All Mission Impossible Films, Ranked

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Tom Cruise is cinema’s biggest action star with many franchises behind his back. From Top Gun to Jack Reacher and more, Cruise singlehandedly sets out to outdo himself with each movie. Especially with Mission Impossible, Cruise continues to go all out with what he can accomplish as Ethan Hunt.

With the seventh installment of Mission Impossible in Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One finally being in theatres worldwide, we’re here to give you our ranking of the Mission Impossible franchise.

7. Mission Impossible 2

Released only four years after the first Mission Impossible, Mission Impossible 2 loses absolutely all its Spy Thriller magic from the original. Tom Cruise tries to save the film with his performance as Ethan Hunt, but with a generic plot, janky editing, and a forgettable supporting cast, there’s not much he could do to save this film. The film has some decent action that slightly still makes it feel like a Mission Impossible film, but with the poor editing, it makes it hard to actually find any sort of enjoyment in it. The only Mission Impossible film that feels displaced from the rest of the franchise

6. Mission Impossible 3

A major improvement over Mission Impossible 2, the plot is slightly nonexistent, and it does start to get extremely repetitive, but there is a saving grace for this film. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is a legendary actor who brings his charm to this film and plays the best villain out of the first three films. His character failed to seem like a threat, and there weren’t any real stakes in the film until the ending, but Hoffman’s performance as Owen Davian is undeniable. Just the opening of the film sells you on him in this role, which was the perfect start for this film. I couldn’t imagine a better way to start it. A good film with great action, thriller, and espionage elements

5. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

Christopher McQuarrie’s first Mission Impossible helped Mission Impossible stick to the style that Brad Bird found in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. The pacing of this film was very erratic. At points, the film would be moving fast, and during other parts, like the second act, it would slow down. Rogue Nation does bring us our first villain that holds relevance to the story being told and the future of Mission Impossible.

Sean Harris’s Solomon Lane makes watching the film worthwhile, and with the introduction of the new organization, The Syndicate, that he brings along, it adds a lingering threat throughout the film. Rogue Nation also brought the introduction of one of my favorite characters in the franchise. Rebecca Ferguson’s Isla Faust is the first female supporting character that actually feels fleshed out and like she has a real involvement within the film.

4. Mission Impossible: Fallout

A fan favorite among Mission Impossible fans. The start of this film is confusing and convoluted, and the only thing going for it is the incredible action that it has. The choreography during the bathroom scene was well crafted and has made that scene one of the most iconic fights in Mission Impossible history. Henry Cavill comes into the picture and is the selling point for this film; his character adds mystery, tension, and suspense to the story. Truthfully, without Cavill, this film would rank lower.

3. Mission Impossible

We have got to give many thanks to De Palma for giving us the first Mission Impossible film, he set up perfectly what would be the rest of this franchise. He brought us tense scenes, and his direction and cinematography added a whole new spectrum to those tense scenes, like at the restaurant. The action scenes, while not as intense as the later entries, are still good enough to stand on their own in this film. De Palma’s Mission Impossible should’ve been the blueprint for every film going forward.

2. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Brad Bird stepped into the director’s shoes and gave us one of the most creative Mission Impossible films yet. Ghost Protocol was the first film in the series to truly find its style and understand what it wanted to be. We get a good blend of the espionage thriller from the original film, with a bright cast, amazing stunts, and some good occasional laughs. While De Palma’s Mission Impossible should’ve been the blueprint for the franchise, this film takes that blueprint and creates a new standard for the film series, and thankfully, it worked. 

1. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One

Holding the crown is none other than the recent entry into the franchise. This corrects the best things about the franchise and all the wrongdoings of the previous films. We get a good story that revolves around the world’s number one enemy ‘ChatGPT’. Using an evolving AI as one of the villains was a very smart move, as there are a lot of ways you can take that creatively, especially when they rely on technology so much.

Talking about villains, we have our fair share in this movie, and they all get their time to shine. Gabriel, played by Esai Morales, is the best villain in the whole franchise, he brings real stakes to the story, and he’s not just some regular terrorist that Ethan is dealing with, he’s someone very personal to Ethan, which adds depth not only to Ethan’s character but to the story of the film. Hayley Atwell gets added to the cast as cat thief Grace. Having her side by side with Ethan is what made watching this film fun; she was a delight and a destructive force of nature.

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning returns with Part Two on June 28, 2024. There is a possibility of this getting delayed as they haven’t finished filming, and there’s a likely chance that the SAG-AFTRA could be striking, which would pause the filming of Dead Reckoning – Part Two.

Though this could be sad news, there is some good news: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One in theatres now and check out our review here.

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