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[DamnCoffee]

Looks like the amazing Licence to Kill has entered my top 10....

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 10/10
2. Dr. No | 10/10
3. Thunderball | 10/10
4. From Russia With Love | 10/10
5. Goldfinger | 9/10
6. Casino Royale | 9/10
7. Tomorrow Never Dies | 9/10
8. GoldenEye | 9/10
9. Licence to Kill | 9/10
10. The Spy Who Loved Me | 9/10
11. Live And Let Die | 8/10
12. Octopussy | 8/10
13. The Living Daylights | 7/10
14. Quantum of Solace | 7/10
15. The Man With The Golden Gun | 7/10
16. Moonraker | 7/10
17. You Only Live Twice | 6/10
18. Never Say Never Again | 6/10
19. The World Is Not Enough | 5/10
20. Diamonds Are Forever | 5/10
21. Die Another Day | 4/10
22. A View To A Kill | 3/10
23. For Your Eyes Only | 3/10
24. Casino Royale (1967) | 1/10

[Tybre]

Well I still can't sort my top 5 as best to worst, so I'll just list what I consider be the top 5 in any old order and then rank the others in proper order.

Top 5:
Casino Royale, From Russia With Love, Licence to Kill, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Quantum of Solace

6. Dr No
7. Thunderball
8. The Living Daylights
9. Goldfinger
10. Octopussy
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. GoldenEye
13. For Your Eyes Only
14. The Man With the Golden Gun
15. Live and Let Die
16. Moonraker
17. You Only Live Twice
18. Diamonds Are Forever
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. The World is Not Enough
21. A View to a Kill
22. Die Another Day

N.B. While I do think TSWLM is overall a better film than OP, OP gets brownie points for being the first Bond film I ever saw.

Edited by Tybre, 11 June 2009 - 12:45 AM.

[Gustav Graves]

And here's my Top 23 :

01 --> On Her Majesty's Secret Service
02 --> From Russia With Love
03 --> Casino Royale
04 --> Thunderball
05 --> The Living Daylights
06 --> Octopussy
07 --> For Your Eyes Only
08 --> Doctor No
09 --> The World Is Not Enough
10 --> Goldfinger
----------------------------------------------
11 --> Live And Let Die
12 --> You Only Live Twice
13 --> The Spy Who Loved Me
14 --> Tomorrow Never Dies
15 --> Moonraker
16 --> GoldenEye
17 --> Diamonds Are Forever
18 --> Quantum Of Solace
19 --> The Man With The Golden Gun
20 --> Licence To Kill
21 --> Never Say Never Again
22 --> A View To A Kill
23 --> Die Another Day

[JimmyBond]

I only do a top five really, and honestly I havent done this in years so here goes:

1-Quantum of Solace
2-Licence To Kill
3-Thunderball
4-From Russia With Love
4-On Her Majestys Secret Service

[DaveBond21]

I haven't done this for a while, and it's pretty tricky for me, as I really enjoy all of them, so even though Thunderball is 11th, I love it!! And QOS comes in surprisingly low even though I'm a fan.



1) FYEO
2) FRWL
3) Casino Royale
4) TSWLM
5) Goldeneye
6) Dr No
7) TLD
8) Octopussy
9) OHMSS
10) Moonraker
11) Thunderball
12) Goldfinger
13) LTK
14) TND
15) TMWTGG
16) QOS
17) TWINE
18) LALD
19) YOLT
20) AVTAK
21) DAF
22) DAD


I am only really happy with my bottom 3 being where they are. I can't believe where Goldfinger has to sit. This is too hard.

[tdalton]

Having seen a few films recently, I'll do a top 10.

1. Quantum of Solace
1a. Licence to Kill
1b. Casino Royale
4. The Living Daylights
5. From Russia With Love
6. Dr. No
7. For Your Eyes Only
8. Octopussy
9. Thunderball
10. The Spy Who Loved Me

Edited by tdalton, 15 June 2009 - 06:25 AM.

[00Twelve]

Current semi-yearly rankings
Casino Royale
From Russia With Love
Quantum of Solace
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
Thunderball
Dr. No
Live and Let Die
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
Diamonds are Forever
Octopussy
The Man with the Golden Gun
For Your Eyes Only
Licence to Kill
You Only Live Twice
A View to a Kill
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is not Enough

I'm surprised at the difference from my reasonably consistent rankings that I reported here in years past. But there you go. Time passes, tastes change.

