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Check out the films that will keep us in the theater all summer long

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1 of 24 Walt Disney Pictures

Captain America: Civil War

Release date: May 6

Who needs Batman vs. Superman when you have Cap (Chris Evans) vs. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.)? The highly anticipated follow-up to 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier tackles government intervention and civil liberties while expanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe, introducing Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) to set up Phase 3 of the MCU films.

2 of 24 Daniel McFadden

The Nice Guys

Release date: May 20

You wouldn't automatically think of Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as comedians, but the two -- who previewed their shtick at the Oscars --- are perfectly paired in this '70s neo-noir detective comedy that we sadly hardly see anymore. The film is directed by Shane Black, who wrote Lethal Weapon and was behind noir cult classic Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

3 of 24 Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Pictures

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Release date: May 27

The sequel to 2010's Alice in Wonderland, the 3D film, which is directed by The Muppets' James Bobin and not Tim Burton, takes (Mia Wasikowska) goes back down the rabbit hole -- and back in time -- to save the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp). New additions include Sacha Baron Cohen as Time and Rhys Ifans as Zanik Hightopp, the Mad Hatter's father. Returning stars include Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and the late Alan Rickman, who voices Absolem, in his final role.

4 of 24 Twentieth Century Fox

X-Men: Apocalypse

Release date: May 27

Poe Dameron takes on the X-Men! Oscar Isaac plays supervillain En Sabah Nur, aka Apocalypse, who is hell-bent on wiping out humankind. The last film in the First Class trilogy, Apocalypse will also introduce the young versions of Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) and Storm (Alexandra Shipp). James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult are all back for their final (for now) X-Men appearances.

5 of 24 Alex Bailey

Me Before You

Release date: June 3

Based on the bestseller by Jojo Moyes, this triple-hanky tear-jerker stars Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke as Louisa Clark, a directionless young woman who falls for billionaire quadriplegic Will Traynor (The Hunger Games' Sam Claflin) after she's hired as his caretaker. Where do the hankies come in? Will wants to end his life through an assisted suicide organization.

6 of 24 Universal Studios

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Release date: June 3

The Lonely Island is sending up concert films (think Justin Bieber's Believe and Katy Perry's Part of Me). Andy Samberg plays Conner4real (real name: Conner Friel), a Bieber-like pop star who implodes after his sophomore album bombs. We can't understand why after hearing "Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song)."

7 of 24 Paramount Pictures

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Release date: June 3

The sequel to the 2014 reboot will bounce Shredder from custody and introduce his two fan-favorite henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady. Also joining the fray are cute-but-evil bubblegum supervillain Krang (voiced by Brad Garrett) and Casey Jones (Stephen Amell), who teams up with the Turtles, Splinter, April (Megan Fox) and Vern (Will Arnett).

8 of 24 Matt Kennedy/Warner Bros.

The Conjuring 2

Release date: June 10

Paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) return in this follow-up to the 2013 surprise horror hit. This time, the pair travels to England to help a single mother (Frances O'Connor) who's raising four kids in a house plagued by the notorious Enfield Poltergeist.

9 of 24 Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures

Warcraft

Release date: June 10

Movies based on video games have been hit or miss (mostly miss), and a lot is riding on this adaptation of Warcraft, which is set in the world of Azeroth. Travis Fimmel stars as Lothar, the leader of the Alliance, and Toby Kebbell plays Durotan, the leader of the orcs. The cast also includes Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Daniel Wu, Ruth Negga, Clancy Brown and Ben Schnetzer.

10 of 24 Claire Folger/Warner Bros.

Central Intelligence

Release date: June 17

Two guys who have been absolutely money at the box office team up for an odd couple action comedy. The Rock plays Bob Stone, a nerdy kid-turned-CIA agent who recruits his old pal, former BMOC Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart), to help out on a spy mission. Hilarity and size jokes ensue.

11 of 24 Walt Disney Pictures

Finding Dory

Release date: June 17

Dory will just keep swimming until she finds her family. That's the premise of this sequel, which takes place six months after the events of the 2003 smash hit. Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks are back to voice Dory and Marlin, respectively, but Hayden Rolence replaces Alexander Gould as the voice of Nemo. New additions include Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy as Dory's parents Jenny and Charlie; Ed O'Neill as Hank, an octopus; Ty Burrell as Bailey, a beluga whale; Kaitlin Olson as Destiny, a white shark; and The Wire stars Idris Elba and Dominic West as sea lions Fluke and Rudder. If Finding Dory makes some McNulty and Stringer references, this is automatically our new favorite movie.

12 of 24 Twentieth Century Fox

Independence Day: Resurgence

Release date: June 24

Will Smith was "too expensive" for the sequel's budget, so -- spoiler alert! -- Steve Hiller is dead. In his place to battle extraterrestrials is Liam Hemsworth's Jake Morrison, a pilot in the Earth Space Defense whose parents were killed in the first alien attack 20 years ago. Jeff Goldbum, Bill Pullman and Vivica A. Fox are all back, and are joined by Sela Ward as President Elizabeth Lanford and William Fichtner as a sergeant general in ESD. Jessie Usher and Maika Monroe replace Ross Bagley and Mae Whitman as Dylan Dubrow and Patricia Whitmore, respectively.

