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Every ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movie, Ranked

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. Photo: Paramount Pictures.

Based on the popular TV series of the same name, Tom Cruise‘s ‘Mission: Impossible‘ films have earned more than $4 billion at the box office and has become one of the most popular cinematic franchises of all time!

The series has been directed by such acclaimed filmmakers as Brian De Palma, John Woo, J.J. Abrams, and Brad Bird, as well as current franchise director Christopher McQuarrie, who took over the series with ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.’

Cruise and McQuarrie have revitalized the franchise with their elaborate stunts and action sequences, and their latest addition to the series, and possibly the last, ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning‘, opens in theaters on May 23rd.

In honor of the new film’s release, Moviefone is ranking every ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ever made.

Let’s begin!

8. ‘Mission: Impossible II‘ (2000)

Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible 2.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.

With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief (Thandiwe Newton) on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent (Dougray Scott) from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
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7. ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One‘ (2023)

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One ‘from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

In ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,’ Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.
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6. ‘Mission: Impossible‘ (1996)

Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.

When Ethan Hunt (Cruise), 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 No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
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5. ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning‘ (2025)

(L to R) Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt, Greg Tarzan Davis plays Degas, Simon Pegg plays Benji Dunn and Hayley Atwell plays Grace in ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. Photo: Paramount Pictures.

Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world’s governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan’s past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.
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4. ‘Mission: Impossible III‘ (2006)

(L to R) Tom Cruise and Keri Russell in ‘Mission: Impossible III.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.

Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend (Michelle Monaghan) while working with his new team to complete the mission.
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3. ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ (2011)

(L to R) Jeremy Renner, Tom Cruise Simon Pegg, and Paula Patton in ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.’ ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.

Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist), who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
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2. ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation‘ (2015)

(L to R) Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt and Jeremy Renner plays William Brandt in ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.

Ethan (Cruise) and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating ‘The Syndicate’, an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
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1. ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout‘ (2018)

(L to R) Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn, Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust, Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt and Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell in ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance. ©2021 Paramount Pictures. All Right Reserved.

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt (Cruise) takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
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May 22, 2025
Oscar Nominated Actor Tom Wilkinson Dies Aged 75
(L to R) Tom Wilkinson, Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor for his work in ‘Michael Clayton,’ and his wife Diana Hardcastle arrive at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 24, 2008. Credit/Provider Michael Yada / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright ©A.M.P.A.S.

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- Beloved British actor Tom Wilkinson has died.
- Wilkinson was 75.
- He had most recently reprised his role from ‘The Full Monty’ for the Disney sequel TV series.
Tom Wilkinson, a much-loved and highly respected British actor equally at home playing warm, friendly heroes and scheming villains, has died. He was 75.

Best known for roles in movies such as ‘The Full Monty’, ‘Michael Clayton’ and ‘In the Bedroom’, Wilkinson’s career spans more than 130 movies and TV series.
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Tom Wilkinson: Early life and career

(L to R) Tom Wilkinson and Tom Cruise in ‘Valkyrie.’ Photo: 20th Century Fox.

Born in Leeds before moving to Canada and then Cornwall in childhood, he found his calling at the age of 18 when he was asked to direct a play.

He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) before following the well-worn path to theatre and television work. In 1986, he got his first major screen role in mini-series ‘First Among Equals’, based on politician-turned-author Jeffrey Archer’s best-selling novel.

That kicked off a successful career on screens big and small, with his movie resume including the likes of ‘Shakespeare in Love’, ‘Batman Begins’, ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, ‘The Patriot’, ‘Selma’, ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘The Gathering Storm’, ‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘RocknRolla’ ‘Valkyrie’ and ‘Denial’.

Among his many roles, it might be one for which he will be best remembered, though: 1997’s ‘The Full Monty’ featured Wilkinson as Gerald, one of a group of recently laid-off Sheffield steelworkers who decide to try stripping to make ends meet. Wilkinson humorously recalls asking for advice to decide between the movie and a different job offer.

Here’s what he told The Guardian:

“I remember phoning a friend and he said, ‘Take the TV, take the TV’. But I didn’t follow his advice, and the TV turned out to be crap.”

1997’s ‘The Full Monty.’ Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.

‘The Full Monty’, on the other hand, became one of the highest grossing British independent movies of all time. Wilkinson reprised his role alongside co-stars Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy for this year’s Disney+ sequel series, which caught up with the characters in the present day.

Wilkinson was nominated for Academy Awards for actor in a leading role for ‘In the Bedroom’ in 2001, and actor in a supporting role for ‘Michael Clayton’ in 2007. His ‘Full Monty’ role scored him a BAFTA.

He has one movie left to arrive, crime drama ‘Bone in the Throat’, which has yet to confirm a release date.

