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[Call Billy Bob]

1. Goldfinger

2. Casino Royale

3. Live and Let Die

4. GoldenEye

5. The Man with the Golden Gun

6. Skyfall

7. You Only Live Twice

8. The Spy Who Loved Me

9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

10. From Russia with Love

11. Moonraker

12. A View to a Kill

13. Dr. No

14. For Your Eyes Only

15. Diamonds are Forever

16. The World is not Enough

17. Octopussy

18. Thunderball

19. The Living Daylights

20. Tomorrow Never Dies

21. Licence to Kill

22. Quantum of Solace

23. Die Another Day

[malcorn20]

This is hard, as many have said, to rank since I love them all (except the Pierce Brosman ones). 

 

23.  Die Another Day

22.  The World is Not Enough

21.  Tomorrow Never Dies

20.  Quantum of Solace

19.  The Living Daylights

18.  A View to a Kill

17.  Octopussy

16.  The Man with the Golden Gun (more J.W. Pepper would have made it higher)

15.  You Only Live Twice

14.  License to Kill

13.  Casino Royale (Daniel Craig)

12.  For Your Eyes Only

11.  Goldeneye

10.  Skyfall

9.  Moonraker

8.  Live and Let Die

7.  Diamonds Are Forever

6.  On Her Majesty's Secret Service

5.  Thunderball

4.  The Spy Who Loved Me

3.  Dr. No

2.  Goldfinger

1.  From Russia With Love

As you can see, I'm partial to the earlier ones for some reason.

 

[HoneyDiamond]

23. Quantum of Solace

22. Die Another Day

21. The World is Not Enough

20.Tomorrow Never Dies

19. Moonraker

18. The Spy Who Loved Me

17. Goldeneye

16.You Only Live Twice

15. Live And Let Die

14. The Man With the Golden Gun

13. Skyfall

12. Thunderball

11. Dr. No

10. Diamonds Are Forever

09. Licence to Kill

08. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

07. For Your Eyes Only

06. The Living Daylights

05. Goldfinger

04. From Russia With Love

03. A View to a Kill

02. Octopussy

01. Casino Royale

[glidrose]

Fantastic! Another AVTAK fan. Welcome aboard!

[Trip_Aces]

My, how things have changed over the years when it comes to ranking these films; here it goes!

FAVORITES:

1. License to Kill
2. Thunderball
3. Live and Let Die
4. Quantum of Solace
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

(...followed by THE GOOD):

6. GoldenEye
7. The Living Daylights
8. Casino Royale
9. From Russia With Love
10. Dr. No

(...then THE MIXED BAG category):

12. SkyFall
13. The Man With the a Golden Gun
14. Moonraker
15. Goldfinger
16. The World Is Not Enough

(...next, THE BAD):

17. A View to A Kill
18. The Spy Who Loved Me
19. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. Diamonds Are Forever

(...and finally, THE UGLY):

21. For Your Eyes Only
22. Die Another Day
23. You Only Live Twice

[tdalton]

My, how things have changed over the years when it comes to ranking these films; here it goes!

FAVORITES:

1. License to Kill
2. Thunderball
3. Live and Let Die
4. Quantum of Solace
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
 

 

Always nice to see someone else list Licence to Kill as their favorite Bond film.  Even better to see both it and Quantum of Solace getting some love.  For my money, those are not just two of the most underrated films in the franchise, but they're just two of the best, period. 

[sharpshooter]

Always nice to see someone else list Licence to Kill as their favorite Bond film. 

I could easily make a case for Licence to Kill being my favourite Bond film. A lot to like about it.

[freemo]

The first 9

Super cool awesome. Mass entertainment with a hint of artistic flourish. Comsumer product with a hint of maverick. Still have no idea how they did it. YOLT is beautiful. You're missing out, those not keen on YOLT.

 

1 - GOLDFINGER

2 - THUNDERBALL

3 - DR. NO

4 - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

5 - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

6 - LIVE AND LET DIE

7 - DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

8 - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

9 - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

 

Casino Royale

Welcome back, Mr. Bond.

