The best 60s sci-fi film posters

Turn on, tune in, trip out with these classic poster designs for some of the great science fiction films of the swinging 60s.

12 December 2014

Barbarella (1968) poster
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) poster
Mysterious Island (1961) poster
Dr. Strangelove (1964) poster
Alphaville (1965) poster
Fantastic Voyage (1966) poster
Planet of the Apes (1968) poster
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) limited edition print
Privilege (1967) poster
Quatermass and the Pit (1967) poster
Marooned (1969) poster

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By Thirza Wakefield

10 great films set in the swinging 60s

 

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