How to Watch Mission: Impossible in Order

There are 8 films in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Below is the full list in release-date order — the simplest way to watch. For some franchises the in-universe chronological order differs; where it does, we note it.

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.

1
Mission: Impossible (1996) May 22, 1996
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 clear his name, Hunt now…
2
Mission: Impossible II (2000) May 24, 2000
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 called Chimera. This…
3
Mission: Impossible III (2006) April 25, 2006
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 he is ruthless. Davia…
4
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) December 7, 2011
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 stop him ends in an expl…
5
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) July 28, 2015
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yetu2014eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) July 25, 2018
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 themselves in a race a…
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) July 8, 2023
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 world's fate at stake and …
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) May 17, 2025
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity u2014 which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe u2014 with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Join…

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Film lists and dates come from TMDB. “In order” here means release-date order; a franchise's in-universe timeline can differ. NewsGiga links only to legitimate sources and never to pirated content.