Movie Poster Cliches

Big heads in the sky over tiny people on a beach

From the back (usually with weapon)

Big text on faces

Back to back

In bed

Through the legs

Big eye

Movie posters about animals tend to be sapphire. There’s also all that thin, white text in capital letters, and often pairs of figures in profile or from the back. And hey, a huge white moon can’t hurt.

Running for their lives

There is only one color of dress for romantic comedies.

Any black and white poster with a shock of red flame is trying to tell you it’s an action flick, and that you can expect more than four explosions...

...whereas the black and white with red block text is more comic book-esque, high style with a weaponry focus

Building a face out of other objects

The blindfolded hero must face justice

Super-saturated golden yellow

Tom Cruise has a very attractive profile