Greatest Kid's Movie Posters

by Helen Earnshaw | 11 October 2014

Brave

There is no film genre that is more exciting than children's movies, as they are packed with adventures, great stories, and unforgettable characters.

And with great movies come terrific posters, and this genre is packed with wonderful and colourful pieces of artwork - there really are so many to choose from.

But choose them we have as well look at some of the best kid's movie posters.

- Brave

Pixar really have been at the forefront of the animation genre in recent years with a series of truly fantastic films.

In 2012, the studio make a little bit of history for itself, as it created its first lead female character in Brave.

Princess Merida was that lead character... and she was not your typical princess.

Instead of loving pretty dresses and embroidery, Merida was a free spirited and independent young woman who would rather be out in the woods with her bow and arrow. There is no damsel in distress here.

This terrific poster for the film captures the fact that she is not your typical 'princess' and is a character with real fight and strength.

This poster is quite simple and yet it introduces us to a terrific character.

- E.T.

When it comes to kid's movies, there is no great film than the fantastic E.T - it really does remain one of my ultimate favourites.

An iconic film needs an iconic, and that is exactly what John Alvin did with the above. Alvin is one of the great poster designers in film history, but this really does remain on of his best.

This is such a simple symbol of friendship and that hand of friendship can be extended no matter what your race of age.

E.T. has such powerful messages of tolerance and acceptance, and in one simple poster, Alvin also captures those wonderful and timeless themes.

- Home Alone

Home Alone is widely regarded as one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time, and it remains Macaulay Culkin's most memorable role.

Kevin was the role that shot Culkin to global stardom back in 1990, and it is he who takes centre stage in this poster.

This pose was used on several different posters for the film and has been mimicked and spoofed over the years.

- The Black Stallion

The Black Stallion was released back in 1979 and was a big screen adaptation of the novel by Walter Farley.

Carroll Ballard was in the director's chair for a film that followed Alec Ramsay, who is shipwrecked on a desert island with a wild Arabian stallion.

The pair build a relationship and enter a race against champion horses when they are rescued.

This is just such a beautiful movie poster - not to mention one that is quite often forgotten about.

There is nothing flamboyant about this artwork - it is just like a sketch from an artist's notebook - but it is incredibly eye-catching.

- Beauty and the Beast

We have already looked at one terrific John Alvin poster and now we are going to take a closer look at another.

Alvin was behind a string of great Disney posters at the end of the eighties and beginning of the nineties, working on the likes of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

He was famed for his minimal style that acting more like teaser pieces of artwork... and Beauty and the Beast continues that trend.

This poster doesn't give too much away in terms of the look of the central character Beauty and the Beast, and yet - much like The Little Mermaid and Aladdin - it is a piece of artwork that really does draw you in.

Beauty and the Beast would go on to make history, as it became the first animation movie to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.

- Hugo

Hugo marked the return of Martin Scorsese to the director's chair in 2011, as he tackled a children’s movie for the first time.

The movie was an adaptation of the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and followed a young boy who lives in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s.

Hugo is a character who lives within the walls of the station looking after and maintaining its clocks - and it is these two elements that take centre stage in the poster.

There is a real fantasy feel to this piece of artwork and does capture the spirit of this very fine movie.