Writing
Christopher McQuarrie
- Titles
- 36movies4TV shows
- Career
Active from 1993 to 2025, busiest in 1993 and 2010 with 2 main titles each.
- Directed
- 11titles as director
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Top Gun: Maverick86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Adrenaline7.7average 5.1
- Violence6.6average 4.3
- Crime5.8average 3.7
- Mystery6.2average 4.1
- Tension8.1average 6.1
- Warfare3.0average 1.2
- Politics4.4average 2.6
- Contemporary Realism6.0average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Family Dynamics2.5, average 4.7
- Nostalgia2.0, average 3.6
- Wholesome1.8, average 3.3
- Melancholy3.3, average 4.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Team Dynamics 3
- High Stakes 3
- Global Espionage 2
- Intricate Plot 2
- Fast-Paced 2
- Mystery & Intrigue 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Global Threat 2
- Visual Spectacle 2
- Action-Packed 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tom CruiseActorTop Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher, +6 more
Eddie HamiltonEditorTop Gun: Maverick, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, +1 more
Simon PeggActorMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Untitled Mission: Impossible 9
Erik JendresenWriterMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Broadsword, Iron Curtain, Untitled Mission: Impossible 9
Ving RhamesActorMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Bryan SingerDirectorThe Usual Suspects, Jack the Giant Slayer, Valkyrie, Public Access
John OttmanEditorThe Usual Suspects, Jack the Giant Slayer, Valkyrie, Public Access
Henry CzernyActorMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Untitled Mission: Impossible 9
Pom KlementieffActorMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Untitled Mission: Impossible 9
Rebecca FergusonActorMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Hayley AtwellActorMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Untitled Mission: Impossible 9
Newton Thomas SigelCinematographerThe Usual Suspects, Jack the Giant Slayer, Valkyrie
Movies and TV shows
26Great
Score 80 to 89
5 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
86
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Producer, Screenplay
86
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
as Mission Brief (Voice) (Uncredited)
84
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
as Passenger on train (uncredited)
81
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Screenplay
81
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Screenplay, Director
Good
Score 70 to 79
2 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
79
The Usual Suspects (1995)
as Interrogation Cop (uncredited)
77
Paradise Now (2005)
Thanks
Decent
Score 60 to 69
4 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
68
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
as Passer-by (uncredited)
64
The Gauntlet
Director
63
Valkyrie (2008)
Producer, Screenplay
61
Jack Reacher (2012)
Director, Screenplay
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
6 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
56
The Way of the Gun (2000)
Screenplay, Director
55
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Screenplay
52
Public Access (1993)
as Cop #1 / Our Town Caller
47
The Tourist (2010)
Screenplay
36
The Mummy (2017)
Screenplay
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
1 title
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
23The Chameleon
Producer
Not rated yet
8 titles
Not rated yet
Iron Curtain
Writer, Producer
Deeper
Screenplay
Untitled Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie Action Film
Screenplay, Producer
Untitled Mission: Impossible 9
Director, Writer
King Conan
Director, Writer
Broadsword
Director, Writer
Untitled Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie Musical
Screenplay, Producer
Battlefield
Writer, Director