(L to R) Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg in ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
Based on the popular TV series of the same name, Tom Cruise‘s ‘Mission: Impossible‘ films have earned more than $3.5 billion at the box office and has become one of the most popular cinematic franchises of all time!
The series has been directed by such acclaimed filmmakers as Brian De Palma, John Woo, J.J. Abrams, and Brad Bird, as well as current franchise director Christopher McQuarrie, who took over the series with ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.’
Cruise and McQuarrie have revitalized the franchise with their elaborate stunts and action sequences, and their latest addition to the series, ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,’ opens in theaters on July 12th.
In honor of the new film’s release, and with ‘Mission: Impossible –
Dead Reckoning Part Two‘ scheduled for release next year, Moviefone is ranking every ‘Mission: Impossible’ film released so far.
Let’s begin!
Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible II.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.
With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief (Thandiwe Newton) on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent (Dougray Scott) from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
(L to R) Tom Cruise and Keri Russell in ‘Mission: Impossible III.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend (Michelle Monaghan) while working with his new team to complete the mission.
“The mission begins 05:05:06.”
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2 hr 6 minMay 5th, 2006
Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.
When Ethan Hunt (Cruise), the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he’s surprised to learn that he’s the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
(L to R) Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise Simon Pegg, and Paula Patton in ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.
Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist), who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
“No plan. No backup. No choice.”
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2 hr 13 minDec 11th, 2011
Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One ‘from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.
In ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,’ Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.
(L to R) Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt and Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell in ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt (Cruise) takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
(L to R) Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt and Jeremy Renner plays William Brandt in ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.
Ethan (Cruise) and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating ‘The Syndicate’, an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
Watch our exclusive interview with Simon Pegg about ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ by clicking on the video player below.
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