14 movies coming out soon that are surefire Oscar contenders

Believe it or not, it's already award-season time again in Hollywood.

The Toronto International Film Festival (running September 8-18) is one of the major kickoffs to the season. As usual, this year it's full of movies that have the potential to be winners at next year's Academy Awards.

In fact, the 2016 best picture winner, "Spotlight," played at TIFF 2015.

This year's crop includes numerous hopefuls, including the Amy Adams sci-fi thriller "Arrival" and the Ryan Gosling/Emma Stone musical "La La Land."

Here are 14 movies playing at Toronto this year that will be contenders come Oscar time: