Wallbangers: The 20 most iconic movie posters

Jaws opened wide with Peter Benchley's iconic image. The image of a shark swimming toward an unsuspecting soon-to-be meal is simply iconic.

In space, no one can hear you scream. It's a tagline for the ages on a poster for the ages. The image hatched a curiosity for this alien classic.

Ridley Scott has some of the best movie posters out there. Alien, Gladiator and our next pick, Blade Runner. All examples of how a poster can reflect a movie.

It's an image that beckoned a galaxy of people to the theater. The dramatic, intergalactic and operatic drawing used the force of style to get people to the movie theater.

Saul Bass won an Oscar thanks to his opening title sequences, so why not have him create the poster? Vertigo has a dizzying effect captured here. 

Just like the movie itself, the poster plays it straight while remaining funny. It's a hoot.

Who's pulling the strings? In the movie, it's not easy to tell who's pulling the strings until the second act, but it's always clear that Francis Ford Coppola is a puppet master with the touch of a poet.

The futuristic town in Metropolis has influenced all kinds of artists and somehow is captured magnificently by its poster. It's a dazzling town to explore. 

The film Chinatown is smokey, erotic, and mysterious, so it makes sense that the poster should be the same. The vibe is oddly eerie.

Nothing could come between them, reads the poster. Well, what about an iceberg? The tagline is silly, but the image is gorgeous.

The entire neighborhood comes to life in a single drawing. The poster sets the tone for a violent, visceral and voraciously gritty movie. 

The step-brothers are smiling at the camera as if getting ready for their first day of school. Only they're 40. It's hilarious.

Remember when carving pumpkins was considered cute? Not here. This image walks the knife's edge between graphic and ambiguous.

The horror, the horror. The unimaginable horror of Coppola's film is captured in psychedelic colors to match a psychedelically horrific experience.

This movie poster is high art. Very few posters can claim to have been designed by someone who does effects on the movie. 

Jaques Tati's films have a colorful, playful and artistic spirit, and this might be his most uplifting film. The poster captures that expertly.

Terrifying, mysterious and haunting are words that could describe The Exorcist. They could be used to describe this poster as well.

Audiences were over the moon when they saw E.T. in theaters. In this iconic poster, the alien is joining them on a bike.

It's one of the most striking movie posters out there. Here's looking at this one again.

What a wonderful poster for such a wonderful movie. A cute, fuzzy and comfortable movie to enjoy.