diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index cbad2f0..3b69dcb 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,7 @@
     <option name="autoReloadType" value="SELECTIVE" />
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
-    <list default="true" id="5e320804-68c9-4504-97d5-d421de3438b2" name="Changes" comment="">
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/jsLibraryMappings.xml" beforeDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/nuxt.config.ts" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/nuxt.config.ts" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/pages/lists/[id].vue" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/pages/lists/[id].vue" afterDir="false" />
-      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/types/movie.ts" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/src/types/movie.ts" afterDir="false" />
-    </list>
+    <list default="true" id="5e320804-68c9-4504-97d5-d421de3438b2" name="Changes" comment="" />
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
     <option name="HIGHLIGHT_CONFLICTS" value="true" />
     <option name="HIGHLIGHT_NON_ACTIVE_CHANGELIST" value="false" />
@@ -66,7 +60,7 @@
     "RunOnceActivity.git.unshallow": "true",
     "WebServerToolWindowFactoryState": "false",
     "code.cleanup.on.save": "true",
-    "git-widget-placeholder": "main",
+    "git-widget-placeholder": "poster-improvements",
     "junie.onboarding.icon.badge.shown": "true",
     "last_opened_file_path": "/home/tiradoe/Projects/MovieNight/movie-night-web",
     "list.type.of.created.stylesheet": "CSS",
@@ -78,7 +72,7 @@
     "node.js.selected.package.tslint": "(autodetect)",
     "nodejs_package_manager_path": "npm",
     "npm.dev.executor": "Run",
-    "prettierjs.PrettierConfiguration.Package": "/home/tiradoe/Projects/movie-night/web/src/node_modules/prettier",
+    "prettierjs.PrettierConfiguration.Package": "/home/tiradoe/Projects/MovieNight/movie-night-web/src/node_modules/prettier",
     "rearrange.code.on.save": "true",
     "settings.editor.selected.configurable": "configurable.group.editor",
     "ts.external.directory.path": "/home/tiradoe/Projects/MovieNight/movie-night-web/src/node_modules/typescript/lib",
@@ -117,8 +111,8 @@
   <component name="SharedIndexes">
     <attachedChunks>
       <set>
-        <option value="bundled-js-predefined-d6986cc7102b-6a121458b545-JavaScript-PS-251.25410.148" />
-        <option value="bundled-php-predefined-a98d8de5180a-c5828cf854d9-com.jetbrains.php.sharedIndexes-PS-251.25410.148" />
+        <option value="bundled-js-predefined-d6986cc7102b-b26f3e71634d-JavaScript-PS-251.26094.133" />
+        <option value="bundled-php-predefined-a98d8de5180a-c5828cf854d9-com.jetbrains.php.sharedIndexes-PS-251.26094.133" />
       </set>
     </attachedChunks>
   </component>
@@ -147,6 +141,7 @@
       <workItem from="1745366610986" duration="319000" />
       <workItem from="1745366940811" duration="4297000" />
       <workItem from="1748541588253" duration="2587000" />
+      <workItem from="1750288132986" duration="18089000" />
     </task>
     <servers />
   </component>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95d2437..24a57d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ Movie Night Web
 =
 
 ![cinema corona list page](screenshot.png "Screenshot")
+
+Uses filmstrip icon by momentbloom (https://www.vecteezy.com/vector-art/36659391-filmstrip)
diff --git a/src/assets/img/poster-placeholder.svg b/src/assets/img/poster-placeholder.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d27ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assets/img/poster-placeholder.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   viewBox="1413.5 192.80002 108.59998 149.10001"
+   width="108.59998"
+   height="149.10001"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg1"
+   sodipodi:docname="poster-placeholder.svg"
+   inkscape:export-filename="poster-placeholder2.svg"
+   inkscape:export-xdpi="96"
+   inkscape:export-ydpi="96"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs1" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview1"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#000000"
+     borderopacity="0.25"
+     inkscape:showpageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#d1d1d1"
+     inkscape:export-bgcolor="#ffffffff">
+    <inkscape:page
+       x="0"
+       y="0"
+       width="108.59998"
+       height="149.10001"
+       id="page2"
+       margin="0"
+       bleed="0" />
+  </sodipodi:namedview>
+  <rect
+     style="fill:#5c5b79;fill-opacity:1"
+     id="rect1"
+     width="108.28388"
+     height="148.72725"
+     x="1413.6864"
+     y="193.17278" />
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+</svg>
diff --git a/src/components/Modal.vue b/src/components/Modal.vue
index 23886af..33d95fd 100644
--- a/src/components/Modal.vue
+++ b/src/components/Modal.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <template>
-  <div v-show="visible" id="movie-modal" class="movie-modal movie-card p-5">
-    <span
-      class="hover-pointer font-bold w-full block text-right sm:pr-5 pb-3 pt-5"
-      @click="toggleModal()"
-    >
-      X
-    </span>
-    <slot class=""></slot>
+  <div v-show="visible" id="movie-modal" class="movie-modal movie-card">
+    <div class="max-w-4xl mx-auto flex flex-col px-2 sm:px-0">
+      <span
+        class="hover-pointer font-bold self-end pr-1 sm:pr-5 pt-5 pb-5 sm:pb-0"
+        @click="toggleModal()"
+      >
+        <span class="bg-red-600 p-2 rounded">X</span>
+      </span>
+      <slot></slot>
+    </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/components/MoviePoster.vue b/src/components/MoviePoster.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f184a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/MoviePoster.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import placeholderPoster from "assets/img/poster-placeholder.svg";
+
+const imgRef = ref<HTMLImageElement | null>(null);
+const props = defineProps(["image"]);
+
+const handleImageError = function (event: Event) {
+  (event.target as HTMLImageElement).classList.remove("lazyload");
+  (event.target as HTMLImageElement).classList.add("object-cover");
+  (event.target as HTMLImageElement).src = placeholderPoster;
+};
+
+watch(
+  () => props.image,
+  (newImage) => {
+    if (imgRef.value && newImage) {
+      imgRef.value.classList.add("lazyload");
+      imgRef.value.setAttribute("data-src", newImage);
+    }
+  },
+);
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="aspect-[2/3] w-full text-blue-300">
+    <img
+      ref="imgRef"
+      :data-src="props.image"
+      alt="Movie Details"
+      class="lazyload hover-pointer w-full h-full"
+      @error="handleImageError"
+    />
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped></style>
diff --git a/src/components/admin/search.vue b/src/components/admin/search.vue
index 638f4ea..702a85a 100644
--- a/src/components/admin/search.vue
+++ b/src/components/admin/search.vue
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
   </form>
   <ul class="grid grid-cols-3 sm:grid-cols-4 md:grid-cols-5 gap-4">
     <li v-for="movie in movies" class="p-1 movie-card">
-      <img
-        :src="movie.poster"
-        alt="movie poster"
-        class="neon-border hover-pointer"
-        @click="showModal(movie)"
-      />
+      <MoviePoster :image="movie.poster" @click="showModal(movie)" />
       <div class="p-2">
         <h5 class="text-center">{{ movie.title }} ({{ movie.year }})</h5>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/modal-content/AddMovie.vue b/src/components/modal-content/AddMovie.vue
index 5a67020..b4aefdb 100644
--- a/src/components/modal-content/AddMovie.vue
+++ b/src/components/modal-content/AddMovie.vue
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
 <template>
   <div v-if="props.movie != null" class="sm:m-5 p-10 movie-card neon-border">
     <div>
-      <h2 id="modal-title" class="row pb-3">
+      <h2 id="modal-title" class="row pb-10">
         {{ movie.title }} ({{ movie.year }})
       </h2>
 