 

10 - CASINO ROYALE

 

The Bondbusters

Lavish, beautiful blockbuster spectales. (Slight) Disneyfication of Bond going on here though, particularly with TSWLM (Less so with MR's savage doberman attack). MR isn't tremendously engaging, really, but it is lovely.

 

11 - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

12 - MOONRAKER

 

The 2 flawed gems

James Bond on the edge. Not perfect, but fresh, invigorating, and with flashes of truly exceptional.

 

13 - QUANTUM OF SOLACE

14 - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

 

The rest

The rest.

 

15 - A VIEW TO A KILL

16 - SKYFALL

17 - OCTOPUSSY

18 - LICENCE TO KILL

19 - TOMORROW NEVER DIES

20 - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

21 - GOLDENEYE

22 - DIE ANOTHER DAY

23 - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

[glidrose]

Lavish, beautiful blockbuster spectales. (Slight) Disneyfication of Bond going on here though, particularly with TSWLM (Less so with MR's savage doberman attack).

I guess you've forgotten Stromberg's secretary becoming shark chow.

You know? I only just realized that's another thing those two films have in common. Treacherous female assistants who get chewed up for their troubles.

[dtuba]

I don't think I've actually done this yet so here goes. Of course, if you ask me tomorrow, it'll probably change.

 

The Best

1. From Russia with Love

2. Casino Royale

3. Goldfinger

4. The Living Daylights

5. Live and Let Die

 

Quite Good

 

6. Skyfall

7. Dr. No

8. Licence to Kill

9. Thunderball

10. Quantum of Solace

 

Good

 

11. Goldeneye

12. The Spy Who Loved Me

13. On Her Majestys Secret Service

14. For Your Eyes Only

15. Tomorrow Never Dies

 

Not Bad, Could Be Better

 

16. The Man With The Golden Gun

17. Diamonds Are Forever

18. Octopussy

19. Moonraker

 

Bad

 

20. You Only Live Twice

21. A View To A Kill

22. Die Another Day

23. The World Is Not Enough

[Trip_Aces]

My, how things have changed over the years when it comes to ranking these films; here it goes!
FAVORITES:
1. License to Kill
2. Thunderball
3. Live and Let Die
4. Quantum of Solace
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

 
Always nice to see someone else list Licence to Kill as their favorite Bond film.  Even better to see both it and Quantum of Solace getting some love.  For my money, those are not just two of the most underrated films in the franchise, but they're just two of the best, period.

Right on, tdalton! LTK and QoS are, to me, two of the most interesting films in the series, due in part to how the character of Bond is analyzed. In these two films, he's living in a completely grey area and you really sense the internal conflict as he's trying to get on with his job, and that's fascinating to me.

I've always dug the minimalist "less is more" approach and, even though they're considered by many to be the weaker Bond entries, those two films in particular are engaging due to what's really at stake: vengeance and the risk of losing yourself in that process.

[Section 26 Paragraph 5]

I've done this before but it was about 3 or 4 years ago when I first joined the forum and just completed a marathon. Skyfall has come out since then and I just rewatched Casino and Quantum tonight so I figured I'd do it again. I also like how some people have categorized them into groups. I think this is helpful because the number doesn't describe everything. 

Certifiable Classics (Very hard for this list/order to change)
 

1. From Russia with Love - THE SPY MOVIE OF SPY MOVIES. No further explanation needed
2. The Living Daylights -  I know this one doesn't always get much love but Dalton's portrayal + globetrotting + a real SPY film = perfection. Bond in Afghanistan gets me every time.
3. Casino Royale - Brought Bond back from the depths of the Brosnan era. Invigorating.
4. Goldfinger - Connery at the top of his game
5. (tie) OHMSS - Possibly the most complete film outside of Casino. True to Fleming. Best Music.
5. (tie) The Spy Who Loved Me - The 70's Bond. Moore's most solid perfomance, but that might just be childhood nostalgia. Anya as Bond's true sidekick really puts this one up there. As someone above said, it was the Bondbuster
 

Top-Notch Films

 

7. Skyfall - There is little to complain about but it wasn't an instant classic like Casino. Very great film for the 50th.

