Clockwork Orange (1971)

This iconic A Clockwork Orange poster distils Stanley Kubrick’s film into a single, unsettling image. Bold, graphic, and instantly recognisable, the design mirrors the movie’s cold precision and confrontational tone, signalling that this was not conventional cinema but something sharply provocative.

Culturally, the film challenged ideas about free will, morality, and state control at a time of growing anxiety around youth violence and authority. Its refusal to offer easy answers shocked audiences on release, but that discomfort is precisely why it endures, remaining a key reference point in debates about censorship, personal autonomy, and the power of cinema to disturb as well as entertain.