The Best and Worst Movie Posters of 2008

While film critics’ Top 10 lists pile up around the Web, our own review of 2008 must start where any true movie interest starts: The posters.

We scoured hundreds of one-sheets, banners, international posters and other materials for the handful that provoke, move, repel and entrance — sometimes all at once. Your mileage may vary, and a few notable omissions will have to wait a year for revisiting. But find below what we hope will inspire more studios and designers — for better or worse — to an improved 2009.