Beyond the Dorm Room: Decorate Your Home With Movie Posters

The United States and much of the world have long had a love affair with the cinema. Indeed, some have called Hollywood movies America’s greatest export. It therefore makes perfect sense that movie posters have long been a favorite style selection — though often one that conjures up images of college dorms and thumbtacks. This collection of movie posters used throughout the home dispels the myth that posters are just for kids.

1. Living Room Landmarks

An eclectic Brooklyn apartment features the movie poster for the Italian release of Desperately Seeking Susan, which sits above the fireplace. “Madonna was a huge influence on me as a child, and that film planted the seed that eventually convinced me there was no other place to be than New York City,” says homeowner Cody McBurnett.

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Once again an Italian-release poster takes center stage in the room. This time Woody Allen’s Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* but Were Afraid to Ask graces a Los Angeles home.

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A collection of stylized movie posters, refinished parquet floors and pops of magenta highlight this midcentury living room in Columbus, Ohio.


2. Dinner and a Movie

Eating dinner and watching a movie is a great way to enjoy a night in. It stands to reason that hanging a movie poster in a dining room might be a good way to get your creative juices flowing.

The colors found in this poster for Basquiat (a biopic based on the life of American postmodern artist Jean-Michel Basquiat) connect to the red walls of the foyer and yellow walls of the dining room in this San Francisco home.


In this Portland, Oregon, dining room belonging to Jamie and Erin Osborne, an oversize framed antique movie poster, which, translated, reads Divorce, American Style, leans against the concrete wall. Erin found the poster at an antiques shop. “I thought it would make a funny wedding present for Jamie. I ended up getting him something else in the end,” says Erin, with a laugh. The table and chairs as well as the corner cupboard belonged to Erin’s grandfather.

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If dinner and a movie isn’t your scene, maybe you’d prefer breakfast and the Marx Brothers instead. This New York City banquette features a movie poster for the musical comedy hit of 1929, The Cocoanuts.

Dining stools: Bertoia


3. Ode to the Wild West

What superhero movies are to the current generation, the Western was to the first half of the 20th century and beyond. Here’s a collection of Western-themed movie posters that prove their grit.

This rustic bedroom designed by Pearson Design Group includes a variety of rugged furnishings and a movie poster for Beyond the Rockies, a film starring Tom Keene, an actor who starred in many B Westerns.


This mountain ski lodge in Bozeman, Montana, built by Faure Halvorsen Architects includes four bunk beds, a comfy sectional and three brightly colored Western movie posters to complete the scene.


This woodsy kids’ room created by Peace Design includes stained concrete floors, vintage stools sourced from an Atlanta flea market and a movie poster for the Roy Rogers film The Golden Stallion.

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4. Statement Makers

This Los Angeles bar decorated by Kult Studio features a rare original poster for the 1962 film Dr. No, which starred Sean Connery as the iconic James Bond.


Whether you’re climbing the Empire State Building or a set of stairs, you’re bound to be impressed by the movie poster for the original King Kong, which graces the landing of this modern Austin, Texas, home designed by Mark Lind of Sun+Stone Design.

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This elegant master bathroom in Greenwich, Connecticut, includes a deep soaking tub, pink striped wallpaper and one of the leading ladies of Hollywood glamour: Audrey Hepburn, in the 1957 film Funny Face.

Floor tile: micro basket weave, Jerusalem Heights; wallpaper: Strie Stripe, Cowtan & Tout; tub: York, Victoria + Albert

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