Over the franchise's 30-year span, Cruise has done everything from dangling from a wire in Mission: Impossible to motorcycling off a cliff in Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.In PEOPLE’s special issue on the franchise,

Cruise's lone collaboration with Martin Scorsese came in this pro-pool drama — a sequel to 1961's The Hustler with Paul Newman reprising his role as "Fast Eddie" Felson, the hard-edged mentor to Cruise's cocky nine-ball whiz Vincent.

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The Final Reckoning may possibly be Tom Cruise's last movie in the iconic spy franchise, but he thankfully has many more films lined up. Over the years, Cruise has garnered a reputation as an actor who almost always stars in the highest quality of films.

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“It beat the hell out of him. The wind hitting him, and the blast of the propeller, particles hitting him. It was the hardest workout you could ever do, it was very dangerous and very exhausting for him," recalled Eastwood. "Many times we were carrying him off the wing because he was so tired. And he was flying all day.”

Impossible film series is, unlike most Hollywood franchises, built less around lore and callbacks and more around recurring moments we expect each time we sit down in our seats to watch the latest entry.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning almost had a post-credits scene, but its deletion may hint at future movies.