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: 1964
The 007: Sean Connery
The (non-UK) location(s): Geneva, Baltimore/Washington D.C., Kentucky, Miami Beach
The theme song: "Goldfinger" performed by Shirley Bassey
The best-reviewed Bond film to date was the third in the series and the first to find 007 visiting the United States, where he must prevent the evil Auric Goldfinger from robbing Fort Knox. From the unbeatable Shirley Bassey theme song (which kicked off a trend to open each Bond film with a big pop number) to standout characters like henchman Oddjob and Bond girl Pussy Galore, and to Bond's Aston Martin with rotating license plates and iconic moments including an escape from a deadly laser beam and a woman murdered by gold paint, it may just be the most memorable film in the entire franchise. If you've ever seen a spy movie spoof, it's probably spoofing this movie, at least in part.
“Of all the Bonds, Goldfinger is the best, and can stand as a surrogate for the others. If it is not a great film, it is a great entertainment, and contains all the elements of the Bond formula that would work again and again.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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