[DaveBond21]

Quantum of Solace divided many fans, and I think that over time, It will be seen as a classic, just like On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

I actually think it will be seen in the same light as LTK.

[B. Brown]

Top 5:
1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. The Living Daylights
5. For Your Eyes Only

Bottom 5:
18. A View to a Kill
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
21. Moonraker
22. Die Another Day

[DamnCoffee]

Top 5:
1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. The Living Daylights
5. For Your Eyes Only

Bottom 5:
18. A View to a Kill
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
21. Moonraker
22. Die Another Day

Interesting list. Why does For Your Eyes Only seem to be far up there? I myself find it incredibly dull. What is it that you like about it so much?

[B. Brown]

I think it's quite under-rated.

Despite having a trash score, and some cheesy moments, I think it holds up as a quality Fleming thriller. It's probably the closest that Roger Moore and the Moore-Era Bond crew were going to come to something like "From Russia With Love".

Edited by B. Brown, 22 June 2009 - 02:41 PM.

[Ambler]

I'll do a proper ranking someday, but for the moment Brown's top and tails suits me:

Top 5:
1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. The Living Daylights
5. Diamonds Are Forever

Bottom 5:
18. Octopussy
19. A View to a Kill
20. Moonraker
21. DAD
22. QoS

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Here's my UPDATED list:
1) Casino Royale. Wow. No words can describe just how PERFECT this movie is....
2) Goldfinger.
3) Live and Let Die.
4) From Russia With Love.
5) The Living Daylights.
6) GoldenEye.
7) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Not my number one favorite, but it's grown considerably over a couple of viewings.
8) Thunderball.
9) Octopussy.
10) Dr. No.
11) For Your Eyes Only.
12) Tomorrow Never Dies.
13) The Spy Who Loved Me.
14) The Man with the Golden Gun.
15) You Only Live Twice.
16) The World is not Enough.
17) A View to a Kill.
18) Quantum of Solace.
19) Die Another Day.
20) Moonraker.
21) Licence to Kill.
22) Diamonds Are Forever. For me, this is THE worst Bond movie EVER made. Nothing could possibly be worse than Diamonds are Forever.

[DamnCoffee]

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 10/10
2. Dr. No | 10/10
3. Thunderball | 10/10
4. From Russia With Love | 10/10
5. Goldfinger | 9/10
6. Casino Royale | 9/10
7. Licence to Kill | 9/10
8. The Spy Who Loved Me | 9/10
9. Tomorrow Never Dies | 9/10
10. GoldenEye | 9/10
11. Quantum of Solace | 8/10
12. Live And Let Die | 8/10
13. Octopussy | 8/10
14. The Living Daylights | 7/10
15. Moonraker | 7/10
16. The Man With The Golden Gun | 7/10
17. You Only Live Twice | 6/10
18. Never Say Never Again | 6/10
19. The World Is Not Enough | 5/10
20. Diamonds Are Forever | 5/10
21. Die Another Day | 4/10
22. A View To A Kill | 3/10
23. For Your Eyes Only | 3/10
24. Casino Royale (1967) | 1/10

[roybossit]

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

Edited by roybossit, 03 July 2009 - 02:02 PM.

[DamnCoffee]

Watched a few Connery movies last night. I rank Connerys first 4 movies 10/10, they're perfect 60's Bond outings, so atmospheric. After watching GoldenEye a few nights ago, it's risen in my list, as has Quantum of Solace.

The Spy Who Loved Me however, as sadly dropped to 11.

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 10/10
2. From Russia With Love | 10/10
3. Thunderball | 10/10
4. Dr. No | 10/10
5. Goldfinger | 10/10
6. Casino Royale | 9/10
7. Licence to Kill | 9/10
8. GoldenEye | 9/10
9. Tomorrow Never Dies | 9/10
10. Quantum of Solace | 8/10
11. The Spy Who Loved Me | 8/10
12. Live And Let Die | 8/10
13. Octopussy | 8/10
14. The Living Daylights | 7/10
15. Moonraker | 7/10
16. The Man With The Golden Gun | 7/10
17. You Only Live Twice | 6/10
18. Never Say Never Again | 6/10
19. The World Is Not Enough | 5/10
20. Diamonds Are Forever | 5/10
21. Die Another Day | 4/10
22. A View To A Kill | 3/10
23. For Your Eyes Only | 3/10
24. Casino Royale (1967) | 1/10

[Aris007]

Top 5:
-On Her Majesty's Secret Service
-Casino Royale(2006)
-Goldfinger
-Goldneneye
-The Spy Who Loved Me or The Man With The Golden Gun after a recent watch of the last one.

