SEPTEMBER

11 -- Simon Birch -- Get those hankies ready for the bittersweet story of a boy with a weak body and a strong spirit. Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt and David Strathairn co-star.

11 -- Rounders -- Matt Damon and Edward Norton co-star in a drama about gamblers.

11 -- Slums of Beverly Hills -- Alan Arkin struggles to keep his impoverished family together in a wry comedy. Marisa Tomei co-stars.

18 -- One True Thing -- The brilliant Carl Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress) directs Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger and William Hurt in a family drama about death and responsibility.

18 -- Rush Hour -- Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are cops hunting for a kidnapped girl.

25 -- Pecker -- John Waters turns his satirical gaze on the world of chic artists. Christina Ricci stars.

25 -- Permanent Midnight -- Ben Stiller stars as a Hollywood writer who falls into drug addiction. Based on a true story.

25 -- Ronin -- Robert De Niro leads a band of displaced Cold War agents on a free-lance mission. John Frankenheimer (The Manchurian Candidate) directs.

25 -- Urban Legend -- Jared Leto and Alicia Witt star in another campus slasher horror tale.

OCTOBER

2 - Antz -- The first of the season's two computer-animated bug stories uses Woody Allen as the voice of a non-conformist worker.

2 -- The Impostors -- Stanley Tucci (Big Night) directs and stars in a comedy about two down-and-out actors.

2 -- A Night at the Roxbury -- Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell hit the big screen as the obnoxious club-hopping brothers from Saturday Night Live.

2 - What Dreams May Come -- Robin Williams explores the afterlife, with help from Cuba Gooding Jr.

2 -- Without Limits -- The story of track star Steve Prefontaine stars Billy Crudup and Donald Sutherland. A Disney version of the same story went nowhere last year.

9 -- Holy Man -- Eddie Murphy gets greedy as a televangelist and home shopping guru. With Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston.

9 -- Practical Magic -- Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman get witchy. From Alice Hoffman's novel.

16 -- American History X -- Edward Norton plays a reformed white-supremacist prisoner trying to stop his brother (Edward Furlong) from following the same path.

16 -- Bride of Chucky -- Jennifer Tilly tangles with the demon doll.

16 -- Apt Pupil -- Brad Renfro plays a teen who becomes obsessed with Nazi war criminal Ian McKellen.

16 -- Beloved -- Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover head the cast in Toni Morrison's slavery drama. Jonathan Demme directs.

16 -- Pleasantville -- Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon are modern teens magically propelled into a black-and-white TV-show world.

23 -- Home Fries -- Romantic comedy stars Drew Barrymore as the lust object of two brothers.

23 -- Living Out Loud -- Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito share an unlikely romance. Written and directed by the screenwriter of The Fisher King and The Bridges of Madison County.

23 -- The Mighty -- Sharon Stone is the mother of a stunted but imaginative boy who bonds with an oversized buddy for bittersweet adventures.

23 -- Soldier -- Kurt Russell is a bionic fighting machine sent to the scrap heap. Jason Scott Lee is his rival.

30 -- John Carpenter's Vampires -- Europeans are already digging this tale of Vatican vampire-killers at war with the undead.

NOVEMBER

4 -- Belly -- Two ghetto graduates pursue opposite paths.

6 -- Elizabeth -- Cate Blanchett recreates the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

6 -- I'll be Home for Christmas -- Jonathan Taylor Thomas runs into various zany complications trying to get from prep school to his parents' home.

6 -- The Waterboy -- Sports comedy starring Adam Sandler, with Kathy Bates as his gator-grilling mother.

13 -- Dancing at Lughnasa -- Meryl Streep leads the female cast in the screen version of a play about Irish women coping with rural poverty.

13 -- Meet Joe Black -- Brad Pitt is the angel of death who forgets his job as he falls for Claire Forlani.

13 -- The Velvet Goldmine -- Ewan McGregor and company recreate the world of glam rock.

20 -- A Bug's Life -- John Lasseter (Toy Story) applies his nimble mind and amazing computer stylings to a tale of war between ants and grasshoppers.

