Every James Bond Movie, Ranked Worst to Best
With this month's arrival (finally!) of No Time to Die, there have now been 25 official films in the EON-produced James Bond film franchise based on author Ian Fleming's British spy character. In the gallery on this page, we rank every one of those films—plus two additional Bond features from outside producers—from worst to best based on their Metascores, which represent the consensus of a group of top professional film critics.
Right now, it's fairly easy to find most of the Bond films on streaming services (and if it's not on the streaming service you have, it likely will be shortly, as the films are deleted from and re-added to various services every few months). That could change in the future thanks to a recent deal by Amazon to acquire MGM, which currently holds the home video rights to most of the Bond catalog, though there are no definitive plans to make Prime Video the exclusive home of 007 ... yet.
All photos courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios except Casino Royale (1967) by Columbia Pictures and Never Say Never Again by Warner Bros.
The year: 2015
The 007: Daniel Craig
The (non-UK) location(s): Mexico City, Vatican City, Rome, Austria, Morocco
The theme song: "Writing's on the Wall" performed by Sam Smith
Despite returning the director and writers (and obviously the star) of the previous film, Skyfall, the follow-up Spectre failed to achieve a similar level of critical acclaim or box office glory—though you can't exactly call an $880 million-grossing film a disappointment. Here, Christoph Waltz takes on the iconic role of criminal mastermind Blofeld, the head of the titular Spectre organization that has also been a staple of the franchise, but critics think the film plays out in an incoherent, superficial jumble while lacking the specialness and emotional depth of Skyfall.
“Watching Spectre unfold, lumbering and slumbering, on the heels of a franchise high is a shock, so much talent coasting this time.” —Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times
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