The Best And Worst James Bond Films
February 17th, 2007
So what was the point of my watching all twenty-something James Bond movies? So I could write several awesome “Best Of” posts laden with Bond quips, cool images, and / or sexual innuendo. So here are what I consider the best Bond films – exactly seven, in honor of “007″.
Note: These are listed in chronological order, or in “no particular order” in terms of best to worst.
Secondary note: Please click on the titles to read my previous reviews on each film. Plus, here are the links to all my James Bond movie reviews.
Best 007 James Bond Films:
Three aspects of Bond: suave seducer, sneaky spy, and killer were established right here.
002. Goldfinger
Take From Russia With Love but add an uber bad guy and several evil henchmen (and one henchwoman).
003. Thunderball
You’ll certainly “get the point” of Bond during this one. There’s the addition of epic battles and an outrageously smoking hot babe to the franchise.
004. The Spy Who Loved Me
Roger Moore’s best outing, with adept, needed variations on the Bond formula.
005. The Living Daylights
Dalton is surprisingly good, playing a more serious Bond after a string of “meh” Roger Moore outings.
006. GoldenEye
Pierce Brosnan comes in and resets the franchise yet again. Plus, it’s hard to “top” Xenia as the sexiest baddie since Pussy Galore.
007. Casino Royale (2006)
The ultimate Bond reboot. A bit too violent for my tastes, but a shock to the system is yet again, exactly what the franchise needed.
Worst 007 Bond Films:
1. Moonraker: Space and spies don’t mix.
2. Tomorrow Never Dies: I started watching this one, and realized I’d seen it before. Totally forgettable.
3. Die Another Day: I wanted to die during this film, as it seemed to last an entire day.
4. Licence To Kill: Much too dark Dalton misfire.
5. Diamonds Are Forever: Sean Connery looks bored during his last EON Bond film.
6. Octopussy: Too many villains and Bond stoops to dressing in a clown suit.
7. The Man With The Golden Gun: Just tragically average, and in addition to the gun there’s a third nipple – gross.
(Never Say Never Again was pretty bad, but it wasn’t an EON production. Still, it ought to be mentioned as yet another bad Bond film.)
Who’s The Best Bond Actor?
So who’s the best Bond? I’m a Sean Connery fan. These next lists are my orderings based on who played Bond:
Sean Connery Bond Films from Best to Worst:
Goldfinger, Thunderball, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever
Roger Moore Bond Films from Best to Worst:
The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Live And Let Die, A View To A Kill, The Man With The Golden Gun, A View To A Kill, Octopussy, Moonraker
Pierce Brosnan Bond Films from Best to Worst:
GoldenEye, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day
Timothy Dalton Bond Films from Best to Worst:
The Living Daylights, Licence To Kill
…and poor George Lazenby only made one Bond film, which was pretty decent. Lastly, I think the jury is still out with Daniel Craig, but he’s off to an outstanding start.
Note: Here are the links to all my James Bond movie reviews.
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Moonraker ??? Whoa! You consider this a good Bond film? Sorry this automatically makes your opinions not valid at all… SORRY but true.
actually moonraker is #1 of the WORST Bond films
you are correct sir! What's with the contraDICTION?
Rik, as You may have not noticed the Roger Moore list goes from best to worst. Moonraker being at the end of the list would place it at the worst…..idiot
I think moonraker is awsome. My favoroute bond is Roger moore.
MY FAVROUTE BOND MOVIES IN ORDER ARE…
1.MOONRAKER
2.GOLDENEYE
3.THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
4.QUANTOM OF SOLICE
5.CASINO ROYALE
6.FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
7.LICENCE TO KILL
8.DR.NO
9.ON HER MAJASTYS SECRET SERVICE
10.DIMONDS ARE FOREVER
I HATE DIMONDS ARE FOREVER + ON HER MAJASTYS SECRET SERVICE
DANIEL CRAIG IS MY FAVURUTE
GEORGE LAZENBY IS PANTS
MOONRAKER IS MY FAVORUTE
2.THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3.QUANTOM OF SOLICE
4.CASINO ROYALE
MY FAVROUTE VILAN IS JAWS
My favroute bond is Daniel craig my favroute movie is QUANTOM OF SOLICE!
*favourite*. *quantum*. Perhaps you should read a book instead of obsessively watching James Bond movies.
