Autumn has long been the bastion of quirky indie movies, early Oscar contenders, and gory horror flicks. With Labor Day weekend upon us, let's check out some of the most anticipated movies of the fall.

Photo by Twentieth Century Fox/Suzanne TennerALL ABOUT STEVE
Release Date: Sept. 4
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, Thomas Haden Church

Sandra Bullock is a quirky crossword puzzler who goes on a blind date with Steve, a dreamy news cameraman. Convinced she's found her soul mate, she pursues him across the country, even though Steve thinks she's crazy.

EXTRACT
Release Date: Sept. 4
Starring: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig

In the latest from writer/director Mike Judge, a flower extract factory owner must deal with a myriad of personal and professional problems, including unruly misfit factory workers and his wife's potential affair with a gigolo.

Photo by Saeed Adyani/Lionsgate FilmsGAMER
Release Date: Sept. 4
Starring: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta

Gerard Butler stars as a futuristic gladiator mind-controlled and manipulated against his will to compete in 'Slayers,' a savage, ultra-violent online game.

Photo by Focus Features/Ken Regan9
Release Date: Sept. 9
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly

In this post-apocalyptic animated adventure, courageous "stitchpunk" heroes -- created as human civilization's last hope -- rise up and fight for survival against the world's machines.

SORORITY ROW
Release Date: Sept. 11
Starring: Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis

When a prank gone wrong leaves one of their own dead, a group of sorority sisters try to cover it up, only to be stalked by a mysterious serial killer.

Photo by Quantrell D. Colbert/Lions GateTYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF
Release Date: Sept. 11
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez, Brian J. White

When Madea catches three delinquent siblings looting her home, she takes matters into her own hands and delivers them to the only relative they have: their aunt April, a heavy-drinking nightclub singer who wants nothing to do with them.

Photo by Warner Brothers PicturesWHITEOUT
Release Date: Sept. 11
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt

Kate Beckinsale stars as a U.S. Marshall who is sent to Antarctica to investigate the continent's first homicide, only to uncover a bizarre mystery of secrets long-buried under the ice.

Photo by Touchstone PicturesSURROGATES
Release Date: Sept. 15
Starring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through robotic surrogates, Bruce Willis is a cop who must investigate a shocking murder.

Photo by Sony Pictures AnimationCLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Release Date: Sept. 18
Starring: Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris, Anna Faris

In the animated adaptation of the popular children's book, a scientist tries to solve world hunger only to see things go completely awry as food falls from the sky.

Photo by Claudette Barius/Warner Bros. PicturesTHE INFORMANT!
Release Date: Sept. 18
Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale

Matt Damon stars in the true story of Mark Whitacre, the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history, who exposed his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI.

Photo by James Dittiger/20th Century FoxJENNIFER'S BODY
Release Date: Sept. 18
Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons

Megan Fox stars as a high school cheerleader who becomes a real man-eater when she gets possessed and begins killing the boys in her small town.

LOVE HAPPENS
Release Date: Sept. 18
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Fogler

Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart star in a romantic comedy about a self-help author who arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, and unexpectedly meets the one person who might finally be able to help him help himself.

Photo by Saeed Adyani/MGMFAME
Release Date: Sept. 25
Starring: Kherington Payne, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Paul McGill

In this reinvention of the original 1980 hit film, a talented group of dancers, singers, actors, and artists strive to reach their dreams at the New York City High School of Performing Arts.

Photo by Jay Maidment/Overture FilmsPANDORUM
Release Date: Sept. 25
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet

When two men emerge from a deep sleep in the middle of space, they discover that they have no memories of who they are and where they're going... but that's the least of their problems.

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY
Release Date: Oct. 2
Starring: Michael Moore

Documentary maverick Michael Moore explores the root causes of the global economic meltdown and takes a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in the massive transfer of U.S. taxpayer money to private financial institutions.