13 of 24 Walt Disney Pictures

The BFG

Release date: July 1

Roald Dahl's beloved children's book comes to life courtesy of Steven Spielberg, who reunites with his Oscar-winning Bridge of Spies star Mark Rylance in the titular role. In a motion-capture performance, Rylance's Big Friendly Giant befriends a young girl, Sophie (Ruby Barhill), and together they set out on an adventure in Giant Country. Bill Hader and Jemaine Clement play evil giants Bloodletter and Fleshlumpeater, respectively. The film was written by E.T. screenwriter Melissa Mathison, who died in November.

14 of 24 Jonathan Olley/Warner Bros.

The Legend of Tarzan

Release date: July 1

Tarzan gets the live-action treatment, with Alexander Skarsgard as the jungle-raised man. Except he's eschewed the loincloth for... cargo pants? Blasphemous! Tarzan has carved out a life in London as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his wife Jane (Margot Robbie), but he is forced to return to the jungle when the evil Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz) is up to no good. Samuel L. Jackson plays George Washington Williams and Djimon Hounsou plays Chief Mbonga.

15 of 24 Illumination Enterainment

The Secret Life of Pets

Release date: July 8

For all you animal lovers out there -- or if you just can't wait for ABC's Downward Dog -- this flick from the Despicable Me directors reveals what your pets do when humans are not around. Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell and Albert Brooks voice everything from dogs and cats to rabbits and hawks. Ellie Kemper voices human Katie, the owner of two of the dogs.

16 of 24 Hopper Stone/SMPSP

Ghostbusters

Release date: July 15

Director Paul Feig called up Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones to star in this reboot of the 1984 classic. In another gender reversal, Chris Hemsworth plays Kevin, their receptionist. Original receptionist Annie Potts will make a cameo in the film, as will original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Dana Barrett herself, Sigourney Weaver.

17 of 24 Liam Daniel/Broad Green Pictures

The Infiltrator

Premieres: July 15

Still missing Breaking Bad? Watch Bryan Cranston do his best Hank Schrader and then some. Cranston plays real-life DEA agent Robert Mazur, who went undercover as Bob Musella to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's drug ring in the '80s. John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt and Diane Kruger co-star.

18 of 24 Paramount Pictures

Star Trek Beyond

Release date: July 22

The first film in the reboot saga not to be directed by J.J. Abrams, Beyond -- with Fast and Furious' Justin Lin at the helm -- will leave the Enterprise crew stranded after the ship is destroyed in a battle during its five-year mission. Idris Elba joins the cast as the villainous Krall and Shohreh Aghdashloo plays the High Command of the Federation. Star Simon Pegg co-write the script.

19 of 24 Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures

Jason Bourne

Release date: July 29

Why this isn't called Bourne Again we'll never know. Matt Damon as back as our favorite taciturn CIA op who communicates best with his fists. Twelve years after going off the grid in The Bourne Ultimatum, which took place in 2004, Bourne is pulled back into the super-spy world, which once again includes Julia Stiles' Nicky. Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Tommy Lee Jones and Nightcrawler breakout Riz Ahmed co-star in the film, which throws in some Fast and Furious car carnage on the Vegas strip for good measure.

20 of 24 Clay Enos/Warner Bros.

Suicide Squad

Release date: Aug. 5

Hard to believe this movie isn't out yet since we've been hearing about it for an eternity. The third installment in the DC Extended Universe (and the first not to be directed by Zack Snyder), the David Ayer-helmed film focuses on a task force of supervillains assembled by government official Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) to take on black op missions. The Squad includes Deadshot (Will Smith), The Joker (Jared Leto), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman). Ben Affleck's Batman will make an appearance.

21 of 24 The Weinstein Company

The Founder

Release date: Aug. 5

It's never too early to start your Oscar campaign. Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc, the real-life uber-savvy businessman who slowly acquired a little burger chain called McDonald's from the McDonald brothers and turned it into a worldwide brand. Needless to say, the brothers, played by Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch, are none too pleased.

22 of 24 Matt Klitscher/Walt Disney Pictures

Pete's Dragon

Release date: Aug. 12

A remake of its own 1977 picture, the Disney fantasy film stars Oakes Fegley as Pete, an orphan who claims to live in the woods with dragon named Elliott. Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), a forest ranger whose father (Robert Redford) told stories about a dragon, helps Pete learn the truth about the dragon. Wes Bentley, Oona Laurence and Karl Urban co-star.

23 of 24 Columbia Pictures

Sausage Party

Release date: Aug. 12

This is the R-rated animated film you've always dreamed of. No? Well, this is Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's spoof of Pixar films and that whole "inanimate objects are sentient" thing. Rogen voices Frank, a sausage at the supermarket Shopwell who goes through an existential crisis when he realizes that he and his fellow foods will be eaten after they're purchased by a woman. Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek voice the various foods.

24 of 24 Warner Bros.

War Dogs

Release date: Aug. 19

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star as two stoner arm dealers who land a $300 million deal to supply weapons for American soldiers in Afghanistan and wind up going overseas in 2007. It sounds ridiculous, but it's based on a true story, which is documented in Guy Lawson's book Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History. The film comes from The Hangover director Todd Phillips, and Hangover star Bradley Cooper is a producer and has a supporting role in the film.