Mission: Impossible: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 18 h 25 min. Mission: Impossible is a series of a secret agent thriller films based on the popular 1966–73 television series. They chronicle the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF) under the leadership of agent Ethan Hunt.

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   Movie 1

   Mission: Impossible (1996)

   1 h 51 min · ★ 7.0

   When Ethan Hunt, 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 prime suspect. To…

2. 
   Movie 2

   Mission: Impossible II (2000)

   2 h 3 min · ★ 6.1

   With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon…

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   Movie 3

   Mission: Impossible III (2006)

   2 h 6 min · ★ 6.8

   Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as…

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   Movie 4

   Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

   2 h 13 min · ★ 7.1

   Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to…

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   Movie 5

   Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

   2 h 11 min · ★ 7.2

   Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.

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   Movie 6

   Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

   2 h 27 min · ★ 7.5

   When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find…

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   Movie 7

   Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

   2 h 44 min · ★ 7.5

   Ethan Hunt 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…

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   Movie 8

   Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

   2 h 50 min · ★ 7.2

   Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past…