Rank all the Bond Films!

I have been doing a lot of tinkering on my Bond film ranking recently which is why I have been absent from the 'James Bond Films Elimination Game - 2012' thread. Anyway, seven weeks on and here is my new and improved ranking of the "official" EON-produced Bond films. Most of it is very similar to my previous list although there are a few notable changes, namely my new-found appreciation for OP and LTK although TSWLM, TWINE and DAD have all dropped a few places recently. Notice that this time around I have added rankings out of ten to every film:

01) The Living Daylights - 10/10
02) Thunderball - 10/10
03) From Russia with Love - 10/10
04) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - 09/10
05) Dr No - 09/10
06) GoldenEye - 09/10
07) Casino Royale - 09/10
08) Octopussy - 09/10
09) Licence to Kill - 08/10
10) Goldfinger - 08/10
11) The Spy Who Loved Me - 08/10
12) Live and Let Die - 08/10
13) For Your Eyes Only - 07/10
14) The Man with the Golden Gun - 07/10
15) Moonraker - 06/10
16) The World Is Not Enough - 06/10
17) Diamonds Are Forever - 05/10
18) Tomorrow Never Dies - 04/10
19) A View to a Kill - 04/10
20) Die another Day - 03/10
21) You Only Live Twice - 03/10
22) Quantum of Solace - 03/10

Very respectable top five, Jay Bee. Almost identical to my own.

Well great minds do think alike ;)

I will need to update the 'Ultimate Bond and Beyond Ranking' soon with all the new and updated lists being posted recently.

Here is the latest new and updated 'Ultimate Bond and Beyond Ranking' to tie in with MI6's. Once again, few real changes here apart from a little bit of shuffling around the middle-lower section (12-15) and at the very bottom of the list:


01) From Russia with Love - 152
02) On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 229
03) Thunderball - 304
04) The Living Daylights - 313
05) Dr No - 332
06) Goldfinger - 380
07) Casino Royale - 385
08) GoldenEye - 418
09) Licence To Kill - 512
10) For Your Eyes Only - 548
11) The Spy Who Loved Me - 557
12) Octopussy - 601
13) You Only Live Twice - 613
14) Live and Let Die - 630
15) Diamonds Are Forever - 652
16) Moonraker - 693
17) Quantum of Solace - 707
18) A View to a Kill - 765
19) Tomorrow Never Dies - 787
20) The World Is Not Enough - 794
21) The Man with the Golden Gun - 803
22) Die another Day - 931

This list was compiled from the rankings of the following members:
00Beast, 00Twelve, bondfan06, Call Me Hilly, Capsule in Space, Chang, Chigawa, CIS, CJB, clublos, colly, dalton, danslittlefinger, dirtymind, dr. strangelove, EyelessCougar, Fairbairn-Sykes, FG Wells, FieldsMan, G section, GeneralGogol, Gravity's Silhouette, Hilly, James Bond, Klown, Krilencu, lachesis, lalala2004, M, Makeshift Python, Mathis, MBajle, Mr. Trevelyan, Perilagu Khan, Prince Kamal Khan, right idea, wrong pussy, RobDudley, Roger O. Thornhill, saint mark, Salom'e, Seve, SJK91, The White Tuxedo, tiffanywint, Toppers, Tubes, Vesper, and Willard Whyte.

Thanks for doing this, JB.

I've only seen 7 of them :oops:

1. Casino Royale
2. Quantum Of Solace
3. Goldfinger
4. A View To A Kill
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Goldeneye
7. Live And Let Die

I bought 5 more yesterday, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies, From Russia With Love, Licence To Kill and Dr No, I'm trying to buy some every week while theyre only 3 pounds each.

The best is very much yet to come Paula.

Besides From Russia With Love and Dr. No, which you've already purchased, I'd suggest getting Thunderball. Between the three of those, you'll have seen the very best of what the series has to offer.

Salomé is right as always. And all three films had the same director. (Terence Young.)

Not coincidence, me thinks.

Salomé wrote:

The best is very much yet to come Paula.

