The best movie logos

Hollywood is all about mythmaking, and that makes the designed matter that accompanies a movie as important as the trailer, the buzz and the post-weekend chatter about box office.

We're not necessarily looking at the best logos to do with cinema in this story – with decades of iconic names in poster, logo and title treatment design that'd be too long a list. Instead, the best movie logos are the ones that capture and convey something about the movie, something that tells its own story elegantly and quickly, although they may not be up there with the best logos of all time.

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Drew Turney

After growing up knowing he wanted to change the world, Drew realised it was easier to write about other people changing it instead. He has experience writing about everything from pop culture to technology and everything in between, and has been published in media both on and offline all over the world.

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