A so begins the BIG story. Ethan is finally face to face with the illusive Syndicate - the only problem is, no one believes him.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Producer: Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger

Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Production Co: Tom Cruise, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot

Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Action & Violence|Brief Partial Nudity)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller

Release Date (Theaters): Jul 31, 2015

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin

Budget: $150,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada: $195,042,377

Gross worldwide: $682,716,636

After a 5 year break, Ethan Hunt is back but this time it's Brad Bird behind the wheel. How will this movie rank against the first three?

Director: Brad Bird

Producer: Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk

Screenwriter: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Production Co: TC Productions, Bad Robot, Skydance Media, Paramount Pictures

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller

Release Date (Theaters)Dec 21, 2011

Budget: $145,000,000 (estimated)

Gross US & Canada: $209,397,903

Gross worldwide: $694,713,380

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

Six years after the mixed(but generally panned) MI2, J.J. Abrams takes a whack at the Ethan Hunt story. Was it a good change or does it self-destruct in five seconds?

• Director: J.J. Abrams
• Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
• Screenwriter: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, J.J. Abrams
• Distributor: Paramount Pictures
• Production Co: Cruise-Wagner Productions, Paramount Pictures
• Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Release Date (Theaters): May 5, 2006
• Budget: $150,000,000 (estimated)
• Gross US & Canada: $134,029,801
• Gross worldwide: $398,479,497
• Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne