When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Direction
De Palma's Hitchcock fetish goes full throttle — every shot sweats tension.
Cinematography
The Langley heist: pure visual storytelling, zero dialogue, maximum sweat.
Score
Danny Elfman weaponizes Lalo Schifrin's theme into pure adrenaline.
Director
Brian De Palma
Tom Cruise
Ethan Hunt
Jon Voight
Jim Phelps
Emmanuelle Béart
Claire
Henry Czerny
Kittridge
Jean Reno
Krieger
Ving Rhames
Luther
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sarah Davies
Vanessa Redgrave
Max
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Hannah
Marek Vašut
Drunken Male IMF Agent
John McLaughlin
TV Interviewer
Rolf Saxon
CIA Analyst William Donloe
Karel Dobrý
Matthias
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Cruise did the Langley wire stunt himself — the sweat on his face is real terror, not acting.
1996
6.12000
6.82006
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7.22015
7.42018
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