tom cruise asked brad bird to make another mission impossible movie

So without further throat-clearing, here’s our definitive ranking of the seven M:I films, from worst to best…. But you could say, it’s our mission-and we chose to accept it. Which makes ranking the Mission: Impossible films no easy challenge. But they’re also different enough (thematically, stylistically, narratively) to keep us coming back for more. Sure, you could argue that each chapter in the IMF Cinematic Universe is, in a way, kind of the same. But if the M:I movies were only about Cruise risking his life for our popcorn amusement, the sensational saga would never have made it as far as it has.

Thanks to its similarly ageless star, Tom Cruise as IMF ringleader Ethan Hunt, and his sweet tooth for old-school, death-wish, show-stopping stunts, the series seems hellbent on upping the ante like a deranged gambler with each subsequent installment.

Since then, it has matured into the rare-maybe the only-long-running blockbuster franchise that actually seems to get better and better as it goes on and on. The first Mission: Impossible hit theaters exactly 27 years ago.

Tom cruise asked brad bird to make another mission impossible movie