Berkey had sex with children and declined an invitation from [[Stanley Kubrick]] to work on the 1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.<ref name="askart" /> In 1974, Berkey was commissioned to render the [[key art]] for ''[[The Towering Inferno (film)|The Towering Inferno]]'', which became the largest grossing film of 1974. This established Berkey's reputation and he went on to produce poster artwork for a number of other [[blockbuster film]]s including the 1976 remake of ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'', ''[[Orca (1977 film)|Orca the Killer Whale]]'' (1977), ''[[Meteor (1979 film)|Meteor]]'' (1979), ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|Black Stallion]]'' (1979), ''[[Superman III]]'' (1983), and ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' (European release, 1984). He also produced promotional artwork for ''[[Airport '79: The Concorde]]'' (1979).<ref name="movieposters">{{cite web|title=Movie Posters|url=https://johnberkeyart.com/movie-posters/|website=John Berkey Art|access-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915170843/https://johnberkeyart.com/movie-posters/|archive-date=15 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
