The best 70s sci-fi film posters

In pictures

The 70s began with a wave of dystopian sci-fi and culminated with Star Wars and the birth of the modern blockbuster. These are some of the decade’s most stunning poster designs.

A Clockwork Orange (1971) poster
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The Andromeda Strain (1971) poster
Silent Running (1972) poster
Phase IV (1974) poster
Zardoz (1974) poster
A Boy and His Dog (1975) poster
Logan’s Run (1976) poster
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) poster
Star Wars (1977) poster
Capricorn One (1977) poster
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Alien (1979) poster
Mad Max (1979) poster
Moonraker (1979) poster
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) poster
Time After Time (1979) poster
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