New images have gone online for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Lars Von Trier's Melancholia, the bird-watching comedy The Big Year, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Hit the jump to check out all the images along with synopses and brief descriptions for each film.

Images via the official Facebook page for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

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Here's the official synopsis for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (opens December 21st):

Director Brad Bird and Producer J.J. Abrams bring us the action packed, entertainment event of the holiday season with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL.

The new film in the series, which has grossed $2 billion dollars worldwide, will feature a new team: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton and Simon Pegg.

This is not just another mission.

The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing plot. Ghost Protocol is initiated and Ethan Hunt and his rogue new team must go undercover to clear their organization’s name. No help, no contact, off the grid. You have never seen a mission grittier and more intense than this.

Images via Vulture.

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Image via Magnolia Pictures
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Here's the synopsis for Melancholia (hits VOD on October 7th and open in theaters on November 11th):

In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth… Melancholia is a psychological disaster film from director Lars von Trier.

Image via CinemaBlend.

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There's no official synopsis for The Big Year, but the comedy centers on three men (played by Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson) who try to outdo each other during a year-long competition to spot the rarest birds in North America.  The movie also stars Rosamund Pike, Jim Parsons, Joel McHale, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Anderson. and Tim Blake Nelson.  The film opens October 14th.

Images via ScreenRant.

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Image via Sony Pictures

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is about a disgraced journalist (Daniel Craig) who is hired to investigate the decades-old disappearance of a young woman.  Rooney Mara plays the enimagtic hacker Lisbeth Salander who harbors her own dark secrets.  David Fincher directed the new adaptation of Stieg Larssons' best-selling novel.  The film opens December 21st.