-      <div class="grid sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <div class="grid sm:grid-cols-2 gap-5">
         <!-- MODAL POSTER -->
-        <div class="text-end">
-          <img
-            id="modal-poster"
-            :src="movie.poster"
-            alt="poster"
-            class="pt-5"
-          />
-        </div>
+        <MoviePoster
+          :image="movie.poster"
+          class="max-h-80 max-w-72 sm:max-h-none sm:max-w-none mx-auto sm:mx-none"
+        />
 
-        <div class="pt-5">
+        <div class="mx-auto sm:mx-none">
           <label class="" for="list-picker">Add To List</label><br />
           <select id="list-picker" v-model="list_id" class="p-1 text-black">
             <option v-for="list in lists" :value="list.id">
diff --git a/src/components/modal-content/ShowMovie.vue b/src/components/modal-content/ShowMovie.vue
index 37249cb..268a120 100644
--- a/src/components/modal-content/ShowMovie.vue
+++ b/src/components/modal-content/ShowMovie.vue
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
   <div class="sm:m-5 p-10 movie-card neon-border">
     <div>
       <LoadingIcon v-if="updating" />
-      <h2 class="text-xl pb-3 text-center sm:text-left">
+      <h2 class="text-xl pb-10 text-center sm:text-left">
         {{ movie.title }} ({{ movie.year }})
       </h2>
       <div class="sm:inline-flex sm:space-x-5">
-        <img
-          :src="movie.poster"
-          alt="movie poster"
-          class="mx-auto sm:mx-0 neon-border"
+        <MoviePoster
+          :image="movie.poster"
+          class="max-h-80 max-w-72 mx-auto sm:mx-none"
         />
         <div class="pt-5 sm:pt-0">
           <p>{{ movie.plot }}</p>
diff --git a/src/layouts/default.vue b/src/layouts/default.vue
index 8a6dfea..f2cccac 100644
--- a/src/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/default.vue
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 <template>
   <div class="container mx-auto">
-    <Navbar/>
-    <NuxtPage/>
+    <Navbar />
+    <NuxtPage class="mb-32" />
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 export default {
   name: "default",
-}
+};
 </script>
 
-<style scoped>
-
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+<style scoped></style>
diff --git a/src/pages/lists/[id].vue b/src/pages/lists/[id].vue
index 5eb525a..bd8b99f 100644
--- a/src/pages/lists/[id].vue
+++ b/src/pages/lists/[id].vue
@@ -41,16 +41,15 @@
       <li
         v-for="movie in filtered_movies"
         :key="movie.poster"
-        class="rounded movie-card neon-border"
+        class="rounded movie-card neon-border flex flex-col overflow-hidden"
       >
         <!-- POSTER -->
-        <img
-          :data-src="movie.poster"
-          alt="movie poster"
-          class="lazyload p-3 movie-poster hover-pointer mx-auto"
+        <MoviePoster
+          :image="movie.poster"
+          class="flex-shrink-0"
           @click="showModal(movie)"
         />
-        <div class="p-5 flex flex-col">
+        <div class="p-5 flex flex-col justify-between flex-1">
           <!-- TITLE -->
           <span class="font-bold text-center mb-1">{{ movie.title }}</span>
           <span
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ import type { Movie } from "~/types/movie";
 import Modal from "~/components/Modal.vue";
 import { useCookie } from "#app";
 import { $fetch } from "ofetch";
+import MoviePoster from "~/components/MoviePoster.vue";
 
 const list_id = ref(0);
 const list = defineModel<MovieList>("movie_list", { default: [] });