34 replies to this topic

[C. Tounes]

Can anyone else rank all 19 films ? After much rewatching and fiddling, here's my definitive shot --

1. For Your Eyes Only
2. The World Is Not Enough
3. Goldeneye
4. You Only Live Twice
5. Tomorrow Never Dies
6. Live And Let Die
7. A View To A Kill
8. Octopussy
9. Thunderball
10. Dr No
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
13. Moonraker
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. License To Kill
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. From Russia With Love
18. The Living Daylights
19. On Her Majesty

[License To Kill]

Oh My, The smell of bickering is intoxicating me after this post


***License To Kill's 19 Best***

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldfinger
3. Octopussy
4. Tomorrow Never Dies
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. The Spy Who Loved Me
7. Goldeneye
8. Thunderball
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Just because of Diana Rigg)
10. The Living Daylights
11. From Russia, With Love
12. You Only Live Twice
13. Dr. No
14. Live And Let Die
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. Moonraker
18. License To Kill
19. A View To A Kill



~LTK~

[RevolveR]

The RevolveR picks!

1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. Tomorrow Never Dies
5. Goldfinger
6. From Russia With Love
7. Octopussy
8. Thunderball
9. You Only Live Twice
10. Dr. NO
11. Live and Let Die (theme song was one of the best)
12. The Living Daylights
13. Goldeneye
14. Diamonds Are Forever
15. The Man With The Golden Gun
16. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
17. Moonraker
18. A View To A Kill
19. License To Kill

[RevolveR]

Hey Bond Purist I hope you enjoy # 19

[PaulZ108]

The last time I sat down and thought about it this is what I came up with, but a few interchange occasionally. This one is also sure to offend Bondpurist, but I do love the film...it's just that my love for the others exceeds it.


1. From Russia With Love
2. Thunderball
3. Goldfinger
4. You Only Live Twice
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. The Living Daylights
8. Dr. No
9. GoldenEye
10. Moonraker
11. Octopussy
12. The Man With The Golden Gun
13. Live and Let Die
14. The World is Not Enough
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. For Your Eyes Only
18. A View to a Kill
19. Licence to Kill

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldeneye
4. Goldfinger
5. Thunderball
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. Your Eyes Only Only
8. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. Dr. No
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11. The Living Daylights
12. Octopussy
13. Diamonds Are Forever
14. Live and Let Die
15. You Only Live Twice
16. Moonraker
17. License To Kill
18. A View To A Kill
19. The Man With The Golden Gun

[Loomis]

1. GOLDFINGER
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. DR NO
4. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
5. GOLDENEYE
6. LICENCE TO KILL
7. THUNDERBALL
8. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
9. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
10.TOMORROW NEVER DIES
11.THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
12.THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
13.THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
14.FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
15.DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
16.LIVE AND LET DIE
17.MOONRAKER
18.A VIEW TO A KILL
19.OCTOPUSSY

I'm expecting DIE ANOTHER DAY to break into my top five by the end of the year, but I don't think any of the Bonds will ever really threaten the first three films in the series.

[1q2w3e4r]

1. Thunderball
2. From Russia With Love
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Goldfinger
5. Dr No
6. Licence to Kill (primarly cause Sanchez is a pisser)
7. The World Is Not Enough
8. The Living Daylights (Interchangable with 6)
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. GoldenEye
11. You Only Live Twice
12. Live And Let Die
13. For Your Eyes Only
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. Moornaker
18. Octopussy
19. A View To A Kill

[freemo]

Here goes...

My rankings:

1 - Goldfinger
2 - Thunderball
3 - From Russia With Love
4 - Octopussy
5 - The Spy who Loved me
6 - The Living Daylights
7 - Diamonds Are Forever
8 - For Your Eyes Only
9 - Doctor No
10- GoldenEye
11- OHMSS
12- Licence to Kill
13- You Only Live Twice
14- Live and Let Die
15- Moonraker
16- Tomorrow Never Dies
17- A View to a Kill
18- The Man with the Golden Gun
19- The World is Not Enough

[007.5]

That's a tough one. But I'll have a crack anyway.

