My Bond Best to worst.

by Clockwork-Avacado | created - 02 Oct 2012 | updated - 06 Nov 2012 | Public

My attempt to rank the Bond films in order

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1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

PG | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

61 Metascore

British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.

Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti

Votes: 99,944 | Gross: $22.80M

The best Bond of all time, emotionally engaging, realistic action sequences, and the first time we can ever believe in Bond as a real character. Lazenby is amazing, an outstanding theme tune, great locations, Diana Rigg...never gets old, this film. And the ending still gets me every time...

2. From Russia with Love (1963)

PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

83 Metascore

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi

Votes: 146,001 | Gross: $24.80M

Close between this and goldfinger, but Red Grant is still the ultimate Bond villain. It never gets closer to Fleming than this.

3. Goldfinger (1964)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

87 Metascore

While investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton

Votes: 203,508 | Gross: $51.08M

Amazing. The absolute height of Bondmania, and the film which was responsible for the series taking off. Oddjob, Pussy Galore...what more could you want?

4. GoldenEye (1995)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

65 Metascore

Years after a friend and fellow 00 agent is killed on a joint mission, a secret space based weapons program known as "GoldenEye" is stolen. James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using the weapon.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen

Votes: 271,540 | Gross: $106.60M

Somehow, Brosnan 's first is one of the best ever Bonds, and yet none of his others even came vaguely close. This has scope, a personal confrontation for Bond with an evil version of himself, the ultimate conflict (so what if the end borrows from Empire Strikes Back?) This was Bond back in action like we wanted him, plus the best villainess ever in the series.

5. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

54 Metascore

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 108,811 | Gross: $62.30M

Not generally held in high regard, but for me, this is John Glen's best movie by far, with some epic snow stunts form WB again. Believable, and only occasionally lapsing into stupidity, this is Roger Moore at his most competent, and the ending is still incredible to watch. Topol is a little weak though...

6. You Only Live Twice (1967)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

61 Metascore

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba

Votes: 118,125 | Gross: $43.08M

A little patchy, but with the best Bond song of all. A lot of good stuff in thisalthough sadly, Connery is going a bit by this point. But still, a strong movie.

7. Quantum of Solace (2008)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

58 Metascore

James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench

Votes: 473,199 | Gross: $168.37M

I may be the only person in the world who thinks this is much better than Casino Royale, but for me, this was a good all round action film, although Craig still disappoints me; a fine actor, but really not Bond. But the pre-credits sequence is great, as is the chase after the creds.

8. A View to a Kill (1985)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

40 Metascore

The recovery of a microchip from the body of a fellow British secret agent leads James Bond to a mad industrialist scheming to cause massive destruction.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones

Votes: 105,395 | Gross: $50.33M

Almost universally disliked, I personally think this is a great movie, with arguably Roger Moore at his least comedic. Some great threat scenes, especially the fire in the lift, and the pre credits sequence is awesome. Forget the California Girls. Grace Jones, as well. Even SS isn't that bad. Sometimes...

9. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

55 Metascore

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel

Votes: 116,774 | Gross: $46.80M

The best Pre credits sequence of all time. BB is a good Bond girl also. And we can even take Jaws seriously, on occasion. Caroline Munro. A cool remix of the Bond theme. Stylish, but a little flat in places.

10. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

43 Metascore

James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams

Votes: 113,554 | Gross: $20.97M

Christopher Lee. Some great one liners. Britt Ekland. A lot of good things about this, generally regarded as one of the poorest (In terms of grosses), but it's one of the last times Bond would face a single great adversary, which lends a personal dimension to this movie which the Ken Adams blowing stuff up movies lack. Awful song, though...

11. The Living Daylights (1987)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

59 Metascore

James Bond is sent to investigate a KGB policy to kill all enemy spies, and uncovers an arms deal that potentially has major global ramifications.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker

Votes: 106,320 | Gross: $51.19M

Not a massive Dalton fan, but I love the Rock of Gibraltar stuff at the start; epic song as well, one of the best. But every time, the Cello case scene annoys me. Plus, the villains are very poor. But not too bad. It has its' moments. But that "horse's arse" line isn't one of them...

12. Dr. No (1962)

PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

78 Metascore

A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman

Votes: 180,277 | Gross: $16.07M

The original. Still disappointing,although it arguably makes the best use of the Bond theme out of all the movies. Nothing special, but not as bad as...

13. Live and Let Die (1973)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

55 Metascore

James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James

Votes: 116,059 | Gross: $35.38M

Massively surprised that this got voted best Bond movie of all time this year by Starburst. Overlong chase sequences, awful theme song, and an uninspiring heroine/villainess in Solitaire. Some great one liners though, and Mr Big is one of Moore's best villains. An unforgiveably average film...

14. Casino Royale (2006)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

80 Metascore

After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 698,050 | Gross: $167.45M

Daniel Craig is probably the poorest Bond of all, and this goes to prove it. Feels nothing like a Bond, pointlessly grim, but with no emotional core. Good action sequences, but overlong, and with a disposable storyline, and no memorable incidental characters. But, it's the only good theme song of this century of Bonds...

15. Moonraker (1979)

PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

66 Metascore

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel

Votes: 109,376 | Gross: $70.31M

Not as bad as most people make out, but as a Bond fan, this rankles. Some good stunts, but we can never really get involved with this jokey film, never exemplified more than in the pre creds; great stunt, terrible comedy punchline. And Holly...

16. Octopussy (1983)

PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

63 Metascore

A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn

Votes: 113,555 | Gross: $67.90M

Maud Adams is back, a handful of nice stunts, but this is a very lifeless film, filled with half hearted humour from John Glen, a forgettable song, no great characters and a samey series of threats. For me, this feels like an eighties TV movie, not a Bond film. And that's bad...

17. Licence to Kill (1989)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

58 Metascore

A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto

Votes: 112,611 | Gross: $34.67M

Dalton at his worst. A crime thriller in the Die HArd style. Anyone who thinks of this as a Bond film must be insane. Pathetic, pointlessly gory, tedious, terrible song...and tacky as anything. After the credits, nothing worth watching.

18. The World Is Not Enough (1999)

PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

57 Metascore

James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot while protecting an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards

Votes: 210,987 | Gross: $126.94M

Another terrible Brosnan film, with mindless stunts, poor acting, no storyline, a terrible song. Best enjoyed in the same way you enjoy a voluntary lobotomy. Don't think about it, and it'll soon be over. But, better than some, and it does have one or two good sequences.

19. Thunderball (1965)

PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

64 Metascore

James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 127,694 | Gross: $63.60M

Massively overrated, and one of the most boring Bonds of all. Its not terrible. Just reaaaallyyy dull...

20. Skyfall (2012)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

81 Metascore

James Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench

Votes: 735,114 | Gross: $304.36M

21. Never Say Never Again (1983)

PG | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

68 Metascore

A S.P.E.C.T.R.E. agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow

Votes: 73,461 | Gross: $55.50M

Sadly, better than some "Real" Bond movies.

22. Die Another Day (2002)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

56 Metascore

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens

Votes: 230,306 | Gross: $160.94M

23. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

59 Metascore

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood

Votes: 114,705 | Gross: $43.82M

24. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

52 Metascore

James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher

Votes: 205,624 | Gross: $125.33M



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