I agree with Jaws+Romeo but my favroute is`nt quantom of solice
Mr Right is rong because the old casino royale is`nt even James bond it`s Jimmy bond in 1967+1957
*favourite*. *quantum*. *wrong* (yes, you are). *isn’t*.
i like timothy dalton the most in his last movie licence to kill……………………….
agreed
youre a fuckin dumbass..
Roger Moore is my Personal favorite, but I don't look at worst and best Bonds, I take all the bonds together and find the great things about each of them, such as the Humor of Roger Moore, the Goofyness of Connery, the Modern quality of Craig and the “I don't give a shit” from Brosnan, They are all fine to me, but Fleming's goal wasn't to find the Bond most like his books, he wanted to entertain people, and Moore entertains me with his Suave intelligent Humor, My Favorite is Moonraker or Octopussy, it may not be your favorite, but it's mine… Next would be License to kill, The Spy Who Loved Me, Live And Let Die, and Man With The Golden Gun. I don't know how people can tell other people which Bond is “Bad”, there is no way of Calculating, it's all opinion, and I find it childish to see it in this way, just take the best and put it together
I totally agree!
Casino Royale is one of my favourites too. But we should remember that the movie and novel story-lines are very different.
Just throwing it in there that Goldeneye is my fav bond. Also, I think For Your Eyes Only is under-rated quite often
I think your opinions are wrong. My favorite bond is Dalton. Licence to kill was better than what most say about it, and i wish Dalton made more films. Lazenby Stinks!
pierce brosnan is the best james bond and i think the best james bond movie is goldeneye or die another day.
i agree wth u.
This is my opinion on the Best to Worst Bond Movies
1.) From Russia With Love
2.) The Spy Who Loved Me
3.) Licence to Kill
4.) Tomorrow Never Dies
5.) For Your Eyes Only
6.) Goldfinger
7.) Casino Royal
8.) Goldeneye
9.) Dr. No
10.) Live and Let Die
11.) The Living Daylights
12.) You Only Live Twice
13.) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
14.) A View To A Kill
15.) Quantum of Solace
16.) Thunderball
17.) Moonraker
18.) Die Another Day
19.) Octopussy
20.) The World is Not Enough
21.) Diamonds are Forever
22.) The Man With The Golden Gun
The worst bond film ever is never say never hands down it is just pure pro yank propaganda Q wants to join the CIA that laughable anyone who truly knows the British or any European they would know the US is despised. No member of Her majesties service would be caught dead claiming the CIA is better it is utter nonsense as the Brits would say.
Not to mention Kim Basinger is the ugliest bond girl ever; see looks like Yankee trailer trash.
Well it would be understandable that an ugly brit, with your horrid accents, and your disgusting dirty teeth, would think in such ways of the United States. However, as, Americans, know that this is the greatest nation on earth. Don't like that? Tough. Deal with it you ugly limey.
nobody is better than Roger Moore, and “kill 1991″ about your list who cares whether 18 or 21, it is not 100 meter sprint you can use a stopwatch and declare who was better by a margin of .01 sec. all those lists are simply stupid. the best 100 movies ever, the best 100 actores ever, etc. I have my own list, so does my wife, and who's list is BETTER?
the best bond movie is die another day for sure
Die another day was Hitler's favourite.
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the best bond movie is Goldfinger because everything is right
live and let die is my favorite bond film.
best bonds:
pierce brosnan
sean connery
roger moore
timothy dalton
daniel craig
george lazenby
Dr. No was the best. I saw it first run in a large theater with a small audience, with a few of my friends. We knew nothing about Bond or what to expect. Starting with the colored circles moving in the intro with the Bond music of course (did Saul Bass do this?). It blew is away. The three blind mice, the Kingston location, varnished wood of the British interiors, and of course Bond’s wardrobe. His suit #1 (grey kidd mohair “conduit cut”, white shirt, dark blue tie) So kool. Also very foreboding was Dr. No’s round room where he gives the dufis gunsil the spider to kill Bond with–that was tasty too, with the round open air skylight. And who could forget Ursulla Undress? Yeah after Dr. No, it was all downhill.
Goldfinger is the best.
Goldeneye is great, and I think in Goldeneye Pierce Brosnan made a terrific Bond. It is too bad that the other Pierce Brosnan bond movies are so terrible. They seem very rushed and poorly planned in comparison to Goldeneye.
And to me, Roger Moore is very annoying.
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Generally speaking, I like them all. It’s frickin’ James Bond for crying out loud! How can you go wrong?
But generally speaking, and call me odd for saying this, my favorite thus far is 1985′s “A View to a Kill”. Yeah the main Bond girl wasn’t the best and the “California Girls” sequence at the beginning felt out of place, but it seriously was one of the best.
