 1970s. With its vivid hand-painted ima...

This vibrant 1966 French Grande film poster for Batman, illustrated by renowned French poster artist Boris Grinsson, is a spectacular piece of pop-culture history. Bursting with colo...

We absolutely love this first-year-of-release Japanese Tatekan poster for Bullitt — tall, bold and ridiculously cool. Steve McQueen owns the design as Frank Bullitt, all calm menace ...

A refined original 1934 French advertising poster for Verdets, Ets Lambiotte Freres, designed by Lajos Marton. The image is beautifully simple and elegant, with grapes and vine leave...

Stunning US one-sheet for Cool Hand Luke, featuring artwork by James Bama, whose bold pop-art style captures the film’s spirit and attitude! Directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring...

We love this delightful original Swedish film poster for a cinematic release of The Pink Panther series in Sweden in the 1970s. With its playful illustration of the Pink Panther on a...

A beautifully sharp original Bally advertising poster from c1980, created to promote the brand’s golf shoes. Large, elegant and quietly surreal, the design pairs a finely rendered br...

Bright, bold and brilliantly bonkers, this original Egyptian poster for Superman III gives the Man of Steel a full-throttle 80s makeover. Superman blasts through a chaotic cityscape ...

Bullitt 1969 Japanese B2 film movie poster The original Japanese film poster for Steve McQueen's classic Bullitt. The film was first released in Japan in late December of 1968, it w...

A fabulous original Japanese poster for Black Orpheus, the groundbreaking Brazilian classic that won both the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or and the Academy Awards for Best Foreign ...

A wonderfully decorative original TWA San Francisco airline travel advertising poster by David Klein, produced c1960s. Featuring a lively cable car, ...

Striking original East German film poster for acclaimed 80s political drama Cry Freedom, released in the DDR under the title Schrei nach Freiheit. We love the powerful design by Bir...

A wonderfully bold original Swedish film poster for The Ladykillers, the classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness. The design has a strong mid-century graphic feel, with green an...

A beautifully sharp original Bally advertising poster from c1980, created to promote the brand’s golf shoes. A finely rendered brown leather shoe sits among sweeping architectural li...

A spectacular original French Grande film poster for Thunderball, the fourth James Bond adventure starring Sean Connery as 007. This large-format poster combines explosive underwater...

This Czech poster for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, designed by Stanner, brings a bold, graphic flair to the legendary western starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford and direc...

A superb original Japanese Tatekan (2 sheet) film poster for Strangers on a Train, issued for a c1950s Japanese release of Alfred Hitchcock's celebrated thriller. The tall, narrow format gives the design real drama, with Hitchcock's portrait, a glowing railway signal and bold vertical Japanese lettering creating a tense and highly atmospheric composition. It is a wonderful alternative to the more familiar Western campaign artwork and a striking example of Japanese film poster design. Released in 1951, Strangers on a Train is one of Hitchcock's great suspense films, adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith...

A beautifully elegant original French advertising poster for Soufre Gre Bordeaux, designed in 1933 by Leon Dupin. The composition centres on a magnificent bunch of grapes, rendered i...

A seriously seductive original East German poster for Boccaccio 70, designed by Erhard Gruttner for the film’s first DDR release in 1965. Almost entirely in deep red, with a stylised...

Fantastic original 1970s Spanish poster created for a Pink Panther cinematic marathon event, celebrating the iconic animated character in all his stylish, mischievous charm. Featurin...

A charming original Polish Cyrk poster from 1966, designed by Adam Zalecki. The image shows a playful acrobat performing on horseback, set inside a glowing circular form that gives t...

A wonderfully lively original Polish Cyrk poster from 1970, designed by the celebrated artist Waldemar Swierzy. The composition is filled with beautifully stylised circus horses and ...

A bold original Swedish film poster for King Kong, produced for a 1966 re-release of the classic monster movie in Sweden. The poster has a dramatic graphic impact, with Kong looming ...

An incredibly rare and wonderfully distinctive East German first-year-of-release film poster for the 1940 fantasy classic The Thief of Bagdad. We particularly adore Gottsmann’s edgy,...

We adore the clean and contemporary design by Schleusing on the East German poster for Love with the Proper Stranger. It has a striking simplicity that feels modern and understated, ...

A stylish original East German film poster for Romancing The Stone, released in the DDR under the title Die Jagd nach dem grunen Diamanten. This striking design uses a cool grey back...

Bold and beautifully atmospheric, we love this original French advertising poster for Fap Anis, created in 1935 by Delval. The design shows a glamorous figure set against a vivid lan...

We love Waldemar Swierzy's design that features on this original Polish Cyrk poster from 1966. The wonderfully characterful design of a smartly dressed seal in a waistcoat, set again...

Another wonderfully original East German film poster, this time for the 1980s sci-fi comedy My Stepmother Is an Alien, starring Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger. The design is instantly ...

A spectacular original Marvel Third Eye blacklight poster from 1971, featuring Odin and Hela in a vivid psychedelic design by Jack Kirby. Bursting with electric colour, fantasy energ...

A wonderfully bold original Egyptian film poster for Jaws 3, the 1980s shark thriller released internationally as Jaws 3-D. This striking design places the enormous shark front and c...

A dazzling original French Moyenne film poster for Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery’s big 1971 return as James Bond. Glamour, danger, diamonds, helicopters and casino-era cool all ...

We adore this original and very rare first-year-of-release Czech A3 film poster for Federico Fellini's classic La Dolce Vita. Designed by Karel Vaca, elegant, mysterious and highly s...

Our favourite from the new collection. A magnificent original French grande advertising poster for Longines, created c1911 by the great poster artist Leonetto Cappiello. The design f...

A wonderfully imaginative original Czech A3 film poster for Ghostbusters, designed by Petr Pos for the film's 1988 Czech release. Rather than using the familiar Hollywood ghost logo,...

Yippee-ki-yay. A cracking original Egyptian film poster for Die Hard, one of the greatest action movies ever made — and, yes, a Christmas favourite. This bold international design gi...

Very striking and beautiful original 1957 travel advertising poster for India, presenting the country as The Wonderful Land. The design uses a highly decorative, almost architectural...

We simply adore this East German poster for Paris Blues, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Sidney Poitier. It is a rare and visually arresting piece, capturing both the eleg...

A striking original Japanese Tatekan 2 sheet film poster for Girl on a Motorcycle, released in 1968. A very cool and rare poster. Tall, dramatic and highly stylish, the poster uses t...

A killer original East German film poster for The Abyss, released in the DDR in 1990. This one goes deep: jet-black underwater space, punchy yellow lettering and a strange pink sea-c...

Incredibly rare original East German film poster for High Noon, created for the 1965 DDR release of Fred Zinnemann's classic western. Designed by Fred Westphal, this striking poster takes a wonderfully graphic approach to the film, setting a lone gunman at the centre of an empty frontier town. The warm orange background, black illustrated buildings and bold red and blue typography give the design a distinctive mid-century look, far removed from the more familiar Hollywood publicity artwork. Originally released in 1952, High Noon is one of the defining westerns of American cinema. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, the film stars Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane, who must face a gang of killers alone after the townspeople refuse to help him. Grace Kelly co-stars in one of her early major roles. Famous for its real-time structure, moral tension and Oscar-winning performance from Cooper, High Noon remains a landmark film about courage, duty and isolation. East German film posters are highly prized for their creative and often unexpected interpretations of international films. Rather than relying on star portraits or standard studio imagery, DDR poster...