1. For Your Eyes Only
2. Licence To Kill
3. The Living Daylights
4. Goldfinger
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Live And Let Die
7. From Russia With Love
8. Octopussy
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. You Only Live Twice
11. Dr. No
12. The World Is Not Enough
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
14. GoldenEye
15. A View To A Kill
16. Moonraker
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. The Man With The Golden Gun
19. Thunderball

[Carver]

Hmm, this topic is quite a toughie, oh well...
1.TSWLM
2.GF
3.FRWL
4.GE
5.OHMSS
6.TLD
7.FYEO
8.TWINE
9.TND
10.DN
11.TB
12.OP
13.AVTAK
14.LALD
15.LTK
16.YOLT
17.MR
18.DAF
19.TMWTGG

[14 20 02]

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. GoldenEye
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. Octopussy
6.Tomorrow Never Dies
7. The Living Daylights
8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9. Goldfinger
10. A View To A Kill
11. MoonRaker
12. From Russia With Love
13. ThunderBall
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. License To Kill
17. You Oonly Live Twice
18. Live And Let Die
19. Dr No

[M_Balje]

01. GOLDENEYE (1995)
02. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)
03. TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)
04. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1981)
05. A VIEW TO A KILL (1985)
06. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969)
07. LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
08. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)
09. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987)
10. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974)
11. OCTOPUSSY (1983)
12. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER (1971)
13. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977)
14. LICENCE TO KILL (1989)
15. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967)
16. DR NO (1962)
17. MOONRAKER (1979)
18. GOLDFINGER (1964)
19. THUNDERBALL (1965)

[freemo]

I find peoples rankings really interesting. Like how my 1st and 2nd choices are M_Baljes 18th and 19th, and how my 19th is 14 20 02's 1st.

And how Licence to Kill is always near the bottom.

[JLMuench]

JL's List!!

1. OHMSS
2. FRWL
3. GF
4. TWINE
5. TB
6. TSWLM
7. FYEO
8. TND
9. LTK
10. TLD
11. DN
12. LALD
13. GE
14. YOLT
15. MR
16. OP
17. TMWTGG
18. DAF
19. AVTAK

TADA!

[JimmyBond]

I prefer ranking them other ways, but I've ranked all 19, and I'll do it again. Just for reference, its no coincidence that all three Brosnan's films are near the top, he *IS* my favorite Bond after all

1. Die Another Day (just kidding, but I hope!!)

1. OHMSS
2. TWINE
3. FRWL
4. TB
5. FYEO
6. TSWLM
7. LTK
8. TND
9. GF
10. MR
11. AVTAK
12. GE
13. LD
14. DN
15. OP
16. YOLT
17. TMWTGG
18. LALD
19. DAF
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Incidentally, my joke rating of DAD as number 1 is how I am hoping it will be. Judging from the prehype and all the cool homages and reading about the 10 minutes of footage screened. I think this isnt far off.

[Mister Asterix]

I've done this before in another thread but I'll take another crack here to chronicle how my opinion evolves.

• Goldfinger
• The World is not Enough
• Thunderball
• From Russia With Love
• Live and Let Die
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
• Dr. No
• The Living Daylights
• You Only Live Twice
• The Man with the Golden Gun
• GoldenEye
• The Spy Who Loved Me
• Tomorrow Never Dies
• For Your Eyes Only
• Diamonds Are Forever
• Licence to Kill
• Moonraker
• Octopussy
• A View to a Kill

[Sir James]

GE, TWINE, and DAD are the big three that will be IMPOSSIBLE to top. DAD will probably ring in at two.

1. The World is Not Enough (9.75 / 10)
The Definitive Bond in the definitive Bond movie. All the elements fit together perfectly.

2. GoldenEye (9.5 / 10)
Bond is back to the quality of his heyday. Great performance by Brosnan and a brilliant supporting cast, combined with outstanding effects.

3. From Russia With Love (9.2 / 10)
Superbly acted and very tense. Closely follows Fleming

[Dortmunder]

My list:

1. OHMSS
2. TLD
3. FYEO
4. FRWL
5. TSWLM
6. TMWTGG
7. GE
8. MR
9. DAF
10. YOLT
11. LTK
12. OP
13. AVTAK
14. TND
15. GF
16. TWINE
17. TB
18. LALD
19. DN

[brendan007]

1. On Her Majestys Secret Service
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Goldeneye
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Octopussy
7. The Living Daylights
8. You Only Live Twice
9. The World Is Not Enough
10. Live And Let Die
11. Thunderball
12. Moonraker
13. Diamonds Are Forever
14. Dr No
15. A View To A Kill
16. Goldfinger
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. From Russia With Love
19. Licence To Kill

[Kara Milovy]

Since I'm new here, this seems like a good way to start:
1. From Russia with Love
2.GoldenEye
3.The Living Daylights
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Goldfinger
7. Tomorrow Never Dies
8. Dr. No
9. Thunderball
10. Licence to Kill
11.You Only Live Twice
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. The World Is Not Enough
14. Octopussy
15. The Man with the Golden Gun
16. A View to a Kill
17. Live and Let Die
18. Never Say Never Again
19. Moonraker
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

[ChandlerBing]

Well, I cannot rank them like the rest of you. I will say I have enjoyed most of them to varying degrees. I hate the Dalton movies, thank God he only did 2. I like OHMSS a lot. I don't really care much for Moonraker, TMWTGG, Live and Let Die, or A View To A Kill. Other than that, I like all of the rest of them.

