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: 1963 (UK) / 1964 (USA)
The 007: Sean Connery
The (non-UK) location(s): Istanbul, Venice, Yugoslavia, and the Orient Express
The theme song: "From Russia With Love" performed by Matt Munro
The second Bond film (adapted from Fleming's fifth Bond novel) returned Dr. No director Terence Young, but this time he had twice as much money to play with. He used it to stage more elaborate action sequences, including boat and helicopter chases (with the latter going on to become a franchise staple). The result was a huge box office hit—which meant that more films would follow—and stands today as one of the best-reviewed titles in the series.
“It may seem grainy and fusty compared to the all-action tongue-in-cheek spectaculars that came later, but it's the Bond closest to my heart.” —Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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