Mission: Impossible

Eight films in one straight line, and two television series they quietly grew out of.

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Where to start with Mission: Impossible

Eight films in release order, with no prequels, no reboots and no branches. The only thing a newcomer needs is a warning that the last two are one story split in half, and that the seventh is sold under two different titles.

  1. 1
    Mission: Impossible (1996) Mission: Impossible

    A quiet, twisty thriller rather than a stunt film, which surprises people who come to it from the later ones. Nothing before it is required, though it does continue the television series.

  2. 2
    Mission: Impossible III (2006) Mission: Impossible III

    Where the series finds the shape it keeps for the next twenty years, and where the recurring supporting cast starts. If you only want the modern run, this is the place to begin.

  3. 3
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    The first of an unbroken five-film run that is effectively one long story with the same team. From here to the end, skipping one costs you the next.

Then what? Then Rogue Nation, Fallout, and the two-part finish. Dead Reckoning Part One and The Final Reckoning were written and shot as one film and should be watched together. The two television series are the source of the IMF, the self-destructing briefing and the theme, and the 1996 film continues them directly, but neither is needed to follow anything.

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The Films

  • Mission: Impossible 1996
  • Mission: Impossible II 2000
  • Mission: Impossible III 2006
  • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011
  • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018
  • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025

The Television Series

  • Mission: Impossible 1966, 7 seasons, 171 episodes
  • Mission: Impossible 1988, 2 seasons, 35 episodes

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