Reading and watching order
Mission: Impossible films in order
Watch the six supported films in release order. The missions are individually readable, but Ethan's team, relationships, and the Syndicate story accumulate across the series.
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First-time order
Watch the six supported films in release order. The missions are individually readable, but Ethan's team, relationships, and the Syndicate story accumulate across the series.
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First-time order
Watch the six supported films in release order. The missions are individually readable, but Ethan's team, relationships, and the Syndicate story accumulate across the series.
- 1
film / 1996
Mission: Impossible
Begin with Ethan Hunt surviving the Prague mission and exposing the mole inside IMF.
- 2
film / 2000
Mission: Impossible 2
Continue with the Chimera virus mission and Nyah's infiltration of Ambrose's group.
Sequel - 3
film / 2006
Mission: Impossible III
Follow Ethan as his private life becomes part of the mission against Owen Davian.
Sequel - 4
film / 2011
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Continue with the disavowed team trying to prevent a nuclear exchange.
Sequel - 5
film / 2015
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Meet Ilsa Faust and the Syndicate as the IMF itself is dissolved.
Sequel - 6
film / 2018
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Finish this supported sequence with the consequences of sparing Solomon Lane.
Sequel
What to know: This keeps the character and story developments in the order the films reveal them.
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How this order was checked
Last reviewed: 2026-08-08