Besides From Russia With Love and Dr. No, which you've already purchased, I'd suggest getting Thunderball. Between the three of those, you'll have seen the very best of what the series has to offer.

I don't think they had Thunderball in, I wanted The World Is Not Enough but they didn't have that either, but they said more stock will arrive at the weekend. I think I've bought the only ten ones they have in stock at the moment.

Watch them first, then read the comments of the cynics here ;)

Welcome to the forums, and enjoy your stay here!

You hardly have to be cynical to realize that many of the post-Connery Bonds weren't very good, objectively speaking. ;)

Paula007 wrote:

I wanted The World Is Not Enough but they didn't have that

Lucky escape, mark my words.

Besides, if you see Skyfall this week then you'll have seen TWINE anyway. Skyfall is a pre-sequel, re-booted reimagining of TWINE's dramatic emotional intensity, coupled with whatever Bourne and Batman have been up to lately.

Bond as a series is so varied in style, I'd almost recommend renting the movies first before buying them. If you can squeeze enjoyment out of every Bond flick, then it would be worth investing in a whole box set. Some of us can enjoy every Bond film, while the rest of us are collectors that must own every Bond film regardless of our opinion of it.

Watching all the 60's Bond films is a requirement, so you should seek out YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE as well as THUNDERBALL. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE is great as well, but I would hold off on buying it until you've completed Connery and Moore's canon.

Also, look for THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (my definitive fantasy Bond film), and THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.

See I'd say avoid TSWLM if you can until the end because it's one of the better ones. Instead, buy TWINE. :)

Adding in Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day

1. Casino Royale
2. Quantum Of Solace
3. Goldfinger
4. A View To A Kill
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. Goldeneye
8. Live And Let Die
9. Die Another Day

Paula007 wrote:

Adding in Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day

1. Casino Royale
2. Quantum Of Solace
3. Goldfinger
4. A View To A Kill
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. Goldeneye
8. Live And Let Die
9. Die Another Day

Paula, must be very interesting coming at the films Craig first though I realise that's most likely a generational thing. Perhaps too early to identify patterns in your ranking though can't help noticing that the three Brosnan films you've seen are near the bottom of your list...

Having recently done my traditional pre release Bond marathon I found to my surprise that many of my opinions regarding certain films have changed dramatically since I last compiled a list, but this is how it now stands:



1) Casino Royale
2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3) The Living Daylights
4) From Russia With Love
5) Skyfall
6) Quantum Of Solace
7) For Your Eyes Only
8 The Spy Who Loved Me
9) Goldeneye
10) Moonraker
11) Thunderball
12) Octopussy
13) Licence To Kill
14) Dr No
15) Diamonds Are Forever
16) You Only Live Twice
17) Goldfinger
18) Tommorow Never Dies
19) The Man With The Golden Gun
20) The World Is Not Enough
21) Live And Let Die
22) A View To A Kill
23) Die Another Day

2011 ranking:

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. From Russia With Love
3. Doctor No
4. Quantum of Solace
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. Goldeneye
8. Thunderball
9. The World Is Not Enough
10. The Living Daylights

11. Goldfinger
12. Octopussy
13. A View to a Kill
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Casino Royale
16. Licence to Kill
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. Diamonds Are Forever
19. The Spy Who Loved Me
20. Moonraker

21. Live and Let Die
22. Die Another Day

2012 Ranking:

1. Tomorrow Never Dies +6
2. From Russia With Love 0
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service -3
4. The World Is Not Enough +5
5. Thunderball +3
6. Dr.No -3
7. Goldeneye 0
8. For Your Eyes Only -3
9. The Living Daylights +1
10. Quantum of Solace -6

11. Goldfinger 0
12. A View to a Kill +1
13. You Only Live Twice +1
14. Octopussy -2
15. Casino Royale 0
16. Live and Let Die +5
17. Licence to Kill -1
18. The Man With The Golden Gun -1
19. Diamonds Are Forever -1
20. The Spy Who Loved Me -1

21. Moonraker -1
22. Die Another Day 0

Now when I watch Skyfall, it'll f*ck everything up.

