10 Upcoming Movies That Are Already Getting Oscar Buzz

10. The Glass Castle

So far, Brie Larson and Emma Stone have both seemed to avoid the post-Oscar curse of immediately signing on to bad films, with Stone's leading role in Battle of the Sexes and Larson's appearance in this adaptation of the best-selling memoir of the same name.

The Glass Castle is a coming-of-age story, told from the perspective of Jeannette Wells, the second eldest daughter of a wildly eccentric, hopelessly poverty-ridden family of nomads.

People tend to like these kinds of stories about unconventional families overcoming adversity, because there's something intrinsically relatable to their exploits.

But what probably pushes this movie over the top in terms of audience interest is the strong cast that they've assembled. You've got Naomi Watts, a tremendously solid and dependable actress, and Woody Harrelson, himself experiencing something of a career renaissance over the past five years or so, as Jeannette's parents.

And fans of New Girl will be happy to see Max Greenfield co-star as Jeannette's love interest, making a more focused attempt to break into Oscar-worthy territory.