Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and Clive Owen in Sin City (2005)
Black and white and red all over
(Also seen in Mean Streets, Max Payne, The Punisher and Edge of Darkness posters)
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Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, and Jonah Hill in This Is the End (2013)
Overcrowded(Also seen in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Avengers, The Muppets and The Peanut Movie posters)
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Jim Carrey in Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Split-faces(Also seen in Avatar, Face/Off, Spider-Man and The Ides of March posters)
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Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
Collage(Also seen in The Truman Show, Lord of War, The Next Three Days, and Shutter posters)
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#5
Black and white with a blaze of color(Also seen in Die Hard, Bangkok Dangerous, Transporter and Hostage posters)
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Microcosmos (1996)
Animal silhouettes in front of moon(Also seen in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Travelling Birds, Himalaya and La Planéte Bleue posters)
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Steve Coogan in Alan Partridge (2013)
Goofy Expressions(Also seen in The Hangover Part II, Step Brothers, The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Cable Guy posters)
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Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)
Tom Cruise shows only his profile(Also seen in Mission: Impossible 2, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and Knight and Day posters)
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Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, Parker Posey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Beals, Alan Cumming, and Jane Adams in The Anniversary Party (2001)
Yellow poster with boxes(Also seen in 500 Days of Summer, American Splendor, Garden State and Little Miss Sunshine posters)
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Sitting on benches(Also seen in Shallow Hal, Dumb Happens, Little Nicky and It's A Boy Girl Thing posters)
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
Those red, luscious lips(Also seen in Caddyshack, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Vamp and Stigma posters)
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House of Tolerance (2011)
"Her" body(Also seen in Red State, GI Joe, House of Pleasures and Speed Dating posters)
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Will Smith in Hancock (2008)
Shades/goggles/glasses(Also seen in Léon: The Professional, Almost Famous, The Aviator and Hot Fuzz posters)
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Rolling out the red carpet(Also seen in The Karate Kid, Incendies, Sparatacus and 28 Days Later posters)
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Karl Urban in Dredd (2012)
Comic book superheroes striking that similar “I’ll just go overlook this city on a building” pose(Also seen in most comic book movie posters!)
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Gene Wilder and Kelly LeBrock in The Woman in Red (1984)
Woman in a red dress(Also seen in Sullivan's Travels, Tootsie, She Walks by Night and Last Holiday Posters)