Related Article: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson and More ‘The Full Monty’ Cast Reunite for a New Disney+ series

Tom Wilkinson: Tributes arrive

Tom Wilkinson, Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor for his work in ‘Michael Clayton,’ arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 24, 2008. Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright ©A.M.P.A.S.

Aneurin Barnard, who starred opposite Wilkinson in 2018 comedy drama ‘Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)’ paid tribute:

“I am very sad to hear the passing of Tom Wilkinson. I had a very great time getting to know him and working with him. One of our wonderful legends that we say goodbye to. Bye for now Tom.”

In 1986, while working on ‘First Among Equals,’ Wilkinson met Diana Hardcastle, and the couple married in 1988. They played husband and wife in ‘The Kennedys’ in 2011, and in 2014’s ‘Good People’. She survives him alongside their two daughters, Alice and Molly.

Wilkinson’s family released the following statement on his passing:

“It is with great sadness that the family of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died suddenly at home on December 30. His wife and family were with him. The family asks for privacy at this time.”

(L to R) Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy in ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.’ Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Tom Wilkinson Movies:
- ‘In the Name of the Father‘ (1993)
- ‘Sense and Sensibility‘ (1995)
- ‘The Ghost and the Darkness‘ (1996)
- ‘Smilla’s Sense of Snow‘ (1997)
- ‘The Full Monty‘ (1997)
- ‘Rush Hour‘ (1998)
- ‘Shakespeare in Love‘ (1998)
- ‘The Patriot‘ (2000)
- ‘In the Bedroom‘ (2001)
- ‘Black Knight‘ (2001)
- ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring‘ (2003)
- ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‘ (2004)
- ‘Ripley Under Ground‘ (2005)
- ‘Batman Begins‘ (2005)
- ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose‘ (2005)
- ‘The Last Kiss‘ (2006)
- ‘Michael Clayton‘ (2007)
- ‘RocknRolla‘ (2008)
- ‘Valkyrie‘ (2008)
- ‘Recount‘ (2008)
- ‘Duplicity‘ (2009)
- ‘44 Inch Chest‘ (2009)
- ‘The Ghost Writer‘ (2010)
- ‘Burke & Hare‘ (2011)
- ‘The Green Hornet‘ (2011)
- ‘The Conspirator‘ (2010)
- ‘The Debt‘ (2011)
- ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘ (2011)
- ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel‘ (2012)
- ‘The Lone Ranger‘ (2013)
- ‘Belle‘ (2013)
- ‘Felony‘ (2014)
- ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel‘ (2014)
- ‘Selma‘ (2014)
- ‘Snowden‘ (2016)
- ‘Denial‘ (2016)
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December 30, 2023
Best Tom Cruise Action Movies

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in ‘Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One’ from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Tom Cruise is quite possibly the greatest movie star in the history of cinema!

His films have grossed over $8 billion dollars at the box office, and the actor is more than willing to hang off the side of a building or an airplane in order to entertain audience.

Now, with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ opening this weekend, let’s take a look at the best action movies Tom Cruise has ever made, including the new ‘Top Gun.’

Let’s begin!

18) Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back (2016)

When Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) is arrested for treason, ex-investigator Jack Reacher (Cruise) undertakes the challenging task to prove her innocence and ends up exposing a shocking conspiracy.
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17) The Mummy (2017)

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen (Sofia Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
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16) Oblivion (2013)

Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger (Olga Kurylenko) from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
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15) Mission: Impossible II (2000)

With computer genius Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames) at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt (Cruise) races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent (Dougray Scott) from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
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14) Knight and Day (2010)

A fugitive couple (Cruise and Cameron Diaz) goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
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13) Jack Reacher (2012)

When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: “Get Jack Reacher!” So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher (Cruise) against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
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12) War of the Worlds (2005)

Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) drops off his teenage son (Justin Chatwin) and young daughter (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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11) Top Gun (1986)

For Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Cruise) and his friend and co-pilot Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete’s dreams of becoming an ace
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10) Mission: Impossible (1996)

When Ethan Hunt (Cruise), the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, and he’s surprised to learn that he’s the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
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9) The Last Samurai (2003)

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai’s way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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8) Mission: Impossible III (2006)

Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
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7) Minority Report (2002)

John Anderton (Cruise) is a top ‘Precrime’ cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they’re committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
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6) Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt (Cruise) takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins (Henry Cavill) while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.
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5) Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks (Michael Nyqvist ), who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States.

An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
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4) Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Major Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again… and again – as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
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3) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating ‘The Syndicate’, an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed to destroying the IMF.
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2) Days of Thunder (1990)

Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash their cars. But with the help of his doctor, Cole just might overcome his injuries– and his fear.
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1) Top Gun: Maverick’ (2022)

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.

