List of the Mission: Impossible
film and TV franchise
Posted: June 2025
List of the “Mission: Impossible” films and TV series, created by Bruce Geller for television in the 1960s. Description, dates and cast sourced from rottentomatoes.com and the Internet Movie Database:
1966-73 (television): Mission: Impossible — Hourlong CBS series from Sept. 17, 1966, through March 30, 1973, starring Peter Graves (143 episodes), Greg Morris (171 episodes), Peter Lupus (161 episodes), Barbara Bain (78 episodes), Martin Landau (76 episodes), Leonard Nimoy (49 episodes) and Steven Hill (28 episodes) (Ethan Hunt is not a character in the TV series)
1988-90 (television): Mission: Impossible — Hourlong ABC series from Oct. 23, 1988, through Feb. 24, 1990, a resumption of the original CBS series, starring Peter Graves (35 episodes), Thaao Penghlis (35 episodes), Phil Morris (35 episodes), Antony Hamilton (35 episodes), Bob Johnson (35 episodes)
1996: Mission: Impossible — PG-13, 1 hour, 50 minutes, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames
2000: Mission: Impossible II — PG-13, 2 hours, 3 minutes, directed by John Woo, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Brendan Gleeson
2006: Mission: Impossible III — PG-13, 2 hours, 6 minutes, directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, Keri Russell
2011: Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol — PG-13, 2 hours, 12 minutes, directed by Brad Bird, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Michael Nyqvist, Léa Seydoux
2015: Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation — PG-13, 2 hours, 11 minutes, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin
2018: Mission: Impossible — Fallout — PG-13, 2 hours, 27 minutes, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Angela Bassett, Wolf Blitzer
2023: Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One — PG-13, 2 hours, 43 minutes, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Pom Klementieff (Oscar nominee for Best Sound, Chris Munro, James Mather, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor; Oscar nominee for Best Visual Effects, Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Neil Corbould)
2025: Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning — PG-13, 2 hours, 49 minutes, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt; Ving Rhames, Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Greg Tarzan Davis
