Emily Blunt in "Disclosure Day."Niko Tavernise/UniversalThese are the best non-franchise movies we got a taste of at CinemaCon.We're excited for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Digger" and Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day."There was also impressive footage from "I Play Rocky," "Other Mommy," and "Verity."Every year, Hollywood makes a pilgrimage to Las Vegas for CinemaCon, a theater convention where studios and major distributors show up with flashy star-filled presentations to get exhibition owners excited about upcoming movies.This year, as always, franchises were a major highlight of the convention; footage was shown from Warner Bros.'

Dune: Part Three," Sony's "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," and Disney's "Avengers: Doomsday." But a major highlight at CinemaCon for me is always checking out the non-franchise movies. And this year, there were plenty to choose from.

From the latest work from auteurs like Christopher Nolan ("The Odyssey"), Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("Digger"), and Steven Spielberg ("Disclosure Day"), to trailers for original movies I didn't even know existed, this collection of films showed you don't need a cinematic universe to tell a compelling story. Here are 12 non-franchise titles coming out this year to get excited about."Disclosure Day" (June 12)Josh O'Connor and Emily Blunt in "Disclosure Day."Niko Tavernise/UniversalThe trailer for Steven Spielberg's latest sci-fi tale from Universal already debuted, but the director showed up to CinemaCon for the first time ever to show an extended version, and it certainly kept me on the edge of my seat.From the film's mysterious plotline that's seemingly about aliens, to the great performances from stars Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, to the John Williams score, it's hard not to be excited for this one."The Odyssey" (July 17)Matt Damon in "The Odyssey."UniversalGoing all the way back to his "Batman" trilogy, Christopher Nolan has made it a tradition to kick-start his movie campaigns at CinemaCon.

Like Spielberg, Nolan's trailer had already been released, but he showed up with additional footage.Nolan admitted at the Universal presentation that his new adaptation of Homer's Greek epic was an "absolute nightmare to film, but in all the right ways." The challenges — including the creation of a brand new IMAX camera — look to have all been worth it, as everything from the stunning locations to performances led by Matt Damon tease another film where Nolan is at the top of his game."The Brink of War" (August 14)Jeff Daniel in "The Brink of War."AngelAngel, the studio that brought you "Sound of Freedom," will release this political drama at the end of the summer, focusing on the 1986 Reykjavik Summit that pitted President Ronald Reagan against Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.Jeff Daniels plays Reagan and Jared Harris plays Gorbachev."Verity" (October 2)Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett shooting a scene for "Verity" in New York City.XNY/Star Max/GC Images/GettyIf you're looking for the next steamy thriller in the vein of "The Housemaid," this release from Amazon MGM Studios might be it.Based on the novel from "It Ends with Us" author Colleen Hoover, Dakota Johnson plays a writer who's hired by the husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) to ghostwrite the rest of Verity's book series following a mysterious accident that has left her in a vegetative state.

Josh Hartnett plays the husband.As Johnson's character works to finish the series, she uncovers some strange clues that make her question what really happened to Verity."Digger" (October 2)Tom Cruise in "Digger."Warner Bros.Let the Tom Cruise Oscar hype begin!Cruise teamed with Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("The Revenant") for this outlandish satirical comedy from Warner Bros. Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a wealthy elderly oil tycoon who the president (John Goodman) turns to when it's revealed that the world is on the brink of destruction.

Cruise is almost unrecognizable in the role."Other Mommy" (October 9)Jessica Chastain.Edward Berthelot/Getty ImagesI'll never forget a few years back when CinemaCon blessed us with the first-ever footage of "M3GAN" and the crowd went wild. I got the same this-is-something-special feeling when I saw previews of "Other Mommy."Produced by Jason Blum and James Wan for Universal, the movie follows a young girl who encounters an entity who seems to have entered the body of her mother, played by Jessica Chastain. "The Social Reckoning" (October 9)Jeremy Strong plays Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Reckoning."Alberto E.

Rodriguez/Getty ImagesYes, this is a sequel to the hit 2010 movie "The Social Network," but it's not what you think. David Fincher did not return to direct, and none of the cast from the first movie has returned, including Jesse Eisenberg, who played Mark Zuckerberg."The Social Network" writer Aaron Sorkin returned to write and direct this spiritual sequel from Sony, which chronicles a more recent time when young people are becoming ser