History Film / MissionImpossibleFilmSeries

** The key to a [[AIIsACrapshoot malicious super-AI]] in ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne''.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (2023)

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' (2023)

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (2023)

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' (2023)

** The key to a [[AIIsACrapshoot malicious super-AI]] in ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning''.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (2023)

** The key to a [[AIIsACrapshoot malicious super-AI]] in ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne''.

** ''Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One'' and its untitled sequel: [[AIIsACrapshoot The Entity]], though [[MouthOfSauron Gabriel]] does all [[TheHeavy the heavy lifting for it]].

** ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' plays it straight, however.

** ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' has Ethan fighting Gabriel for the key at the top of a speeding train, similar to the first movie.

** ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' deals with a [[AIIsACrapshoot renegade AI program]], a key that's linked to it, and the various other individuals after it.

* StoppedNumberingSequels: After the third film. Each movie has had a subtitle (instead of a number) since ''Ghost Protocol''. Except for the ''Dead Recknoning'' arc, whivh has ''Part One'' and ''Part Two''.

** Brandt (Creator/JeremyRenner) lasts two films -- ''Ghost Protocol'' and ''Rogue Nation'' -- as a member of Ethan's team, but doesn't reappear in ''Fallout''.

* BadassCrew: All of the IMF agents are the very best at what they do & are also trained for tactical & close-quarters combat in case the mission goes to hell (which, of course, often happens).

** ''Dead Reckoning Part One'' plays it straight however.

* DeadStarWalking: Almost every installment features instances of this - [[spoiler:Emilio Estevez and Kristin Scott Thomas]] in the original film, [[spoiler: Keri Russell]] in the third film, [[spoiler:Josh Holloway and Tom Wilkinson]] in ''Ghost Protocol'', and [[spoiler:Alec Baldwin]] in ''Fallout''.

** The first three films have varying tones and stories, but were primarily treated as comparable espionage action movies. Starting with ''Ghost Protocol'' where they StoppedNumberingSequels, the movies started focusing on blockbuster stunt sequences and being a bit more [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall self-aware with their espionage tropes]]. The first film featured the MissionImpossibleCableDrop in a controlled environment; ''Ghost Protocol'' has Ethan rappelling off a skyscraper.
** The first movie in particular displays this the most. It has the least action scenes. Ethan doesn't shoot anyone. He's more of a GuileHero who outfoxes his enemies rather than a pure action hero like in the sequels. The main villain is also unknown for most of the movie, which means that more focus is on the toll this is taking on Ethan and Claire and their burgeoning relationship as well as Ethan's efforts to piece out what happened. These make the movie far more of a drama and a thriller than the more action movie sequels.

* HighTurnoverRate: The leader of the IMF is a different person in each film, usually played by a prominent actor (notably Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Wilkinson, and [[spoiler: Alec Baldwin]]). The position appears to be political in nature (akin to a cabinet secretary), so given the 4-6 year gap between each film, it is plausible that the position changes every election cycle or so.

** Every movie has somebody (usually Ethan) doing a MissionImpossibleCableDrop. While the first movie has a reason for the sprawled position (making sure not to touch the weight sensitive floor) the other films don't have any such justification except as an internal homage. Played with in ''Ghost Protocol'': Brandt is seen in the signature pose, but no cables are involved; instead he is actually being pushed up by a large magnet below him and a magnetic suit he's wearing.
** All of the movies feature [[spoiler:spies who turned rogue]] as villains, except the fourth which bucks the trend (See its entry under TheMole). In all cases but ''Rogue Nation'', the spies in question are [[spoiler:former IMF Agents]].

** Ethan's boss tends to [[spoiler:die onscreen (Musgrave, the IMF secretary, Hunley), or [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome vanish between films]] (Kittrige, Swanbeck, Brassel, though Kittridge returned in the ''Dead Reckoning'' duology).]]

-->'''Briggs:''' A master of infiltration, deception, sabotage and psych-warfare. For all intents and purposes, ladies and gentlemen, ''a mind-reading, shape-shifting, harbinger of chaos.''

* TookALevelInBadass: Ethan Hunt through the first three movies. He never fires a single firearm in the first film, dual-wields pistols and does some RuleOfCool martial arts in the signature Woo style in the second, and goes full tactical-gear and firearms in the opening setpiece of the third film.
* TwoferTokenMinority: One mixed-race woman has been on each of Ethan's teams from M:I-2 to Ghost Protocol - Nyah (Creator/ThandieNewton), Zhen (Creator/MaggieQ) and Jane (Paula Patton).

** ''Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One'' and ''Part Two'': [[MouthOfSauron Gabriel]], although he answers to [[AIIsACrapshoot the Entity]].

* ''Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two'' (2025)

* ''Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two'' (2024)

** ''Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One'': Gabriel, although he answers to [[AIIsACrapshoot the Entity]].

** ''Mission: Impossible III'': [[SerialKiller Owen]] [[ArmsDealer Davian]]. [[spoiler: Actually turns out to be [[TheMole IMF Operations Manager John Musgrave]]]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three films have varying tones and stories, but were primarily treated as comparable espionage action movies. Starting with ''Ghost Protocol'' where they StoppedNumberingSequels, the movies started focusing on blockbuster stunt sequences and being a bit more [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall self-aware with their espionage tropes]]. The first film featured the MissionImpossibleCableDrop in a controlled environment; ''Ghost Protocol'' has Ethan rappelling off a skyscraper.

** Ilsa Faust (Creator/RebeccaFerguson) appeared in ''Rogue Nation'', ''Fallout'' and the ''Dead Reckoning'' arc (although she's [[spoiler:killed off in the first part of said arc.]]

** ''Mission: Impossible'': [[spoiler: [[FallenHero Jim Phelps]]]]

** ''Mission: Impossible - Fallout'': [[spoiler: [[TheMole August]] [[AntiVillain Walker]]]] and [[EvilIsPetty Solomon Lane, again]].

A series of action thriller films [[TheFilmOfTheSeries based on]] the {{spy|fiction}} TV series ''Series/MissionImpossible'' and produced by Creator/{{Paramount}}. The movies were made as continuations of the original, meaning they were not repeats of the same characters but mostly new characters working for the same agency.

* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' (2015) has a ''M:I'' mission pack featuring Kittridge and Krieger (first film)

* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' (2015) has a ''M:I'' mission pack featuring Kittridge and Krieger from the first film