The Best Mission: Impossible Movies, Ranked
With six action-packed installments, what do you think is the best Mission: Impossible movie? The film series got started back in 1996, and with the release of 2018's Mission: Impossible - Fallout, that's over 20 years of Ethan Hunt fighting off rogue agents and performing thrilling, death-defying stunts. While Hunt may have plenty of fight left in him for another mission, the list below features all the Mission: Impossible movies ranked by you fans.
Though the first Mission: Impossible started what's become one of the top movie franchises, the installments to follow always take things up a notch—bringing even more action and suspense than the last. However, scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat don't make or break a film. Did Tom Cruise outdo himself with Ghost Protocol, getting himself imprisoned, only to slyly slip away as we expect Ethan Hunt would? Or was 2015's Rogue Nation the greatest Mission: Impossible film? That's up to you decide.
Vote up your favorites from the list of Mission: Impossible movies below to help decide just which film is best of the series. If you still can't get enough of the franchise, check out some Mission: Impossible trivia.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%
Box office gross: (now playing in theaters)
Mission: Impossible Fallout is a 2018 American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and the sixth installment in the film series. When IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) tries to fulfill his original briefing, he finds himself in a race against time, hunted by assassins and former allies while trying to prevent a global catastrophe. ...more on Wikipedia
Actors: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Michelle Monaghan, + more
Released: 2018
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93%
Box office gross: $694.7 million
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action spy film directed by Brad Bird, and the fourth film in the Mission: Impossible series. The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the attack of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name ...more on Wikipedia
Actors: Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Monaghan, Simon Pegg, + more
Released: 2011
Directed by: Brad Bird
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93%
Box office gross: $682.7 million
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is a 2015 American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and the fifth film in the series. IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is on the run from the CIA, following the IMF's disbandment as he tries to prove the existence of the Syndicate, a mysterious international terrorist consortium. ...more on Wikipedia
Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin, + more
Released: 2015
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Rotten Tomatoes score: 70%
Box office gross: $397.8 million
Mission: Impossible III (stylized as M:i:III) is a 2006 American action spy film directed by J. J. Abrams, and the third film in the Mission: Impossible series. Retired from field work, IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is sent back into action to track down the elusive arms dealer Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman). ...more on Wikipedia
Actors: Maggie Q, Keri Russell, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, + more
Released: 2006
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
