Movie posters are meant to be attention grabbing, captivating, stunning and intriguing. The designers have a large canvas to work from, so their creativity has few limits. Because of this, movie posters can result in some of the smartest graphic design you'll ever see. Here are 50 brilliantly Photoshopped movie posters for your viewing pleasure.

Editor's note: This article was originally published on Psdtuts in March of 2009.

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1. Batman: The Dark Knight

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2. Watchmen

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3. Taken

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4. X-Men 3

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5. Push

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6. Gladiator

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7. Day Watch

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8. Sin City

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9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

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10. Spider-Man 3

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11. Death Proof

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12. Planet Terror

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13. 300

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14. Walk the Line

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15. Superman Returns

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16. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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17. Crash

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18. Ocean's 12

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19. Terminator: Salvation

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20. I Am Legend

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21. Star Wars Episode 1

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22. War of the Worlds

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23. Apocalypto

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24. Narnia - Prince Caspian

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25. Pan's Labyrinth

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26. Cloverfield

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27. American Gangster

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28. Transformers

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29. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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30. A Scanner Darkly

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31. Hellboy II

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32. V for Vendetta

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33. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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34. Bridge to Terabithia

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35. WALL-E

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36. Napoleon Dynamite

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37. Lord of War

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38. Big Fish

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39. Zodiac

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40. Star Wars Trilogy DVD Poster

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41. 3:10 to Yuma

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42. No Country for Old Men

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43. Jurassic Park 3

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44. The Eye

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45. Iron Man

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46. Dawn of the Dead

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47. Halloween

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48. Perfume

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49. Identity

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50. Pathfinder