Give us a Best Movie Poster Oscars category, you cowards

La Chimera and Kinds of Kindness posters
(Image credit: 01 Distribution/Searchlight Pictures/Future)

There are plenty of absent Academy Award categories that filmmakers and fans have been begging for over the years, including stunt coordination, main title design and casting. That last one is finally happening next year, proving that the Academy does sometimes listen. And for our money, the next new category should Best Poster Design.

For a while back in the 2010s it looked like poster design innovation might be stalling. Thanks to Marvel, the proliferation of the 'floating head' design seemed all-encompassing. But things have changed in recent years, with creativity making a comeback. Many of the films nominated for Oscars in 2025 featured truly stunning posters, with some even giving the best movie posters ever a run for their money.

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Daniel John
Design Editor

Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of design, branding and lifestyle tech, and has covered several industry events including Milan Design Week, OFFF Barcelona and Adobe Max in Los Angeles.

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