List of Mission: Impossible film locations

This is a list of locations featured in the Mission: Impossible film series. Some of the scenes were shot in another location than the one mentioned in the movie. For example, the scene in the Austrian Alps in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) was actually shot in Norway.[1]

List of locations

Locations are listed in order of appearance. Studio sets are not included.

LocationReal life landmarksDetails
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Prague, Czech RepublicThe Charles BridgeThe first part of the film is set in Prague, where the IMF team has a mission inside the United States embassy. However, the building shown in the movie is not the location of the real-life embassy but the Liechtenstein Palace. Agent Jim Phelps (Jon Voight) is seen running across the Charles Bridge to reach the embassy building.[2][3]
Langley, Virginia, United StatesThe CIA headquartersThe IMF team enters the CIA headquarters' vault to steal some files in what became one of the most recognizable scenes of the movie franchise.[4]
London, EnglandThe Liverpool Street train station The IMF team stays in a safehouse very near the Liverpool Street underground station. Agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) goes to the train station to use a public phone, then goes to a café inside the station to discuss with Agent Phelps.[5]
Between the United Kingdom and FranceThe Channel Tunnel The final action scene takes place on board a train departing the United Kingdom and crossing the underwater tunnel en route to France.[6]
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
Dead Horse Point, Utah, United StatesEthan Hunt is seen climbing one of the rocks.[7]
Seville, SpainEthan Hunt meets Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandiwe Newton) and stops her from stealing jewels in a private house.
SydneyThe Sydney opera house, the Sydney Bridge, the Sydney Tower,In the first half of the movie, Nyah Nordoff-Hall arrives in Sydney to meet her ex-boyfriend. The rest of the story happens in Sydney where shots of the Sydney Harbor can be seen. The ending scene takes place in a park just behind the Opera House.
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
United StatesAgent Ethan Hunt lives in an unnamed city with his fiancée.
Berlin, GermanyThe IMF team has a mission in a factory in a fictive city of Kriesburg, which is said to be located outside Berlin.
Rome, Italy and Vatican CityAgent Ethan Hunt and his team infiltrate the Vatican City by climbing a wall in Rome.
Shanghai, ChinaThe Oriental Pearl TowerAgent Ethan Hunt flies to Shanghai to a safehouse. He breaks into the fictive Hengshan Lu building located very near the Oriental Pearl Tower.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
Budapest, HungaryThe Hungarian Parliament Building, the St. Stephen's Basilica, the Keleti train station The Parliament building and the basilica are visible for only a few seconds. The opening scene takes place very near the Keleti train station. Agent Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) is seen at the top of the clock tower near the station.
Moscow, RussiaThe KremlinEthan Hunt escapes from a prison in Moscow. He sneaks into the Kremlin with Benji Dunn to steal some files. The Kremlin building is partially destroyed shortly later by an explosion, with the Spasskaya Tower completely collapsing.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesBurj KhalifaMeeting of Ethan Hunt with Sabine Moreau, a climbing scene on the glass fassade of the building
Mumbai, IndiaMultistorey car parkFinal confrontation of Hunt with Kurt Hendricks
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Minsk, BelarusAgent Ethan Hunt jumps on a plane taking off from an unnamed airfield in Minsk.
London, EnglandThe Thames, the London Eye, Piccadilly CircusAgent Ethan Hunt goes to a vinyl disk store to find a disk containing a secret message.
Washington DC, United StatesThe CapitolAgent William Brandt (Jeremy Renner) is questioned by members of the United States Senate.
Havana, CubaAgent Ethan Hunt is tracked by the CIA. A team located him in Havana but realizes that he is not hiding there anymore.
Paris, FranceThe Eiffel TowerAgent Ethan Hunt is hiding in a room in the center of Paris. The Eiffel Tower is visible from the window.
Vienna, AustriaThe St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Vienna State OperaAgent Benji Dunn arrived in Vienna to attend an opera play. The St. Stephen's Cathedral is visible for a few seconds. A long action scene takes place inside and outside the Vienna Opera.
Casablanca, MoroccoThree MIF agents infiltrate an underwater vault beneath a power plant.
Washington DC, United StatesThe Washington MonumentAgents William Brandt and Luther Stickell meet briefly on a helipad in Washington DC, with the Washington Monument in the background.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Ramstein-Miesenbach, GermanyRamstein Air BaseEthan Hunt meets Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin), the new IMF Secretary at the Ramstein air base and board a military plane for his next mission.
Paris, FranceGrand Palais Agent Ethan Hunt jumps with agent August Walker from a military plane and both land on the Grand Palais, in the center of Paris.
Place du Trocadéro,
Eiffel Tower,
Place de la Concorde,
Tuileries Garden,
Seat of the French Ministry of Economics,
The Arc de Triomphe		 The new Director of the CIA Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) meets agent Walker on the Trocadéro square, near the Eiffel Tower. Later, a French SWAT team transports Solomon Lane (Sean Harris) on a helicopter that flies over the Eiffel Tower, the Place de la Concorde, the Seine river and the Tuileries Garden, and lands near the seat of the Ministry of Economics. Solomon Lane is later kidnapped by the IMF team and Hunt is chased by the police in the center of Paris. He drives past the Arc de Triomphe and many other Parisian landmarks are visible in the background.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi International Airport The movie starts with a mission inside the airport's terminal.[8]
Rome, Italy
Venice, Italy
Untitled eighth Mission: Impossible film (2025)
Upcoming movie

See also

References
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  2. "Mission Impossible (1996) filming locations in Prague". Блог Черного Максима. February 5, 2022.
  3. "Filming Locations for Brian de Palma's Mission: Impossible, with Tom Cruise, around London and Prague". The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations.
  4. Pearson, Ben (July 11, 2023). "'Silence Builds Tension': An Oral History Of Mission: Impossible's Iconic CIA Heist Scene". /Film.
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  7. McCormick, Colin; Cotter, Padraig (August 3, 2022). "Did Tom Cruise Climb Mission: Impossible 2's Mountain Without A Safety Cable?". ScreenRant.
  8. "Six spectacular 'Mission: Impossible 7' locations you have to visit". Time Out Worldwide. July 11, 2023.
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