With summer's blockbusters rapidly cooling, cinema plunges into fall with a crop of new movies to make us think, shriek, chill, and above all, entertain.
Plus, it's also the season when we get our look at titles that will be battling for Oscar bragging rights come early 2015.
Check out what's coming to the big screen through Thanksgiving:
"The Skeleton Twins" (September 12)
A favorite at Sundance, this drama features "SNL" alums Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as a pair of twins who both coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and examine the ups and downs of each other's lives after a decade-long separation.
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"The Drop" (September 12)
In his final film, James Gandolfini plays a Brooklyn bar owner whose watering hole doubles as a place to drop dirty money. Tom Hardy and Noomie Rapace also star.
"This Is Where I Leave You" (September 19)
This highly-anticipated family dramedy focuses on four siblings (Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, and Corey Stoll) who stay under the same roof as their mother (Jane Fonda) for a week after their father’s death.
"A Walk Among the Tombstones" (September 19)
Liam Neeson stars as a former NYPD cop now working as an unlicensed private investigator who agrees to help a heroin trafficker (Dan Stevens) hunt down the men who kidnapped and brutally murdered his wife.
"The Maze Runner" (September 19)
In a post-apocalyptic future, an amnesiac teen wakes up trapped in a vast maze with other boys and must find a way to escape.
"The Boxtrolls" (September 26)
An CGI movie about an orphan who is raised by mischievous underground creatures and must protect them from the town villain. With the voices of Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Ben Kingsley and Elle Fanning. In 3-D.
"The Equalizer" (September 26)
A disillusioned former black-ops agent (Denzel Washington) comes out of retirement to save a young girl (Chloe Grace Moretz) from ruthless Russian gangsters.
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"Gone Girl" (October 3)
Ben Affleck plays Nick Dunne, a man suspected of murdering his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike), who has mysteriously vanished, leaving a trail of cryptic clues in her wake. Based on 2012's bestselling book of the same name by Gillian Flynn, this eerie thriller is directed by David Fincher.
"Dracula Untold" (October 10)
To quote the tagline: Every bloodline has a beginning. This origin story focuses on the man who became Dracula. With Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon and Dominic Cooper.
"Ouija" (October 24)
Just in time for Halloween comes this fright-fest from the producer of "Insidious" about a group of friends who must confront their most terrifying fears after awakening the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.
"Interstellar" (November 7)
In this, the latest from Christopher Nolan ("Dark Knight Trilogy"), Matthew McConaughey is a trained pilot and engineer, who, with a group of astronauts, sets out on a mission to outer space to find a sustainable planet that humans can eventually inhabit. With Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine.
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"The Theory of Everything" (November 7)
This biopic stars Eddie Redmayne as a young Stephen Hawking studying at the University of Cambridge, falling in love with fellow student Jane (Felicity Jones), and coming to terms with the knowledge he is afflicted with a life-threatening motor neuron disease.
"Foxcatcher" (November 14)
Two words: Oscar buzz. In an unsettling performance, a virtually unrecognizable Steve Carell portrays real-life millionaire and schizophrenic John du Pont, who takes a champion wrestler (Channing Tatum) under his wing and slowly becomes more and more obsessed with his protégé.
"Dumb and Dumber To" (November 14)
They're back! And learned little since we last caught up with Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels). This time, the original film’s directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly, take the pair on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had. Parental responsibility has never looked so frightening, or funny.
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" (November 21)
Part one of the eagerly-awaited final installment of the "Hunger Games," based on the bestselling novels by Suzanne Collins. Continuing on from "Catching Fire," war has broken out in Panem and District 13 looks to Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) to lead their rebellion against the Capitol.
