Film Titles

Film titles from 2000-2010

All of the above and below images are stolen from Christian Annyas website. He has the most unbelievable collection of movie titles; all of which catalogued by decade.

Seeing them like this shows a surprising and formulaic similarities. I have split the above two into type on black / type on image. Incorporating type and image adds a dynamic layer to the film, and it forces you to view them together rather than separately, creating a more fluid and coherent piece - which I just happen to prefer. Placing the predominantly white logo types on black - although refined and surprisingly understated in many cases, adds more weight to the title of the film. This has taken a progression from many 90's film titles, most of which are shockingly bad - see below. These use strong colour over black which looks incredibly cheesy, coupled with very cliched design. So it seems that the white on black adds a clarity, style and stature to the film as a brand.


There are actually some very good 90's movie title's, Toy Story uses great colour, the twelve monkeys has an incredible logo - which has stuck in my mind since I was a kid, and the great hand drawn type of the Virgin Suicides.




Below is a collection of incredibly cool film noir titles, all of which use huge type overlaid over the scene, which is a style I really want to see come back. Following are some really quite different movie titles from the 80's, 70's, 60's and 50's which include a couple from Alfred Hitchcock and the legendary Saul bass. For more film titles visit Christian Annyas' website.