25 Best Reviewed Franchise Films Of The 21st Century (According To Metacritic)

8. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (86)

Mission Impossible Fallout Tom Cruise Henry Cavill
Paramount Pictures

Though the long-running M:I franchise had been on a steadily upward trend in terms of reception over the course of its twenty- year run, it's fair to say expectations were not sky-high for its sixth installment - which made its sophisticated, propulsive brilliance a satisfying surprise.

Picking up the series' best notices to date - nay, some of the best notices in action film history - from critics and propelling Tom Cruise to his highest-grossing film to date, it arguably sets a new bar for the spy genre - and packs some of the most daring stunts ever committed to film.

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