Mission: Impossible
1996 · Movie · PG-13 · 111 min · ★ 7.0 · 63% critics
After a mission goes awry and a mole is found within the CIA, a spy is shocked to learn he’s the prime suspect. Striving to clear his name, he races to identify the double agent and stop a stolen, sensitive list from falling into the wrong hands.
Based on Mission: Impossible
Also known as Mission Impossible
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-05-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (9,991 votes)
- Box office
- $457,696,391
- Budget
- $80,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy tense spy capers with suspenseful distrust and a classic framed-mission setup, plus globe-trotting thrills; Not for you if you want straightforward storytelling or tightly explained turns, especially if you prefer faster, more modern Mission: Impossible sequels or Bourne-style pacing.
Pros: tense spy thriller; thrilling set pieces; charming cast | Cons: convoluted plot; underdeveloped ideas; some drag
Themes
- mask
- mission
- london, england
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- computer
- paris, france
- undercover
- espionage
- secret mission
- arms deal
- spy
- secret identity
- +13 more
Awards & recognition
- Japan Academy Prize — Outstanding Foreign Language Film · 1997 · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Action Sequence · 1997 · nominated
- Satellite Award — Best Editing · 1997 · nominated
Cast & crew
Tom Cruise
as Ethan Hunt
Jon Voight
as Jim Phelps
Emmanuelle Béart
as Claire
Henry Czerny
as Kittridge
Jean Reno
as Krieger
Ving Rhames
as Luther
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Sarah Davies
Vanessa Redgrave
as Max
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
as Hannah
- VY
Valentina Yakunina
as Drunken Female IMF Agent
Directed by Brian De Palma