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

My updated list. The top 3 have been the same since about 2007, as have the bottom 4. The middle section is constantly moving!

1. Goldeneye
2. Licence To Kill
3. Casino Royale

4. From Russia With Love
5. The Living Daylights
6. OHMSS
7. Dr. No
8. Tomorrow Never Dies
9. Live And Let Die
10. A View To A Kill
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. Quantum Of Solace
13. The Spy Who Loved Me
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Goldfinger
16. The World Is Not Enough
17. Moonraker
18. Octopussy

19. Thunderball
20. The Man With The Golden Gun
21. Die Another Day
22. Diamonds Are Forever

[scottbuster2000]

01)From Russia With Love *****
02)On Her Majesty's Secret Service *****
03)Goldfinger *****
04)Thunderball *****
05)Dr.No *****
06)Casino Royale *****
07)The Living Daylights *****
08)You Only Live Twice ****
09)Licence to Kill ****
10)For Your Eyes Only ****
11)Quantum of Solace ****
12)Diamonds Are Forever ***
13)The Man With the Golden Gun ***[????]
14)The Spy Who Loved Me ***
15)Octopussy ***
16)The World Is Not Enough ***
17)Never Say Never Again ***
18)GoldenEye ***
19)A View to a Kill ***
20)Live and Let Die **
21)Die Another Day **
22)Tomorrow Never Dies *
23)Moonraker !*%#+@!!!

***** = near perfect **** = excellent *** = good = ** mediocre
* = awful !*%#+@!!! = a bloody mistake and should be remade!
???? = guilty pleasure Bond [Come on you know you have one!]

[blueman]

Clumping them, I get:

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969): takes EON's very swinging 60s creation and cements him in - a love story?? Not only that, it works: story, characters, action, design, all elements combine to create a Bond and his world, perfected. Lazenby just works.
2. Quantum of Solace (2008): best blend of character and action in the series, and Craig is pitch-perfect. An amazing film.

3. From Russia With Love (1963) and
4. Dr. No (1962): Bond's best straight-forward (ie no deeper lovestory/aftermath) adventure and Connery at his zenith: still slightly raw, suave yet not too thick with it; then his earlier, more low-budgety but still thrilling intro.

5. Goldfinger (1964): slicker yet still homey.
6. Casino Royale (2006): great rebooted Bond that anchors him in another love - his first - story, and sets up the future of the series nicely.
7. Thunderball (1965): Bond at his superspy best and Connery loving every moment of it.

8. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) and
9. Live and Let Die (1973): a new Bond for a new era, a tad campy/uneven but with (more or less) solid Bond-style action and characters.

10. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997): after 20+ years of Barry Manilow Bond (you know, trying to get the feeling again...), this one finally strikes the correct balance and tone. Brosnan (more or less) shines.

11. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977): YOLT revisited and squared but with a much more charismatic Bond in swinging 70s Moore.
12. You Only Live Twice (1967): a Bond pastiche more than a Bond adventure, lots of cool moments but in the end a pageant, not to its betterment.
13. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): spoof-Bond with - again, and this later becomes an EON blueprint oddly enough - Bondian touches.

Rethinking a bit, just a change or two at the bottom. MR, FYEO, TLD, GE, TWINE etc. all seem such nice-try Bonds, and yet... just never feel like watching them. Maybe MR for the space scenes (unique in the series), and GE for the tank chase (not unique but fun) although both seem guilty Bond semi-pleasures at best.

[DamnCoffee]

Just a quick update. Seems like You Only Live Twice is going up in my rankings.