How can you go wrong with Christopher Walkin playing that blonde-haired Nazi spawn who’s a sick and backwards villian and his trusting and loving but eventually betrayed sidekick of May Day played by Grace Jones? Those were good villians.
Not to mention seeing Grace Jones naked backside and the scene where she and her lover were training together and she was in that work outfit of hers? Dang! That was something else!
Locales were good too and I did get a kick out of Max Zorin’s one liner of “Anyone else decide to drop out?” after dumping that guy from the blimp.
Seriously, I think this one was pretty damn good and doesn’t get enough credit! Just got done watching it on DVD and now the theme song by Duran Duran is running through my head.
Best to worst films:
1. Goldfinger
2. Casino Royale
3. From Russia with Love
4. Thunderball
5. On her majesty’s secret Service
6. You only live twice
7. Dr. No
8. Goldeneye
9. The Living Daylights
10. The World is not enough
11. Diamonds are Forever
12. Quantum of Solace
13. The Spy who loved me
14. Tomorrow never dies
15. Live and let die
16. For your eyes only
From here on down, all of the movies are awful:
Moore mugging for the camera, too many gadgets for Brosnan, etc., but I’ll try to rank them:
17. Moonraker
18 Die another day
19. The man with the golden gun
20. Octopussy
21. A view to a kill
The best to worst Bonds:
1. Connery
2. Craig (he’s a very close second and could outdistance
Connery).
3. Dalton/Lazenby
4. Brosnan
5. And the truly awful: Moore.
how can u say that these r the best to worst films? on what basis u have judge that?
Best:
1.- From Russia With Love
2.- Casino Royale
3.- Thunderball
4.- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
5.- GoldenEye
Worst
1.- Never say never again (Connery too Old)
2.- Octopussy
3.- The man with the golden gun
4.- Moonraker
5.- The spy who loved me
Ok so we all have different opinions on who was the best bond and which was the best movie, but they’re all different, and that is what makes them enjoyable.
I liked Moore for his humour
I liked Connery because he was totally believable as Bond
I the Brosnan movies because of the way he carried off those Brioni suits
Craig was great for action
Dalton was a good Bond but the movies were a trifle cheesey if you ask me
and Lazenby, well, there’s only 1 OHMSS.
Myseof having seen all the films was so surprised how well they hold up on BLue Ray which puts me back in the threatre with my big widescreen tv. The sharp quality picture and surround sound make it a hott! I now have 18 bond pics on dvd will buy the rest. IT was a shame poor George Laz did only one film , but Iheard from experts that he was a prima dona and got the AX poor stupid him!
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Did he make another film after Bond ? hmmm let me know. Porno maybe!!! Jake
My favroute bond movies in order now are
1.Quantom of solice
2. Casino royale
3. Goldeneye
4. Die another day
5. Moonraker
6. Live and let die
7. Goldfinger
8. Tomorrow never dies
9. For your eyes only
I couldent bey bothered to finish it!
Anyone who says Connery is not the best Bond is born too late. Goldfinger is by far the greatest Bond movie ever. Timothy Dalton never played Bond, he only had the name. Roger Moore was fantastic. Pierce Brosnan’s best was The World is not enough. Daniel who?
This is ridiculous. Of course there is a right answer in distinguishing what makes a good bond film, and i certainly isn’t die another day. Moore had a couple but theres far to much tongue and cheek. From russia from love is the best. A proper espinage thriller as intended. I mean seriously, unless you’re a fool with no clue you should be able to make a call definate call.
Espionage. I do apologize
My favroute bond movies in order now are
1. Casino royale
3. Goldfinger
4. Tomorrow never dies
5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
6. From Russia With Love
Rik, as You may have not noticed the Roger Moore list goes from best to worst. Moonraker being at the end of the list would place it at the worst. True
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I’m not english so please excuse me for my lack of words.
Here my favorite 007 movies
1# Goldfinger
2# From Russia with love
3# Dr.No
4# Casino Royale ( If you have ever read Ian Fleming, You know that Bond is sometime cold and cruel)
5# License to kill
6# Goldeneye
7# On her majesty secret service (Decent and I love went George act like a Scot)
8# Thunderball
9# Diamond are forever
Now to say for those who think about Quantum for a Solace as the best bond movie ever……You are fool ! Stop being insubstantial and try to gain some good taste ! And yes, Moonraker is the crappyest bond movie ever, followed by Die another Day..