Terminator, The (1985)

A very rare original poster for The Terminator, the film that launched the Hollywood careers of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger. This was Schwarzenegger’s defining role, introducing a new kind of screen villain; cold, mechanical, and unstoppable.

The striking UK artwork by Mike Francis perfectly captures the film’s themes of technology, fear, and inevitability. Bold, graphic, and unmistakably 1980s, it stands as one of the strongest and most influential movie poster designs of the decade.