Before you even know what a movie is about, you can get a vibe from the poster and decide whether or not you're interested in seeing it. In these examples, we show posters considered pieces of art.

Photoshop CS6 Extended tutorial showing how to make a classic, 1950s, retro, science fiction, movie poster. The example shown is a redesign of the 1951 movie poster, "The Day the Earth Stood Still".