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 10/10
2. From Russia With Love | 10/10
3. Thunderball | 10/10
4. Dr. No | 10/10
5. Goldfinger | 10/10
6. Casino Royale | 9/10
7. Licence to Kill | 9/10
8. GoldenEye | 9/10
9. Tomorrow Never Dies | 9/10
10. Quantum of Solace | 8/10
11. The Spy Who Loved Me | 8/10
12. Live And Let Die | 8/10
13. Octopussy | 8/10
14. The Living Daylights | 7/10
15. You Only Live Twice | 7/10
16. Moonraker | 7/10
17. The Man With The Golden Gun | 7/10
18. Never Say Never Again | 6/10
19. The World Is Not Enough | 5/10
20. Diamonds Are Forever | 5/10
21. Die Another Day | 4/10
22. A View To A Kill | 3/10
23. For Your Eyes Only | 3/10
24. Casino Royale (1967) | 1/10

[Cruiserweight]

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

[Bucky]

decided to look at my list from a year ago and see how it has changed compared to my most recent rankings

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2)
2. From Russia with Love (4)
3. Quantum of Solace (3)
4. Casino Royale (1)
5. The Living Daylights (10)
6. The Spy who Loved Me (8)
7. Thunderball (6)
8. Goldfinger (7)
9. Licence to Kill (12)
10. Dr. No (5)
11. Octopussy (13)
12. For Your Eyes Only (9)
13. You Only Live Twice (11)
14. Live and Let Die (15)
15. Tomorrow Never Dies (16)
16. Goldeneye (14)
17. Moonraker (17)
18. Die Another Day (18)
19. The Man with the Golden Gun (19)
20. Diamonds are Forever (20)
21. A View to a Kill (22)
22. The World is not Enough (21)

Of my top ten the only one to remain in the same spot is quantum of solace. think its kind of interesting that dr. no and the living daylights switched spots 5 and 10.

could i be warming up to a view to a kill?

Edited by Bucky, 23 October 2009 - 01:38 AM.

[Tybre]

Been only a few months, and already my tastes, they are changed. Not too significantly, I think, but changed nonetheless. Don't worry, I shan't do this every time

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Casino Royale
3. The Living Daylights
4. Dr. No
5. Octopussy
6. Thunderball
7. Licence to Kill
8. From Russia With Love
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. For Your Eyes Only
11. Quantum of Solace
12. The World Is Not Enough (I know, even I'm surprised)
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
14. Moonraker
15. Goldfinger
16. Live and Let Die
17. GoldenEye
18. The Man with the Golden Gun
19. Die Another Day
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. You Only Live Twice
22. A View to a Kill

[Major D.Smythe]

1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Tomorrow Never Dies
5. Casino Royale
6. From Russia With Love
7. Never Say Never Again
8. Diamonds Are Forever
9. Quantum Of Solace
10. Dr No
11. Thunderball
12. Octopussy
13. The Man With The Golden Gun
14. The World Is Not Enough
15. Live And let Die
16. GoldenEye
17. The Spy Who Loved Me
18. For Your Eyes Only
19. Goldfinger
20. Die Another Day
21. Casino Royale (1967)
22. Moonraker
23. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
24. A View To A Kill

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

1) Casino Royale (2006)
2) Goldfinger
3) The Living Daylights
4) Live and Let Die
5) Goldeneye
6) From Russia with Love
7) Octopussy
8) For Your Eyes Only
9) The World is not Enough
10) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
11) Tomorrow Never Dies
12) Thunderball
13) The Spy Who Loved Me
14) Dr. No
15) The Man with the Golden Gun
16) You Only Live Twice
17) Moonraker
18) Die Another Day (This one went up for me because the first few minutes of the movie are pretty good, like the surfing and the hovercraft chase.)
19) A View to a Kill
20) Licence to Kill
21) Quantum of Solace
22) Diamonds are Forever

[Gustav Graves]

Top 5:
1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. The Living Daylights
5. For Your Eyes Only

Bottom 5:
18. A View to a Kill
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
21. Moonraker
22. Die Another Day

You're kidding about 'Casino Royale (2006)', aren't you?!?

[Mr. Blofeld]

Let's hope.

[Ytadel]

I posted in this thread about 30 months ago, but it seems high time to post an updated list:

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

[Ambler]

Top 5:
1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. The Living Daylights
5. DAF

Bottom 5:
18. Live and Let Die
19. Octopussy
20. DAD
21. Casino Royale (2006)
22. QOS

EDIT: Missed out DAD

Edited by Ambler, 14 December 2009 - 02:58 PM.