8. Goldeneye - The only Brosnan film that is truly compelling, no doubt because it was originally written for Dalton
9. Thunderball - The last one where Connery looked like he gave a S***. Domino is stunning. Largo is a fun villian. Who doesn't love underwater fight scenes?
10. FYEO - Moore's grittiest performance and I liked the story even though it was convoluted. Kristatos is so much fun, but Moore is aging

11. Dr. No - The one that started it all, but it feels weak compared to FRWL and Goldfinger
12. Octopussy - Moore's age was really showing here but I dig Bond in India and the Cold War vibe in Germany

 

Mixed-Bag (order changes daily)

 

13. Moonraker - My favorite Bond as a kid, but then I grew up

14  Live and Let Die - Would probably replace TSWLM if it weren't so incredibly campy. Moore is very raw. Jane Seymour as Solitaire melts my pants every time.
15. Quantum of Solace - This one goes up the list everytime I watch it because it is so raw but I really can't get over Marc Forster's quick-cam editing and story is flimsy.

16. License to Kill - This is kind of just the Dalton version of QOS above. So raw, but nothing like its predecessor 

17. (tie) The World Is Not Enough - I actually liked the storyline but Christmas Jones is a downer. Still this was the first Bond I saw in theaters and I loved it.

17. (tie) You Only Live Twice - Connery really dials in the acting but the story is a lot of fun, the music is excellent, and Bond in Japan is great.

Pretty Bad

 

19. MWTGG - Moore and Chistopher Lee have solid performances but my mind wanders too much when I watch this.

20. Tommorrow Never Dies - Too many machine guns.

21. AVTAK - Chistopher Walken as an epic villian. Little else. Moore is ancient.

 

Putrid
 

22. Diamonds are Forever - What a buzzkill after OHMSS. Also set the stage for the campy Moore era.
23. Die Another Day - So bad I forgot the name of the movie when I made this list with cousin a few years ago. All I remembered was "The shitty Brosnan one". He couldn't remember either and we are both huge Bond fans


The middle part of this list is liable to change at any time.

[agentbug]

Having just watched Thunderball for the first time in an age I'm surprised to see that nearer the top of most people's lists than the bottom... and also surprised to see Tomorrow Never Dies so near the bottom. Yes, the ending is weak however the first hour is pretty flawless, and the villain is very good, certainly of the time, and the remote control car sequence is beautiful...

[Bes83]

Hi all,

My current ranking is as follows:

 

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

[tdalton]

Having just watched Thunderball for the first time in an age I'm surprised to see that nearer the top of most people's lists than the bottom...

 

I'd definitely have to agree with this sentiment.  Never have understood all the love for Thunderball.  Now, it's better than its counterpart, Never Say Never Again, but then again, a lot of things are.  Really, in my mind, the only thing that Thunderball really has going for it is Claudine Auger. 

[spinningnet]

23. Man with the Golden Gun

22. Thunderball

21. Live and Let Die

20. Quantum of Solace

19. The World is Not Enough

18. For Your Eyes Only

17. Die Another Day

16. Dr. No

15. Goldeneye

14. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

13. Tomorrow Never Dies

12. Moonraker

11. From Russia With Love

10. Diamonds Are Forever

9. The Spy Who Loved Me

8. Octopussy

7. You Only Live Twice

6. The Living Daylights

5. Casino Royale

4. A View to a Kill

3. Goldfinger

2. Licence to Kill

1. Skyfall

[DaveBond21]

There are no BAD movies out of the 23, in my opinion, and so for me this is always about ranking them in order as to which are my favourites, but I do love them all. I want to try this again so here we go:-

 

1) From Russia With Love

 

2) For Your Eyes Only

 

3) TSWLM

 

4) Casino Royale

 

5) Goldeneye

 

6) Skyfall

 

7) Dr No

 

8) Goldfinger

 

9) OHMSS

 

10) Thunderball

 

11) The Living Daylights

 

12) Licence to Kill

 

13) Octopussy

 

14) Moonraker

 

15) TND

 

16) TWINE

 

17) YOLT

 

18) TMWTGG

 

19) LALD

 

20) Quantum of Solace

 

21) AVTAK

 

22) DAF

 

