The 'Mission: Impossible' Films Ranked

"The end you've always feared is coming. And the blood will be on your hands. The fallout of all your good intentions."

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie
Music by Lorne Balfe
Cinematography by Rob Hardy
Editing by Eddie Hamilton

"Kittridge, you've never seen me very upset."

Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by David Koepp, Steven Zaillian and Robert Towne
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum
Editing by Paul Hirsch

"The Secretary is dead. The President has invoked Ghost Protocol. We're shut down. No satellite, safe house, support, or extraction. The four of us and the contents of this car are all that remains of the IMF."

Directed by Brad Bird
Written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Paul Hirsch

"Let me guess. Presumed dead?"
"Well tonight, I just made it official."

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Drew Pearce
Music by Joe Kraemer
Cinematography by Robert Elswit
Editing by Eddie Hamilton

"Your days of fighting for the so-called greater good are over. This is our chance to control the truth. The concepts of right and wrong for everyone for centuries to come. You're fighting to save an ideal that doesn't exist. Never did. You need to pick a side."

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen
Music by Lorne Balfe
Cinematography by Fraser Taggart
Editing by Eddie Hamilton

"Who are you? What's your name? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Because if you do, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name. And then I'm gonna find you, and kill you right in front of her."

Directed by J.J. Abrams
Written by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
Music by Michael Giacchino
Cinematography by Dan Mindel
Editing by Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

"You know, that was the hardest part about having to portray you, grinning like an idiot every fifteen minutes."

Directed by John Woo
Written by Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga and Robert Towne
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editing by Steven Kemper and Christian Wagner