It's been a busy summer. In the world of animation, Finding Dory swam straight to the top of the box office, breaking records along the way, and The Secret Life of Pets turned out to be a surprise success as well. Superhero fans also got their fill with the long-awaited Suicide Squad, while the Ghostbusters reboot stirred up quite the controversy in the comedy camp.
Summer's not quite over yet — we're still waiting on Sausage Party (August 12), Ben-Hur (August 19), Southside With You (August 26) and more — but that doesn't mean we can't look ahead at what Fall 2016 has in store.
Check out the following list of all the must-see movies hitting theaters this autumn.
SEPTEMBER
The Light Between Oceans (9/2)
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Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz
A lighthouse keeper (Michael Fassbender) and his wife (Alicia Vikander) are living off the coast of Western Australia before WWII when they discover a baby girl in an abandoned row boat. They raise her as their own, but an encounter with a widow (Rachel Weisz) who believes her own husband and daughter perished at sea forces them to make a decision that could wrench them apart.
Morgan (9/2)
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Studio: Fox
Director: Luke Scott
Starring: Rose Leslie, Kate Mara, Chris Sullivan
An A.I. takes on a life of its own in this horror/thriller, and the corporation that created it must decide whether to terminate her.
Want more Morgan? Check out this trailer breakdown.
Kicks (9/9)
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Studio: Focus World
Director: Justin Tipping
Starring: Jahking Guillory, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer
A 15-year-old boy who has never been cool buys a new pair of Air Jordans, only to get beat up for them. He and his friends decide to embark on a dangerous plan to get them back, and deal with what it means to be a man.
Before I Wake (9/9)
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Studio: Relativity
Director: Mike Flanagan
Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane
After the death of their own son, a couple takes in a foster child that's had difficulty settling in with other families. As it turns out, it's because his dreams — and nightmares — come to life as he sleeps.
Snowden (9/16)
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Studio: Open Road
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto, Scott Eastwood
Joseph Gordon Levitt stars in this drama based on the real events surrounding Wikileaks and former NSA employee Edward Snowden.
Before Snowden hits theaters, check out the real story of Edward Snowden right here.
Blair Witch (9/16)
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Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry
In the follow-up film to the 1999 Blair Witch Project, a group of college kids head to the Black Hills Forest in order to uncover the mystery of the missing Heather Donahue. But as darkness falls, they discover the legend of the Blair Witch is more real than they had dared to believe.
Study up on this time theory that links Blair Witch to its predecessor, The Blair Witch Project.
The Magnificent Seven (9/23)
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Studio: Sony
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke
This remake of the 1960 film (which was a remake of the 1954 film The Seven Samurai) stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, who establish a band of protectors to guard a town in the old Wild West.
Check out these first look photos from the set of The Magnificent Seven!
American Honey (9/30)
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Studio: A24
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough
One of the nominees for the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, American Honey follows the story of a rudderless teenage girl that gets caught up with a hard-partying, traveling magazine sales team and winds up both in love and running from the law.
Miss Peregrine's School For Peculiar Children (9/30)
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Studio: Fox
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Eva Green, Allison Janney, Samuel L. Jackson, Asa Butterfield, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett
A 16-year-old Jacob Portman finds himself working for Miss Peregrine, the mistress of a school of children with extraordinary superpowers. Miss Peregrine warns that her magical wards are in danger, and Jacob swears to be their protector.
OCTOBER
The Birth Of A Nation (10/7)
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Studio: David W. Griffith Corp.
Director: Nate Parker
Starring: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Mark Boone Junior
Winner of the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, The Birth of a Nation tells the true story of Nat Turner, a slave who led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia in 1831.
The Girl On The Train (10/7)
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Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Haley Bennett, Laura Prepon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Kudrow, Justin Theroux
Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) is an alcoholic and a recent divorcee who becomes obsessed with a couple she sees on her daily commute — and gets involved in a murky crime story.
Keep reading about The Girl on the Train, including comparisons to Gone Girl and Alfred Hitchcock, right here.