23) DAD

[sharpshooter]

I always find these difficult, but here we go:

 

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

2. From Russia With Love

3. Doctor No

4. Thunderball

5. Goldfinger

6. You Only Live Twice

7. Skyfall

8. Casino Royale

9. The Spy Who Loved Me

10. Moonraker

11. Quantum of Solace

12. Licence to Kill

13. The Living Daylights

14. Goldeneye

15. Tomorrow Never Dies

16. Octopussy

17. Live and Let Die

18. Diamonds are Forever

19. The Man with the Golden Gun

20. For Your Eyes Only

21. A View to a Kill

22. Die Another Day

23. The World is not Enough

[DamnCoffee]

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

Edited by DamnCoffee, 21 January 2015 - 10:37 AM.

[DaveBond21]

It is so difficult to do this. I have TLD as 11th but I love it!

[Animal Clans]

I had to first put the movies of each actor in order of preference, then whittle it amongst it overall.  Here is what I came up with for myself.

 

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

[seawolfnyy]

It is so difficult to do this. I have TLD as 11th but I love it!

The Living Daylights is the better of Dalton's 2 in my opinion. That said, the pacing is odd as it goes from a Cold War-thriller to a drug-smuggling operation. The PTS is one of the series' best though (after Casino Royale and From Russia with Love).

[Vauxhall]

Not a full overhaul of the list, but I've recently revisited some of the lower ranked films in my book, and had a couple of changes of heart.

Not as bad as I remember: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and TOMORROW NEVER DIES
Not great but not disastrous: THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH and OCTOPUSSY
Still rock bottom: DIE ANOTHER DAY and A VIEW TO A KILL

Full ranking to come.

[Vauxhall]

Surprised myself quite a bit here, particularly in the middle rankings, and fighting over the top three. This is about right currently though: 

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

[oddjaws]

Just finished a full marathon of all 24 movies, including NSNA. Here's how it turned out:

 

1.      The Spy Who Loved Me                    1977                9.4/10

2.      Skyfall                                                 2012                9.3/10

3.      Casino Royale                                     2006                9.2/10

4.      Goldfinger                                          1964                9.1/10

5.      You Only Live Twice                         1967                9.0/10

6.      Thunderball                                         1965                8.7/10

7.      Licence to Kill                                       1989                8.6/10

8.      GoldenEye                                          1995                8.5/10

9.      The Living Daylights                          1987                8.4/10

10.  From Russia with Love                       1963                8.3/10

11.  For Your Eyes Only                            1981                8.2/10

12.  The Man with the Golden Gun           1974                8.0/10

13.  Dr. No                                                 1962                7.9/10

14.  Quantum of Solace                             2008                7.9/10

15.  Moonraker                                           1979                7.4/10

16.  Octopussy                                           1983                6.9/10

17.  Never Say Never Again                      1983                6.8/10

18.  On Her Majesty’s Secret Service        1969                6.7/10

19.  Diamonds are Forever                         1971                6.6/10

20.  The World is Not Enough                   1999                6.4/10

21.  A View to a Kill                                 1985                6.2/10

22.  Tomorrow Never Dies                        1997                5.7/10

23.  Live and Let Die                                 1973                4.0/10

24.  Die Another Day                                2002                3.7/10

[DaveBond21]

After my Bond marathon, here are the films that really impressed me this time around:-

 

1) FRWL

 

2) Dr No

 

3) Licence to Kill

 

4) Goldfinger

 

5) TSWLM

 

6) YOLT

 

 

The most unusual Bond are:- LALD and QOS

 

DAD is still the worst

[Vauxhall]

I was surprised at myself that YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE fared so well last time I did my list. Good to see I'm not the only one.

[DaveBond21]

I was surprised at myself that YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE fared so well last time I did my list. Good to see I'm not the only one.

 

It is actually really good until the volcano craziness and even then it's fine. There are some excellent scenes before that - meeting Henderson, the fight in Osato's office, meeting Osato, meeting Tiger, the car chase, Little Nellie. This is all excellent stuff. 1967 Tokyo looks futuristic too and the special effects were very good for the time.

