10 Best Opening Credits Sequences In Movie History

10. Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible is that rare franchise that gets better with each installment, by some unfathomable miracle. J.J. Abrams' third entry seemed too good to beat, but Ghost Protocol - and then Rogue Nation - more than delivered the necessary goods. One thing that Rogue Nation couldn't beat, however, was its predecessors exciting, whip-smart opening title sequence, which proved to be a rather memorable moment in a film packed full of them.

After the IMF successfully free star-man Ethan Hunt from the Moscow prison cell he's been rotting in for a good long while, agent Jane Carter is instructed to "light the fuse," setting off a spark that runs through several of the movie's key moments and set pieces - whetting your appetite for what's to come - coupled with a number of seamlessly integrated CGI transition clips.

You can tell that director Brad Bird was at the helm here, with his animation chops - honed on films like Ratatouille and The Iron Giant - being put to good use with that fluid CGI, while the iconic Mission: Impossible theme tune proves to be just as capable at raising your pulse as it was when we watched the first movie back in 1996.