A Monster Calls (10/21)
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Studio: Focus
Director: J.A. Bayona
Starring: Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Toby Kebbell, Sigourney Weaver
Based on the fantasy novel by Patrick Ness (who also penned the screenplay), A Monster Calls tells the story of Connor, a little boy whose mother is ill and who is plagued by bullies. After a nightmare one night, a monster appears at his window and offers to tell him three stories, if Connor will share his own story afterward.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (10/21)
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Studio: Paramount
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins
Four years after the events of the last movie, Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns to the headquarters of his old military unit, revealing that he is accused of a homicide that took place nearly two decades before.
Check out these early pics from the set of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Rings (10/28)
Studio: Paramount
Director: F. Javier Gutiérrez
Starring: Laura Wiggins, Aimee Teegarden, Johnny Galecki
In the third film in the Ring series, Samara and her cursed tape return. Julia (Mathilda Lutz) worries that her boyfriend, Holt, has grown distant. When she goes to visit him at college, she discovers that he and his friends have been passing around Samara's tape for fun, and that Holt watched it six and a half days ago, meaning he'll be dead by the end of the day...
Get a first look at some photos from the set of Rings right here!
Inferno (10/28)
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Studio: Sony
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster
A sequel to The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, Inferno stars Tom Hanks as Dan Brown's most famous hero, Robert Langdon. Langdon wakes in a hospital in Florence, Italy with amnesia, only to find himself being tracked in a major manhunt. He must recover his memories, save himself from capture, and solve the most epic riddle yet.
Curious as to why we haven't seen The Lost Symbol movie yet? This article might help explain.
NOVEMBER
Doctor Strange (11/4)
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Studio: Disney/Marvel
Director: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong
One of Marvel's best-known heroes, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) will get his own solo film this fall, in which he will face off against the villain Kaecilius.
Read more about the rivalry between Kaecilius and Doctor Strange right here.
Loving (11/4)
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Studio: Raindog Films
Director: Jeff Nichols
Starring: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon
This biopic follows the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple from Virginia that wanted to marry at a time when state law made it a crime.
Trolls (11/4)
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Studio: DreamWorks Animation
Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Timberlake
This is the origin story of those iconic little Troll dolls. When an evil Bergen Troll-naps almost the entire village, the perky princess Poppy and brooding Branch form an unlikely team that must find the missing Trolls and save the day.
Read up on everything we know about Trolls so far.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (11/18)
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Studio: WB
Director: David Yates
Starring: Ezra Miller, Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell
The long-awaited American extension of J.K. Rowling's beloved wizarding world tells the story of young Newt Scamander, who is expelled from Hogwarts and decides to make a new life in New York — with a suitcase full of magical creatures.
Check out some of the different fantastic beasts we'll get to see in the movie!
Manchester By The Sea (11/18)
Studio: K Period Media
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler
When his brother dies suddenly, a young man becomes the guardian of his teenage nephew and must return to the hometown he has avoided for so long.
Moana (11/23)
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Studio: Disney
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger
Disney's newest princess, Moana, hails from the South Pacific and is set to sail onto the big screen in November in her own animated, musical adventure.
While Disney has been keeping most of the plot details under wraps, here are 7 things you might not have known about Moana.
DECEMBER
La La Land (12/2)
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Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Finn Wittrock
An aspiring actress (Emma Stone) falls in love with a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling), but the pursuit of their dreams threatens to tear them apart.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16)
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Studio: Disney/Marvel
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn
Set just before A New Hope, this additional Star Wars story chronicles the mission of a rebel band that set out to steal the plans for the Death Star.
Here's everything we know so far about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Passengers (12/21)
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Studio: Sony
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Laurence Fishburne
This futuristic drama takes place on a space ship carrying 60 passengers to live on a distant colony planet. When the sleep inducing mechanism on the ship malfunctions, two passengers wake up 60 years too soon.
The chemistry between Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence is out of this world...
Assassin's Creed (12/28)
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Studio: Fox
Director: Justin Kurzel
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Michael Kenneth Williams, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons
An adaptation of the popular video game series by Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed stars Michael Fassbender as the descendent of Assassin Aguilar, mortal enemy of the Templars and master of stealth. His family's history will take him all the way back to the Spanish Inquisition, leading him to come to terms with his own identity.
Head here to read a trailer breakdown!