by Shannon Lintott

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2012 already feels like ages ago for most. Regardless, with the Oscar buzz in the air, it seems that everyone is feeling the upcoming awards season with a new sense of excitement.

Now is the time to playing catch up on television and movie news and TIFF always has a stack of successful movies – either regarding directors, actors, screenplays or all of the above. Here are movies that are exploding with hype and anticipation for some possible Oscar nominations:

1. Antiviral

2. Argo

3. Artifact

4. Blackbird

5. Call Girl

6. Cloud Atlas

7. The Master

8. Moonrise Kingdom

9. Seven Psychopaths

10. Silver Linings Playbook

Shannon Lintott works in events as a production coordinator and spends her free time exploring the internet, taking photographs, reading or watching movies.  Visit her movie review blog I Like (good) Movies and follow her on Twitter.