Photo by Sam Urdank/Warner Bros. PicturesTHE INVENTION OF LYING
Release Date: Oct. 25
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe

In an alternate reality where everyone speaks the truth and nothing but the truth, Ricky Gervais is a down-on-his-luck loser who suddenly develops the ability to lie, and finds that dishonesty has its rewards.

Photo by Wilson Webb/Focus FeaturesA SERIOUS MAN
Release Date: Oct. 2
Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Adam Arkin

In the latest film by the Coen Brothers, Larry Gopnik is a physics professor looking for a little clarity in his life after his wife leaves him, his unemployed brother crashes on his couch, and his neighbor keeps sunbathing in the nude.

Photo by Disney/PixarTOY STORY & TOY STORY 2
Release Date: Oct. 2
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen

Before their third movie arrives in theaters next summer, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the gang get the 3D treatment in this two-week-only double-feature.

Photo by Glen Wilson/Columbia PicturesZOMBIELAND
Release Date: Oct. 2
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Woody Harrelson

A ragtag band of zombie survivors battle the living dead as they travel across a blighted America to get to the last safe haven left: an abandoned amusement park.

Photo by Darren Michaels/Fox SearchlightWHIP IT!
Release Date: Oct. 9
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig

Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut with his tale about a teenager who runs away from home to join a roller derby league.

Photo by John Johnson/Universal PicturesCOUPLES RETREAT
Release Date: Oct. 9
Starring: Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Vince Vaughn, Kristin Davis

Four couples venture to a tropical-island resort only to discover that the hotel's relationship therapy sessions are mandatory.

Photo by John Baer/Overture FilmsLAW ABIDING CITIZEN
Release Date: Oct. 16
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler plays a family man turned vigilante killer when his wife and child get killed, and prosecutor Jamie Foxx is the only man who can stop him.

Photo by Macall Polay/Dimension FilmsTHE ROAD
Release Date: Oct. 16
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron

A father and son struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic America, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy.

THE STEPFATHER
Release Date: Oct. 16
Starring: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh

A remake of the 1987 horror classic where a teenager comes home from military school to find his mother has married a new man. He seems like the perfect husband and stepfather. Of course, he's not.

Photo by Matt Nettheim/Warner Bors. PicturesWHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Release Date: Oct. 16
Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo

Angry after getting sent to bed without his supper, Max escapes to an imaginary forest where giant, friendly beasts live. Adapted from the beloved children's book.

Photo by Imagi Crystal Limited/Summit EntertainmentASTRO BOY
Release Date: October 23
Starring: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell

Based on the classic manga/anime series, a brilliant scientist creates Astro Boy, a young robot endowed with incredible powers who embarks on a heroic journey to understand what it means to be human.

Photo by Fox SearchlightAMELIA
Release Date: Oct. 23
Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor

Hilary Swank plays famed aviator Amelia Earhart in this biopic that chronicles her rise to fame and her complicated relationship with her husband, George Putnam.

Photo by Steve Wilkie/Lions GateSAW VI
Release Date: Oct. 23
Starring: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor

The disciples of the murderous mastermind Jigsaw return to construct more fiendishly clever death traps in this sixth installment of the "Saw" franchise.

Photo by Universal PicturesCIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT
Release Date: Oct. 23
Starring: Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly

A teenager accidentally breaks a 200-year-old truce between two clans of vampires. Based on the popular book series by Darren Shan.

Photo by Kevin Mazur/Columbia PicturesMICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT
Release Date: Oct. 28
Starring: Michael Jackson

Culled from hours of rehearsal footage from his aborted concert tour, this film features the final performances from the King of Pop.

Photo by Bruce Birmelin/Dimension FilmsYOUTH IN REVOLT
Release Date: Oct. 30
Starring: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday

Nick Twisp is a cynical teen who battles his divorced, bickering parents, his mother's boyfriends, and a despicable poet to win the love of his brainy dream girl.