 

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[sharpshooter]

All of the Connery films were escalating into something greater. This is true with From Russia With Love following Doctor No. There's a similar grounded tone, but it's all expanded upon. I think this is best exemplified with the ending sequences - the helicopter swooping and the boat chase. Goldfinger was something of a tonal change, but it was also a template for spectacle and glamour. The plot is ambitious to say the least, however it's all focused on Fort Knox. Thunderball's plot threatens the world. So does YOLT's, but it's taking place in outer space, and the methods are even more bold. DAF took this even further, and we all know that's not to everyone's taste. But I digress. There's a lot to like about YOLT.

[SecretAgentFan]

With my re-watch session finishing the first 20 films (plus NSNA), I thought it would be interesting to do a new ranking before entering "Phase Two" a.k.a. the Craig era.

 

When I started re-evaluating my opinion on the films I feared that overfamiliarity with some of them would be a disadvantage for them.  That did not happen to be the case.  

 

Neither do I think that my long abstinence from watching the films (amost three years) was the deciding factor that changed my views on them.  I believe it was the chronological order, seeing the films as they were conceptualized and released, that made me appreciate EON actually trying to give the formula a different spin with every new film, sometimes enhancing its impact, sometimes diminishing it.

 

In comparison with my last ranking in May 2012 (boy, does time fly) - this is what so far has changed for me:

 

 

21.  NSNA (no change, still at the bottom of my list of favorites)

 

20.  TWINE (huge drop from no. 3, while TND rises just as extremely from here)

 

19.  DAF (another huge drop from number 5, with GE shooting up into the top 10 - man, what was I thinking in 2012? )

 

18.  FYEO (no change)

 

17.  DAD (dropping from no. 12, and GF rising into the top 10 again - hmmm)

 

16.  TB (no change)

 

15.  LTK (drastic drop from no. 6, and OP rising up, up, up)

 

14.  AVTAK (dropping slightly from no. 10, with LALD rising again)

 

13.  DN (no change)

 

12. YOLT (dropping only one place from no. 11)

 

11. MR (dropping from no. 9)

 

 

 

10. TMWTGG (dropping from no. 7)

 

9.  GE (rising a lot, from no. 19)

 

8.  GF (rising also a lot, from no. 17)

 

7.  OP (rising... man, if something rises in this current list, it really does rise, from no. 15) 

 

6.  LALD (also really rising, from no. 14) 

 

5.  TND (biggest riser, from no. 20)  

 

4.  TLD (dropping from no. 2)

 

3. OHMSS (rising from no. 8) 

 

2.  FRWL (rising from no.4)

 

1. TSWLM (no change, still my absolute favorite - and not only because of my extreme nostalgia for it)

 

 

So, not that it would interest anybody else but me - but I´m waiting for an important call before I can go back to work, also I´m quite lazy right now - what has happened because of my re-watch session?

 

Only five of my all-time favorites have remained in the top 10 (TSWLM, FRWL, OHMSS, TLD, TMWTGG) with two of them dropping like flies (TWINE and DAF) and LTK also losing its appeal to me.  Instead, unloved films like TND, LALD and OP gaining the most from my re-watching them.

 

These three could be considered as absolutely light-weight entries, so maybe I was starving for more fun?  Then again, DAF dropped so badly, and that one is even more light-weight, isn´t it?

 

Maybe TND, LALD and OP have gained so much ground with me because they are pretty unprentious, pure entertainment with strong turns by their leads - yet, they have interesting plot-elements and visuals that set them apart.

 

And the big dropper TWINE might have suffered from my enjoying its predecessor so much that it showed its many flaws too clearly, whereas before I watched TWINE not in context but simply for its attempt at a more serious story.  And as I said in my review, failing where SKYFALL succeeded did not help TWINE at all.

 

I´m curious how the re-watching of the Craig era will effect my final ranking.  Right now I would place all Craig-Bonds in the top ten, which means that three entries there would drop out of it.  This is how I view the Craig era now:

 

3. CR

2. QOS

1. SF

 

But do I really prefer all of them to my current top 10?  Or will a repeated viewing of these three films jumble the others around?

 

Oh, the excitement...