20 -- At First Sight -- Mira Sorvino helps blind man Val Kilmer regain his vision.

20 -- Celebrity -- Woody Allen's latest tale features Leonardo DiCaprio as a paparazzi target.

20 -- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer -- Perky-but-haunted Jennifer Love Hewitt and pals -- including pop sensation Brandy -- head to the Bahamas, where havoc awaits.

20 -- Waking Ned Devine -- From Ireland, a comedy about what happens to a small town when a resident wins the lottery.

20 - The Rugrats Movie -- Nickelodeon's animated Pickels family gets a new baby -- and the sibs aren't happy.

25 -- Babe: Pig in the City -- The plucky porker hits the big time.

25 -- Enemy of the State -- Will Smith is framed for a horrible crime by government baddies; Gene Hackman helps him out.

25 -- The Last Emperor -- A director's cut of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 epic.

DECEMBER

4 -- Psycho -- Why remake a masterpiece? No one knows, but Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche co-star, Gus Van Sant directs.

11 -- Jack Frost -- Michael Keaton is the dead musician who brings a snowman to life for the sake of a little boy.

11 -- Star Trek: Insurrection -- The whole crew is back, with Jonathan Frakes directing, for the ninth ST wherein Picard runs away to become a freedom fighter.

18 -- The Hi-Lo Country -- Stephen Frears (The Grifters) directs Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup and Patricia Arquette in a post-WWII cowboy tale.

18 -- Mighty Joe Young -- Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron bring a really, really big gorilla to town, with poor results.

18 -- Prince of Egypt -- The story of Moses, with elaborate animation and a voice cast that includes Val Kilmer, Sandra Bullock, Steve Martin and Michelle Pfeiffer.

18 -- You've Got Mail -- Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan hate one another in person, but fall in love via computer. A remake of The Shop Around the Corner.

25 -- Blast from the Past -- Brendan Fraser emerges from the bomb shelter where he has lived his whole life. Alicia Silverstone co-stars.

25 -- Patch Adams -- Robin Williams is an oddball medical student who thinks laughter heals.

25 -- A Civil Action -- Legal thriller based on a true story, starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall.

25 -- Shakespeare in Love -- Joseph Fiennes plays a young Bard struggling to write plays like Romeo and Ethel. Gwyneth Paltrow sets him straight.

25 -- Stepmom -- Susan Sarandon is divorced and dying; Julia Roberts is the new girlfriend who will inherit the kids. Time for mom school.

25 -- The Wizard of Oz -- Remastered with digital stereo sound, one of the great American movies returns to the big screen.

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Clay Pigeons -- Vince Vaughn, Joaquin Phoenix and Janeane Garofalo tangle in a wierdly comic murder mystery.

The Cruise -- A documentary on a New York tour-bus guide.

Down in the Delta -- Maya Angelou's directing debut follows the struggle by a troubled mother (Alfred Woodard) to keep her life on solid ground.

The Faculty -- Director Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Til Dawn) and screenwriter Kevin Williamson (Scream) cook up some scary business about high school kids battling aliens.

Life is Beautiful -- Italian star Roberto Benigni won top honors at Cannes with this tender comedy set during the Holocaust.

My Name is Joe -- This romance from director Ken Loach (Land and Freedom) was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival.

Shadrach -- William Styron's daughter Susanna directed this drama about an ex-slave based on one of her father's short stories.

The Siege -- Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis clash in a cautionary tale about human rights trampled in the fight against terrorism.

A Simple Plan -- Small-town folks Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda go nuts when they find $4 million.

The Thin Red Line -- A rifle company battles the Japanese on Guadalcanal. Woody Harrelson and George Clooney are among the many famous actors with small roles. Could do for the war in the Pacific what Saving Private Ryan did for the invasion of Normandy.

Very Bad Things -- Peter Berg (Chicago Hope) directs a bright ensemble (Jeremy Piven, Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz) in a dark, twisted comedy of crime.

Welcome to Woop-Woop -- An American conman (Johnathon Schaech) lands in Australia. From director Stephan Elliott (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).