The Toronto International Film Festival has just announced its slate for September 4-14, and in a press conference on Tuesday, it was made clear that the big features are to have the dibs on the early slate.
The lineup includes performances from Denzel Washington, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr, and Benedict Cumberbatch, to name a few.
Directors also include Chris Rock, Noah Baumback, and John Stewart, who will be having his debut behind the scenes for his movie, "Rosewater."
Now on its 39th year, Toronto boasts a wide selection of films, as many as 300 features, with more to be added later on.
According to ABC News Go, some highlight movies include: a crime film titled "The Equalizer," starring Denzel Washington, a custody battle drama, "Black and White" starring Kevin Costner and "The Judge" with Robert Downey Jr.
A journalism drama with Jake Gyllenhaal, "Night Crawler" and a World War II film, "The imitation Game" with Benedict Cumberbatch will also be debuting.
Here is the full list of the TIFF 2014 lineup, at least, so far, as listed by The Guardian:
World premieres
The Good Lie, Philippe Falardeau, USA
The Theory of Everything, James Marsh, United Kingdom/USA
The Last Five Years, Richard LaGravenese, USA
Time Out of Mind, Oren Moverman, USA
Top Five, Chris Rock, USA
While We're Young, Noah Baumbach, USA
Still Alice, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, USA
A Second Chance (En chance til), Susanne Bier, Denmark
The Reach, Jean-Baptiste Leonetti, USA
Phoenix, Christian Petzold, Germany
Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy, USA
Ned Rifle, Hal Hartley, USA
My Old Lady, Israel Horovitz, USA
Miss Julie, Liv Ullmann, Norway/United Kingdom/Ireland
Men, Women and Children, Jason Reitman, USA
Mary Kom, Omung Kumar, India
Love & Mercy, Bill Pohlad, USA
Learning to Drive, Isabel Coixet, USA
Black and White, Mike Binder, USA
The Equalizer, Antoine Fuqua, USA
The Judge, David Dobkin, USA
A Little Chaos, Alan Rickman, United Kingdom
The New Girlfriend (Une Nouvelle Amie), Francois Ozon, France
The Riot Club, Lone Scherfig, United Kingdom
Samba, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, France
This is Where I Leave You, Shawn Levy, USA
Pawn Sacrifice, Ed Zwick, USA
American Heist, Sarik Andreasyan, USA
Before We Go, Chris Evans, USA
Breakup Buddies, Ning Hao, China
Cake, Daniel Barnz, USA
The Dead Lands (Hautoa), Toa Fraser, New Zealand/United Kingdom
The Drop, Michael R. Roskam, USA
Eden, Mia Hansen-Love, France
The Gate, Règis Wargnier, France
The Keeping Room, Daniel Barber, USA
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, Canada/France/Lebanon/Qatar/USAInternational premieres
Haemoo, Shim Sung-bo, South Korea
Wild, Jean-Marc Vallée, USA
Hungry Hearts, Saverio Costanzo, ItalyNorth American premieres
Return to Ithaca, Laurent Cantet, France
Red Amnesia (Chuangru Zhe), Wang Xiaoshuai, China
Pasolini, Abel Ferrara, France/Italy/Belgium
Manglehorn, David Gordon Green, USA
The Humbling, Barry Levinson, USA
Hector and the Search for Happiness, Peter Chelsom, Germany/Canada
Force Majeure, Ruben Östlund, Sweden/Norway/Denmark/France
Good Kill, Andrew Niccol, USA
Far From Men (Loin des Hommes), David Oelhoffen, France
Dearest, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, China/Hong Kong
Coming Home, Zhang Yimou, China
Maps to the Stars, David Cronenberg, Canada/GermanyCanadian premieres
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle, USA
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum, United Kingdom/USA
Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes), Damian Szifron, Argentina/Spain
Rosewater, Jon Stewart
Mr Turner, Mike Leigh, United Kingdom
9 Homes, Ramin Bahrani, USA
Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller, USA
Which one are you most excited to watch?
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