Movie posters are a funny thing. They are supposed to sell a movie to a certain niche or audience and they don’t need to be anything else.

They can tease a film, give away a plot point and do many other things. But they hardly tell you the truth about a film. The Shiznit decided to remake the posters for select Oscar-nominated films and told the truth about what the movies are about, or what their goal was. They’re surprisingly accurate as well.

My favorite has to be The Descendants and A Dangerous Method. What’s yours? [The Shiznit]

The Help

The Descendants

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Artist

The Iron Lady

War Horse

Beginners

The Tree of Life

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Ides of March

Hugo

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Shame

We Need to Talk About Kevin

A Dangerous Method

J. Edgar

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