{"id":116363,"date":"2025-05-20T06:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116363\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T06:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T06:24:09","slug":"the-5-best-mission-impossible-trailers-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/116363\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best Mission: Impossible Trailers Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone thinks of grand stunts or Tom Cruise running when contemplating the Mission: Impossible <\/a>franchise\u2019s artistry. And while it\u2019s true that those qualities are integral to the Mission: Impossible mythos, they\u2019re not the only standout element of the franchise. For one thing, there are iconic supporting characters like Luther (Ving Rhames) and Benji <\/a>(Simon Pegg); then there are the consistently strong trailers that get cranked out for these movies. The pre-release hype for a Mission: Impossible installment always gets a major jolt from a great trailer.<\/p>\n

Trailers for Mission: Impossible movies have inevitably evolved over the 30 years of their run. What worked for marketing a major blockbuster in 1996 won\u2019t work in 2025; however, the five best Mission: Impossible trailers exemplify what great marketing this series has had over its lifetime, as Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoninig<\/a> hits theaters. <\/p>\n

5) Mission: Impossible<\/p>\n

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The first major trailer for a Mission: Impossible movie starts quietly. Intriguing imagery from the film plays out onscreen, with a familiar voice-over recounting the classic \u201cyour mission, should you choose to accept it\u2026\u201d rhetoric. Then, suddenly, everything gets big, right down to the text font used in the trailer. It\u2019s the kind of grandiose maximalism that was common in trailers for 90s blockbusters. Contrasting these two atmospheres makes the Mission: Impossible trailer such an interesting ride. Sure, it spoils too much of the film, but as a standalone trailer, this first promotional launch for Mission: Impossible stands tall as an extraordinary trailer.<\/p>\n

4) Mission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning Trailer #1<\/p>\n

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14 months before Mission: Impossible \u2013 Dead Reckoning hit theaters, a trailer dropped alongside Tom Cruise\u2019s other big blockbuster sequel, Top Gun: Maverick. That was a lengthy lead-up to this 2023 tentpole, but even with the wait, the first Dead Reckoning trailer had plenty of exciting footage to offer. A largely dialogue-free affair in its second half, this Dead Reckoning trailer was also bolstered by a fantastically propulsive Lorne Balfe orchestral track that eventually bleeds into an epic rendition of the classic Mission: Impossible theme. Ingeniously, that track concludes with what sounds like eerie electronic heartbeats, thus suggesting that the nefarious Entity had infiltrated the franchise\u2019s famous leitmotif. There were tons of jaw-dropping grandeur to go around in this trailer, which quickly made that 14-month-long wait for the final film seem like an eternity.<\/p>\n

3) Mission: Impossible III Trailer #1<\/p>\n

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The 96-second announcement trailer for Mission: Impossible III does something other Mission: Impossible trailers don\u2019t: it focuses on the villain. This is a series known for emphasizing in trailers how Ethan Hunt is \u201cthe living manifestation of destiny\u201d rather than highlighting the Mission: Impossible equivalent of The Joker or Thanos. That trend went out the window with a teaser that focuses intensely on Philip Seymour Hoffman\u2019s Owen Davian, who delivers an intense monologue in a close-up shot. This starkly different area of focus immediately suggested Hunt was about to be challenged like he never had been before, and that Hoffman\u2019s acting chops would be utilized in the blockbuster\u2019s more intimate moments. It\u2019s a distinctly different trailer in the franchise\u2019s history, but in a very complimentary fashion.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: 5 Facts Every Mission: Impossible Fan Needs to Know<\/a>]<\/p>\n

2) Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol Trailer #1<\/p>\n

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In 2011, Paramount marketers contended with a problem that would\u2019ve been once unthinkable. How do you make Tom Cruise cool again? Any movie attached to him was going to run into post-2004 problems related to his Oprah Winfrey Show shenanigans and box office bombs like Knight & Day. Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol\u2019s<\/a> initial trailer opted to forego dancing around Cruise\u2019s performance and instead dive head-first into a blisteringly fast-paced atmosphere. Driven by the relentlessly speedy vibes of Eminem\u2019s drum and cymbal-clashing \u201cWon\u2019t Back Down\u201d, the trailer is jam-packed with quick cuts and strikingly expansive imagery of Hunt fighting bad guys and outrunning a sandstorm. <\/p>\n

This needle drop immediately injected a much-needed sense of confidence into the proceedings. Concluding with jaw-dropping glimpses of the Burj Khalifa set piece, this Ghost Protocol trailer\u2019s editors could firmly announce \u201cmission accomplished.\u201d It made Cruise cool again.<\/p>\n

1. Mission: Impossible \u2013 Fallout Trailer #1<\/p>\n

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Shoehorning an Imagine Dragons song into the first Mission: Impossible: Fallout<\/a> trailer should\u2019ve dethroned the Limp Bizkit Mission: Impossible II theme as the most embarrassing musical moment in the entire saga. Staggeringly, this maneuver instead informed the greatest trailer in the entire Mission: Impossible saga. Thankfully, the editors and producers of this trailer opted not to set Ethan Hunt\u2019s antics against \u201cRadioactive\u201d or \u201cIt\u2019s Time.\u201d Instead, the darker, more aggressive track \u201cFriction\u201d is deployed. This particular tune does have a good, catchy beat that fits well with the uncertain but exciting atmosphere of Fallout\u2019s trailer.<\/p>\n

Beyond the song, Fallout\u2019s first trailer is also just fantastically edited and full of excitingly fun touches, like that \u201cdun-dun\u201d noise that goes off when Henry Cavill first draws out his fists. There\u2019s also the engrossing climactic montage of Hunt getting tossed around like a ragdoll, which deftly demonstrates both Fallout\u2019s impressive stuntwork and the tangible humanity of the man tasked with saving the world. This smorgasbord of exciting action work concludes with glimpses of that helicopter chase scene, including a great bit exclusive to the trailer of Hunt in a helicopter driving straight into an oncoming truck. \u201cWelcome to the new age\u201d of great movie trailers, Hunt (as the Imagine Dragons crew would say), because the Mission: Impossible \u2013 Fallout trailer is a breathlessly exhilarating work of art.<\/p>\n

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