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The 20 Best Movie Posters of 2012

20. 'Chronicle'

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One of the big sleeper hits of 2012 was aided immensely with a marketing campaign that made the low-budget found-footage superhero movie look like a serious blockbuster. This character poster featuring Dane DeHaan as the evil Andrew giving the sky the bird is one of the few promotional items to actually sell the humor of it as well as the high-flying pyrotechnics.

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Tired of those boring-ass Photoshopped floating head jobs that flaccid studio marketing departments call posters? So are we, which is why we've singled out the most distinguished, eye-catching promotional pieces to come out this year.

Taking the old-fashioned hand-painted approach always stands out, but sometimes all it takes is using photography in an interesting, innovative way to get some really challenging stories across in a single image.

Here are the absolute best general release or alternate posters of 2012.

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