Films tagged with: "social influence"

Poster for Born on the Fourth of July featuring Tom Cruise’s face overlaid with the American flag. The tagline at the top reads, “A true story of innocence lost and courage found.” The film’s title and Cruise’s name are stylized with stars and stripes, reinforcing the themes of patriotism and personal struggle.
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Poster for Office Space with the tagline “Work sucks.” A man is completely covered in yellow sticky notes from head to toe, only his red patterned tie and brown briefcase visible. The sticky notes are scribbled with sarcastic office messages and reminders. The background is plain white, emphasizing the absurdity of the sticky note “suit.” Below, it’s labeled as a comedy from Mike Judge, and the film’s title is in large red letters.
Office Space (1999)
Poster for The Matrix Revolutions featuring Neo (Keanu Reeves) standing alone in a storm of cascading green digital code. His black outfit and sunglasses are bathed in eerie green light, with the tagline “Everything that has a beginning has an end” glowing above him in a typewritten digital font. The film title and release date “November 5” appear at the bottom.
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Poster for The Matrix Reloaded featuring the three main characters—Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Neo (Keanu Reeves), and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne)—standing in a stone tunnel framed by digital rain made of green code. All wear sleek black leather and dark sunglasses, standing in confident, formidable stances. The film title “The Matrix Reloaded” appears above them in glowing green, stylized type.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Poster for The Stanford Prison Experiment featuring a chaotic and violent scene where several young men, dressed as prisoners and guards, are engaged in a struggle. One guard appears to punch a prisoner against a wall while others crowd around. The tagline at the bottom reads: “They were given 2 weeks. It lasted 6 days.” The film title is printed boldly in red on a crumpled paper-textured background, and the subtitle notes it is “based on true events.” A quote above the title praises the film’s disturbing realism.
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
Poster for The Matrix featuring Neo (Keanu Reeves) front and center in a long black coat and sunglasses, holding a weapon. Behind him are Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), and another character, all dressed in black leather with futuristic styles. A digital rain of green code symbols falls in the background. The film’s title, The Matrix, is displayed in bold white and purple font below. Tagline: “On March 31st the fight for the future begins.”
The Matrix (1999)
Poster for the 1997 remake of 12 Angry Men, showing all twelve jurors in a tense moment around a conference table in a dimly lit deliberation room. Below the scene are headshots of each juror in a grid, highlighting their diverse expressions and demographics. The title is displayed in bold serif font beneath the images.
12 Angry Men (1997)
Poster for 12 Angry Men showing a yellow background divided by a vertical knife, symbolizing tension and judgment. At the top, twelve men in white shirts argue intensely, representing the jury. The text reads, “LIFE IS IN THEIR HANDS — DEATH IS ON THEIR MINDS!” and “It explodes like 12 sticks of dynamite!” At the bottom is Henry Fonda’s face beside a courtroom sketch of the jury.
12 Angry Men (1957)
Poster for The Shawshank Redemption showing a man (Andy Dufresne) standing in the pouring rain, arms stretched wide and face turned upward in a moment of emotional release and liberation. Warm, dramatic lighting cuts through the storm. Above him is the tagline: “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.” The title and cast names (Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman) appear at the bottom.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Poster for The Truman Show showing a massive curved digital billboard on a skyscraper with a close-up of Jim Carrey’s character, Truman, smiling in his sleep. Above him, the word “LIVE” glows in red, and below, the day count reads “DAY 10,909.” A huge crowd fills the city square beneath, suggesting that Truman’s life is being broadcast 24/7. The tagline reads: “On the air. Unaware.”
The Truman Show (1998)
Poster for The Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring Tim Curry in costume as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, reclining on oversized red lips against a black background. The film’s dripping red title font and the tagline “Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure” evoke its bold, campy, and transgressive cult-classic style.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Poster for Pleasantville featuring a vibrant rainbow cutting across a white background, ending at a colorized couple kissing inside the otherwise black-and-white letters of the title. The tagline reads: “Nothing is as simple as Black and White,” referencing the film’s transformation from 1950s-style monochrome to modern color.
Pleasantville (1998)