How Many Mission Impossible Movies Are There

The Mission: Impossible franchise is a long-running film series that follows the adventures of secret agent Ethan Hunt as he leads the Impossible Missions Force, a covert team of agents battling organizations with malicious intent. The series was first launched in 1996 with the release of Mission: Impossible, starring Tom Cruise, who has reprised his role in every other installment.

To date, there have been six Mission: Impossible movies, including the original debut, released at various intervals between 1996 and 2021. The most recent installment, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, released in 2018. In total, the Mission: Impossible franchise has grossed over $3.5 billion worldwide.

The first installment of the series, Mission: Impossible (1996), was directed by Brian De Palma and was a moderate financial and critical success. It grossed over $457 million worldwide and was followed by three sequel films – Mission: Impossible II (2000), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011).

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation released in 2015, while Mission: Impossible – Fallout, released in 2018, was the sixth and most recent installment of the series. The seventh installment, Mission: Impossible 7, is currently scheduled for release in 2021.

All six Mission: Impossible films have seen Tom Cruise reprising his role as Ethan Hunt, although other cast members have changed with each film. The first film also starred Jon Voight, Emanuelle Béart, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, and Kristin Scott Thomas, while featured cast members in each of the later films have included various Hollywood stars such as Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson and Henry Cavill.

Overall, there are six Mission: Impossible movies that have been released, with the seventh confirmed for 2021. The fans can’t wait to see how the infamous Ethan Hunt will save the world yet again in the seventh installment of this beloved franchise.