The series is produced by and stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, an agent of the fictional Impossible Missions Force (IMF). Mission Impossible (1,2,3,4,5,6)īeginning in 1996, the films follow the missions of the IMF’s main field team under the leadership of Hunt, who is forced to take over after the team is betrayed from within in the first film. Mission: Impossible is a series of American action films based on the television series of the same name.