Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Hits Streaming — Is This Tom Cruise’s Last Mission as Ethan Hunt?
Buckle up: Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hits Paramount+ on December 4, 2025, bringing Ethan Hunt’s plane-clinging mayhem straight to your living room.
If you have been waiting to watch Tom Cruise do death-wish Ethan Hunt things without leaving your couch, the wait is over. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is now streaming on Paramount+ as of December 4, 2025. And yes, this is the one that is meant to close the book on Ethan Hunt, even if he is still dangling from aircraft and narrowly avoiding disaster along the way.
So... is this really the end?
Back in February 2024, long before the movie finally hit theaters, Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie were already hinting that this was the last chapter for Cruise as Ethan. They would not spoil anything, but the messaging was pretty clear.
You gotta see the movie. It is a hard thing for me to discuss at the moment, because it really is something that you have to experience.
It is, I hope, the satisfying conclusion to a 30-year story arc. I am pretty confident that people are going to feel that the title was appropriate.
Does Ethan survive? Yes. When the credits roll, he is alive. But the film plays like a curtain call: big stakes, an iconic final beat, and a tone that says 'that was the story.' It lands among the series' better entries, even if it will not be everyone’s number one.
Where you can stream it (and where you cannot)
In the U.S. and Canada, The Final Reckoning is streaming on Paramount+ right now. In the U.K., it is available to rent or buy digitally on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Sky Store. If you are elsewhere, expect a digital purchase option on the usual platforms; in regions without Paramount+, it may also show up on Prime Video.
Quick facts
- Director: Christopher McQuarrie
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff
- Theatrical release: May 23, 2025
- Streaming date: December 4, 2025 (Paramount+)
- Worldwide box office: $598 million
- IMDb: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
Bottom line: Cruise and McQuarrie always said this was designed as the payoff to three decades of Ethan Hunt. The movie delivers that ending, full stop. Whether someone tries to spin the brand in a new direction one day is a separate conversation, but Cruise’s run looks wrapped.