The 27 Biggest Movies You Need to See This Fall

Summer's the time for big, loud blockbuster movies and a few gems scattered in between. It's the fall when the real heavy-hitters come out.

Later this year, we'll see a bevy of Oscar contenders like "Molly's Game," independent film darlings that found their way to the big screen like "Call Me By Your Name," risky thrillers like "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," and, of course, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."

Here are all the movies to keep an eye out for this fall.

Stephen King's terrifying clown novel gets the movie screen treatment with "It."

"It."

Warner Bros.

Release date: September 8

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The 27 Biggest Movies You Need to See This Fall

Stephen King's terrifying clown novel gets the movie screen treatment with "It."

Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deal with creepy visitors in the Darren Aronofsky supernatural thriller "Mother!"

The elite British spy group meets its American counterpart in "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," starring Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, and Taron Egerton.

Steve Carell and Emma Stone face off in "The Battle of the Sexes," based on a 1973 tennis match that became a cultural landmark.

"Ninjago" is yet another entry in the "Lego Movie" universe, where young Lego ninjas defend their home against monsters and worry about getting through high school.

Based on a true story, "American Made" is helmed by "Edge of Tomorrow" director Doug Liman. The biopic stars Tom Cruise as an airline-pilot-turned-drug-smuggler-turned-DEA-informant.

A long-in-the-making sequel to the classic sci-fi film, "Blade Runner 2049" united Harrison Ford with Ryan Gosling in a brain-teasing epic from the director of "Arrival."

Director Sean Baker follows up his acclaimed coming-of-age film "Tangerine" with "The Florida Project," about a six-year-old and her friends living with her caring and rebellious mother.

"The Foreigner" is a spy thriller that brings Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan back to American screens.

Chadwick Boseman plays Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, in "Marshall." The movie covers him fighting an important case early in his career, when he was a NAACP lawyer.

Adam Sandler makes one of his rare serious movies with the family drama "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)."

Based on the bestselling novel by Jo Nesbø and directed by "Let the Right One In" filmmaker Tomas Alfredson, "The Snowman" is a crackling murder mystery starring Michael Fassbender.

"Wonderstruck" is two stories in one: It's about a young boy in the midwest and, 50 years earlier, a young girl in New York, both searching for something as their lives intersect in mysterious ways.

It's a suburban dark comedy written by the Coen Brothers, directed by George Clooney, and starring Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, and Julianne Moore. That's all you need to know about "Suburbicon."

From the director of twisted movies like "The Lobster" and "Dogtooth," "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" is a psychological horror movie about a surgeon and a young boy.

"Thor: Ragnarok" looks to be one of the most fun Marvel movies yet, with our hero kidnapped and needing to find his way back to Asgard to save it.

A year after Bryan Cranston played President Lyndon Baines Johnson in "All the Way," Woody Harrelson picks up the role with Robert Reiner's "LBJ."

Kenneth Branagh's "Murder on the Orient Express" has an all-star cast that includes Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Michael Pena, and Branagh himself.

Finally, we get a "Justice League" movie: It brings together Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg.

"Call Me by Your Name" is a touching coming-of-age gay love story between a 17-year-old and a 24-year-old academic in Italy. It's gotten rave reviews at festivals.

Aaron Sorkin both wrote and directed "Molly's Game," about a 26-year-old who runs a poker empire for celebrities and mobsters.

Pixar's new movie "Coco" is a musical journey through the Land of the Dead rooted in Mexican folklore.

"Lion" director Garth Davis tells the biblical story of Mary Magdalene with Rooney Mara in the title role and Joaquin Phoenix and Chiwetel Ejiofor playing Jesus and Peter.

James Franco and Seth Rogen explore the making of "The Room," one of the worst movies ever made, in "The Disaster Artist."

Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water" is a remarkable romantic horror movie about a janitor and an amphibious creature held in a government facility.

Does Luke still want to be a Jedi? How will Rey fight the First Order? Find out in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."

Dwayne Johnson keeps making fun action-comedy movies. The next one is "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," which updates the story to being about people trapped in a video game.