[Sir James]

well have you noticed certain things about all of our lists. While no one person can say what everyone considers to be the best Bond film, there are ones that are 9/10 times universally high. Movies like Goldfinger, FRWL, OHMSS, TSLWM, FYEO, GE, and TWINE. More often than not on these lists these are usually the onces that come out on top. So could we collectivlely say that one of these Bonds is the best Bond film of all?

[White Tuxedo]

My oh my, this is not easy- nor will it be accurate. It depends on my mood.

This isn't from a critical standpoint, just how I enjoy them.

1) From Russia With Love
2) Thunderball
3) Dr. No
4) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5) Goldfinger
6) For Your Eyes Only
7) The Spy Who Loved Me
8) Octopussy
9) GoldenEye
10) Licence To Kill
11) Diamonds Are Forever
12) Live and Let Die
13)
14)
15)
16)
17) Moonraker
18) The Man With The Golden Gun
19) A View To A Kill

This is going nowhere. My top and bottom ones stay the same, but the rest fluxuate.

[freemo]

Originally posted by Sir James
While no one person can say what everyone considers to be the best Bond film, there are ones that are 9/10 times universally high. Movies like Goldfinger, FRWL, OHMSS, TSLWM, FYEO, GE, and TWINE. More often than not on these lists these are usually the onces that come out on top.

2 people had OHMSS last, and another one had it 16th, so perhaps that one shouldn't be included, but I can definatlty see what you are saying.

[delfloria]

It's too bad that the ages of the people posting were not part of the equation. By the way I have hard time believing that MWTGG is not the worst film of the bunch, not to mention a terrible film by any standard. Just to be fair I read the Dr. No comic when it first came out and then saw the film.

[Sir James]

well age does have an effect, how ever different styles are just going to be more appealing to different people. But I think it has to do wtih the Bond you saw first or the Bond you grew up with. Which in some cases (mine with Brosnan) be one in the same. While many of us do try to be odjective with our lists, one cannot help to favor their fav 007 actors films over others. Heck, look at my top three.

[White Tuxedo]

Well, I'll try.

These are just my tastes.

1) From Russia With Love
2) Thunderball
3) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4) Dr. No
5) Goldfinger
6) GoldenEye
7) For Your Eyes Only
8) The Spy Who Loved Me
9) Tomorrow Never Dies
10) Live and Let Die
11) Octopussy
12) The World Is Not Enough
13) The Living Daylights
14) Diamonds Are Forever
15) You Only Live Twice
16) A View To A Kill
17) Licence To Kill
18) Moonraker
19) The Man With The Golden Gun

1-5 are great.
6-15 are very good.
16-19 suck.

[chronicliar]

The list:

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

2. Goldfinger

3. From Russia With Love

4. The Spy Who Loved Me

5. The Living Daylights

6. For Your Eyes Only

7. GoldenEye

8. Dr. No

9. Octopussy

10. Licence to Kill

11.Tomorrow Never Dies

12. Thunderball

13. The World is Not Enough

14. Diamonds Are Forever

15. Moonraker

16. You Only Live Twice

17. Live and Let Die

18. A View to a Kill

19. The Man With the Golden Gun

and...

20. Casino Royale

21. Never Say Never Again

[Adam]

1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. From Russia With Love
4. Goldfinger
5. The World is Not Enough
6. Octopussy
7. Goldeneye
8. The Living Daylights
9. Thunderball
10. Dr. No
11. Live and Let Die
12. License to Kill
13. Moonraker
14. You Only Live Twice
15. A View to a Kill
16. Diamonds are Forever
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
19. The Man with the Golden Gun

I feel kind of stupid ranking them, because like most other posters in this forum, I like different elements about each one. For example, while TMWTGG is tainted by that AWFUL kazoo, the return of JW Pepper, and Mary Goodnight's forced presence (or lack of importance), it also contains a Bond-definable villain in Scaramanga (inviting Bond to dine with him, etc), interesting girl (Andrea Anders), and different approach to action (Karate).

TSWLM ranks #1 for the following reasons:
Moore (at his best)
Anya Amasova
Liparus & Atlantis
Scenes in Egypt
Heimlich's music; Simon's song; Binder's titles
Jaws

And I'm done