The best 70s sci-fi film posters

The 70s began with a wave of dystopian sci-fi and culminated with Star Wars and the birth of the modern blockbuster. These are some of the decade’s most stunning poster designs.

11 November 2014

A Clockwork Orange (1971) poster
The Andromeda Strain (1971) poster
Silent Running (1972) poster
Phase IV (1974) poster
Zardoz (1974) poster
A Boy and His Dog (1975) poster
Logan’s Run (1976) poster
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) poster
Star Wars (1977) poster
Capricorn One (1977) poster
Alien (1979) poster
Mad Max (1979) poster
Moonraker (1979) poster
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) poster
Time After Time (1979) poster
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