Bond: Ranked

In honor of the recently released Casino Royale I’ve ranked all 21 of the EON Productions produced James Bond films.


21: Live and Let Die - Roger Moore's first crack at Bond falls flat. I blame the lack of very exotic locations and obvious desire to somehow capatilize on the Blaxploitation films of the period. Thankfully Bond would see better days.

20: You Only Live Twice - 5th film to feature Sean Connery

19: Diamonds are Forever - Connery's return to the franchise after George Lazenby's entry. Connery was already showing his age in this mediocre entry.

18: The World is Not Enough - Pierce Brosnan's 3rd entry is the weakest of the four that he would star in. I blame the lack of a ruthless villian for its failure more than I blame Denise Richards.

17: Moonraker - More capatilizing on other succesful genres here. This time Bond ends up in space.

16: The Living Daylights - Timothy Dalton's first Bond film is often criticized for its toning down of the character. Somehow Dalton gets all the blame.

15: Thunderball - Connery's 4th film as Bond. Orginally scripted by Bond creator Ian Flemming and collaborators with the idea that it would be the first film.

14: Die Another Day - Brosnan's swan song is a solid flick, invisible car and all.

13: For Your Eyes Only - 5th Roger Moore entry.

12: A View to a KIll - Roger Moore's last film suffers from the fact that he was clearly too old for the role.

11: License to Kill - Dalton's 2nd and last Bond film.

10: The Spy Who Loved Me - The film that introduced the world to Jaws.

09: Tomorrow Never Dies - Brosnan's 2nd Bond film.

08: Dr. No - The one that started it all.

007: Casino Royale - This re-boot featuring Daniel Craig isn't as threatening as originally promised. Staying true to most of the great aspects of the Bond formula the film's only real difference is a Bond that we have never seen before. Craig has been given the wonderful opportunity to portray Bond before he became BOND.

06: Octopussy - 6th Roger Moore entry

05: The Man with the Golden Gun - 2nd Roger Moore entry.

04: Goldeneye - Brosnan's 1st re-introduced the Bond that had sorely been missed during the Dalton era.

03: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - George Lazenby's only film. If Connery had stayed on-board this would be the greatest Bond movie ever.

02: Goldfinger - For many this is the quintessential Bond film.

01: From Russia with Love - Goldfinger usually gets all of the credit, but this 2nd entry really set the template for the rest of the series.