Mission: Impossible movies in order
Eight films, all starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, released from 1996 to 2025. Release order is also story order, so there is no timeline puzzle here, only a change of style: the first four films each have a different director, and from Rogue Nation on, Christopher McQuarrie directs every one and the stories start to connect.
Dead Reckoning Part One and The Final Reckoning are one story told in two films, and Fallout follows straight on from Rogue Nation, so those pairs are best watched together.
Release order
How the films came out, which is also the order of the story.
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Mission: Impossible 1996 -
Mission: Impossible II 2000 -
Mission: Impossible III 2006 -
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 2011 -
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 2015 Christopher McQuarrie directs from here on -
Mission: Impossible Fallout 2018 continues straight from Rogue Nation -
Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 first half of a two-film story -
Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning 2025 concludes Dead Reckoning
Keep your place
I Like Movies, the free iPhone and Android app behind this page, carries a curated Mission: Impossible track: the same catalogue as above, in watch order, with your progress marked per film and per episode. Ratings and a watchlist come along for everything else you watch.
Questions people ask
What is the order of the Mission: Impossible movies?
In release order: Mission: Impossible (1996), Mission: Impossible II (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and The Final Reckoning (2025). Release order is also the story order.
Do you need to watch Mission: Impossible in order?
Not strictly for the first four, which mostly stand alone. From Rogue Nation on, the films build on each other: Fallout continues its story, and Dead Reckoning Part One and The Final Reckoning are a single two-part story, so watch those in sequence.
Is The Final Reckoning the last Mission: Impossible movie?
It concludes the two-part story that began with Dead Reckoning Part One, and no further film has been announced. This page will add one if it arrives.
Do I need to see the TV series first?
No. The films take the title, the theme music and the Impossible Missions Force from the 1966 TV series, but they tell their own story from the first film on.
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