1. FRWL
2. Thunderball
3. Dr No
4. TLD
5. DAF
6. Skyfall

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20. DAD
21. Casino Royale
22. QoS

Interesting that Skyfall makes your top six.

I haven't really considered where it would end up on my list.

Lazenby, Brosnan and Moore don't interest me much so there's no point in me trying to rank their efforts. My favorite Bond films will always be the Connery/Terence Young efforts. However, I have included the bottom three just to emphasise how unlikely it is that I would enjoy Skyfall given that I still believe Craig is completely wrong physically for Bond. Nevertheless, his performance in Skyfall is a triumph. Actors aside, what I would really like to discuss about Skyfall is the screenplay, but I think it best to wait until the film has opened in North America given the makeup of this board.

Erica Ambler wrote:

Actors aside, what I would really like to discuss about Skyfall is the screenplay, but I think it best to wait until the film has opened in North America given the makeup of this board.

You don't have to wait too long. I'll be interested to hear what you have to say (especially given your significant disdain for the previous two Craig outings). I'm frankly astonished that you enjoyed SKYFALL as much as you did.

Harmsway wrote:

I'm frankly astonished that you enjoyed SKYFALL as much as you did.

Not as astonished as I am, though I'm not sure enjoyed is the word: I actually found it very moving, strange though that may seem. Skyfall somehow encapsulates a lot of things I feel about getting older and living in England, things I would never expect to be addressed by a Bond film.

1.Skyfall
2.Casino Royale
3.Quantum Of Solace
4.Licence to Kill
5.Goldfinger
6.A View To A Kill
7.Diamonds Are Forever
8.From Russia with Love
9.Dr No
10.Tomorrow Never Dies
11.Goldeneye
12.Live And Let Die
13.Die Another Day

Changed my list to include last 4 Bond films I watched (Skyfall, Licence to Kill, From Russia with Love and Dr No) and i've got 5 more to watch this week (The World is not Enough, You Only Live Twice, Thunderball, man with the Golden Gun and Moonraker) and still waiting to buy the others I havent seen. Really want to get hold of the Living Daylights, I liked Timothy Dalton in fact he might be my second favourite Bond behind Daniel Craig.

From the post on 3/11 October i think that list be based on my May 2009 update include the second view Of CR.

01.01 Goldeneye
02.02 The World Is Not Enough
03.03 Tomorrow Never Dies
04.04 For Your Eyes Only
05.05 A View To A Kill
06.06 On Her Majesty's secret Service
07.07 Live And Let Die
08.08 From Russia With Love
09.09 The Living Daylights
10.11 Octopussy
11.10 The Man With The Golden Gun
12.13 Diamonds Are Forever
13.14 The Spy Who Loved Me
14.-- Quantum Of Solace
15.15 Licence To Kill
16.12 Die Another Day
17.17 Dr No
18.16 You Only Live Twice
19.19 Goldfinger
20.18 Moonraker
21.21 Casino Royale
22.20 Thunderball

But later on i make a litle change, because i whas not happy moving Yolt to the 18th, insteed DAD to the 18th place.

01.01 Goldeneye
02.02 The World Is Not Enough
03.03 Tomorrow Never Dies
04.04 For Your Eyes Only
05.05 A View To A Kill
06.06 On Her Majesty's secret Service
07.07 Live And Let Die
08.08 From Russia With Love
09.09 The Living Daylights
10.11 Octopussy
11.10 The Man With The Golden Gun
12.13 Diamonds Are Forever
13.14 The Spy Who Loved Me
14.-- Quantum Of Solace
15.15 Licence To Kill
16.16 You Only Live Twice
17.17 Dr No
18.12 Die Another Day
19.19 Goldfinger
20.18 Moonraker
21.21 Casino Royale
22.20 Thunderball

I think this is the time to re-post on this forum with comingsoon the view of the new Bond movie Skyfall.
After each new Bond since DAD i try to make a new list. Since this rank i have seen CR and QOS another 3 times on TV with a totaly mean 4.