When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”

Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
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May 29, 2022
Giorgio Armani’s 10 Most Iconic Big Screen Looks

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As important as what characters say and do in movies, sometimes the thing that speaks loudest is what they wear. Giorgio Armani understood this from early in his career, when he was designing for as many as ten manufacturers at a time, and especially after he introduced multiple lines under his own name and needed to communicate not just the apparel but the style (and lifestyle) that he wanted for his customers. Utilizing the essential relationship between fashion and cinema as a mutually beneficial source of promotion and creativity, Armani has worked with filmmakers for decades to clothe their characters and develop his own instincts as a designer. Commemorating the fashion mogul’s 85^th birthday on July 11, Moviefone takes a look back at just a few of the incredible ensembles he’s produced over the years.

“American Gigolo” (1980)

Paramount

Paul Schrader has always been skilled chronicler of alienation and loneliness, and Armani’s impeccable tailoring — his first-ever designs for the screen — effortlessly provide Richard Gere’s character with an impenetrable armor, a perfect façade that both protects him from the outside world and keeps him from fully experiencing it.

“Phenomena” (1985)

New Line Cinema

Just a few years after making a splash with Schrader’s “Gigolo,” Armani turned his attention to decidedly different demographic by dressing young Jennifer Connelly in Dario Argento’s follow up to “Tenebre,” “Phenomena.” Not only did Armani dress Connelly in a number of absolutely iconic outfits (including the all-white ensemble she wears during the film’s climax), but he also draped actress Daria Nicolodi and several of their costars in amazing ensembles.

“The Untouchables” (1987)

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Although Marilyn Vance was the credited costume designer for this 1987 Brian De Palma film, Armani’s influence ran deep in creating flashy, perfectly-tailored suits for both good and bad guys. Armani’s designs weren’t all period-appropriate, but the looks he helped conceive for Kevin Costner and Robert De Niro remain timeless even today thanks to the designer’s peerless refinement and classic style.

“Ocean’s Thirteen” (2007)

Warner Bros.

By the third and final installment in this endlessly stylish series of heist films, director Steven Soderbergh had assembled a murderer’s row of actors and filmmaking talents to enhance and bring out the characters, good and bad, who keep its machinery going. Armani was far from the only designer to contribute to the looks in “Thirteen,” joining Paul Smith, Yohji Yamamoto, Dolce & Gabbana and many others to illuminate the differences between a cast of characters with such wildly different personalities.

“The Dark Knight” (2008)/ “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012)

Warner Bros.

It comes as no surprise that Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) could and would wear one of the world’s premiere designers when not donning his cape and cowl as a crime-fighter. But working with Christopher Nolan’s costume designer Lindy Hemming, Armani put together some bulletproof ensembles for the billionaire industrialist, including a couple of grey two-button suits that any superhero should be proud to wear.

“Inglorious Basterds” (2009)

Universal

Quentin Tarantino’s attention to detail is always a fascinating thing, mostly because he is willing to draw upon multiple sources of inspiration (often anachronistic ones) for his characters and their costumes. In this WWII epic, costume designer Anna B. Sheppard collaborated with Armani to design the white dinner jacket that Brad Pitt’s Aldo Raine wears while undercover as an Italian stunt man. Unfortunately, it can’t disguise his character’s irrepressible Southern accent.

“Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” (2011)

Paramount

Brad Bird was spared no expense on his first live-action venture, this brisk and endlessly entertaining thriller starring (of course) the indefatigable Tom Cruise. For a scene where Ethan Hunt crashes an Indian dinner ball, costume designer Michael Kaplan collaborated with Armani to evoke the cool style of 1960s James Bond with a midnight blue suit that makes the series’ hero both fit in perfectly and still stand out as the hero we can’t wait to see save the day.

“Elysium” (2013)

TriStar

Neill Blomkamp was right to capitalize on the success he achieved with “District 9” by enlisting heavy-hitters both in front of (Matt Damon, Jodie Foster) and behind the camera for his follow-up. Costume designer April Ferry worked closely with Armani to create suits for Foster’s defense secretary, allowing the actress to look fierce and steely as she fends off Earthen riff raff from her orbiting world.

“Wolf of Wall Street” (2013)

Paramount

Martin Scorsese’s depiction of real-life broker Jordan Belfort is a study in excess — the vagaries, and criminality, of bottomless avarice — and particularly for Wall Street wannabes, an Armani suit embodies the impossible levels of richness to which Belfort and his colleagues aspire. Armani revisited some of his own ‘90s designs for the wide-lapel power suit Leonardo DiCaprio wears in the film, paying tribute to the era’s flashy fashions both a literal and metaphorical representation of his character’s larger than life persona.

“A Most Violent Year” (2016)

A24

For this story of an immigrant family trying to make its name during one of the most violent periods of time in the history of New York City, J.C. Chandor recruited Armani to dress not Abel Morales (Oscar Issac) but his wife Anna (Jessica Chastain), which led the designer to open his archives for a buffet of vintage designs that communicated the changing times as well as the aspirations of this powerful female character.

July 11, 2019