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How Many Mission Impossible Movies Are There? There have been eight Mission: Impossible movies released since the series’ inception in 1996. An eighth is set to release next year as well.

In Cruise's first "Mission: Impossible" movie, released in 1996, Hunt is on the run after most of his team is killed.

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to stream all the Mission: Impossible movies. Here’s where to watch each film.

The first Mission: Impossible immediately made an impact when it came out in 1996, and since then, the franchise has continued with seven sequels over the last three decades.

1. Mission: Impossible (1996) 1996’s Mission: Impossible introduced us to Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, a highly capable agent within the elite Impossible Mission Force (IMF) espionage agency.

Let's take a look at how the Mission: Impossible movies stack up, ranking all of the entries into the franchise so far. Box office savior Tom Cruise began the Mission: Impossible franchise in 1996 ...

Like, the sixth movie has multiple scenes that would be in the top 10 best, but only one scene from it can be included here, when doing one scene per movie… sorry! 8 'Mission: Impossible' (1996) ...

The film that kick-started the whole movie series (though Mission: Impossible had existed as a TV series prior to 1996, of course), Mission: Impossible is a solid spy movie with a good bit of ...

With the release of 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning,' the Tom Cruise series is ranked from its worst entry to its best.