The key to good minimalistic design is to use as few shapes as possible, and make sure it’s rich in symbolism. No detail — not even the contrast between the colors used — is to be wasted. All of it must serve the purpose of conveying much with little.

Here are 50 awesome movie posters made by fans in terrific minimalist style. Many of them are themed around inside jokes that only those who have seen the film will get, and there’s a healthy mix of classic film and modern (and even a few that aren’t out yet).

Get ready to smile when that instant moment of understanding hits you. Which I guess equates to 50 smiles.

Alien

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Back to the Future

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Batman

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Batman Begins

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Captain America

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The Dark Knight

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Die Hard

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Dirty Harry

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District 9

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Donnie Darko

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Face/Off

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Goonies

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

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Inception

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Inner Space

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Iron Man

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Jaws

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Jurassic Park

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The Karate Kid

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Kill Bill

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The Matrix

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Metropolis

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Misery

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Monsters, Inc.

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Office Space

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Planet of the Apes

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The Prestige

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Primer

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Psycho

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Pulp Fiction

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Reservoir Dogs

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RoboCop

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Rocky

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Se7en

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Spider-Man

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Star Wars

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Superman: The Man of Steel

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Sweeney Todd

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Terminator

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Toy Story

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Tron Legacy

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2001

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Unbreakable

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The Usual Suspects

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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