MRQE Ranks: The Best of James Bond

The Best of James Bond

Bond . . . James Bond. The 50th Anniversary of Bond is fast approaching next year, a new Bond film is slated to reign in the celebrations, and Netflix is now offering a number of Bond movies for instant streaming. We can't help but get caught up in the excitement. Enjoy our ranked list of all Bond; shaken, not stirred.

		MRQE Metric
1 Goldfinger (1964) Cast: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet Director: Guy Hamilton Writer: Ian Fleming Synopsis: With Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy gadgetry, extravagant sets, ... [MORE]	Rate it!	86
2 Casino Royale (2006) Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright Director: Martin Campbell Synopsis: Actor Daniel Craig assumes the role formerly occupied by such screen greats as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Timothy Dalton to set out on the char... [MORE]	Rate it!	78
3 From Russia with Love (1963) Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Pedro Armendáriz Director: Terence Young Writer: Ian Fleming Synopsis: From Russia With Love, the second in the series of James Bond films, is the film that solidifies all the Bond film elements into a formula -- the a... [MORE]	Rate it!	78
4 Dr. No (1962) Cast: Ma Chun Wai, Yoyo Mung Ka-Wai, Blacky Ko Sau-Leung, Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung, Poon Ah Hong Director: Mak Kai Gwong	Rate it!	77
5 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Cast: George Lazenby, Telly Savalas, Diana Rigg, Ilse Steppat, Gabriele Ferzetti Director: Peter Hunt Synopsis: It wasn't as well received at the box office as the pictures that preceded it or followed it, but Peter Hunt's On Her Majesty's Secret Service was ... [MORE]	Rate it!	76
6 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Cast: Roger Moore, Curt Jurgens, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro Director: Lewis Gilbert Synopsis: Though not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from... [MORE]	Rate it!	74
7 Licence to Kill (1989) Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe Director: John Glen Synopsis: Timothy Dalton is better in Licence to Kill than in his first James Bond endeavor (The Living Daylights), but he still seems uncomfortable on the r... [MORE]	Rate it!	72
8 Thunderball (1965) Cast: Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter Director: Terence Young Synopsis: Thunderball finds James Bond matching wits with the sinister espionage organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E, (which stands for Special Executive for Counteri... [MORE]	Rate it!	71
9 The Living Daylights (1987) Cast: Timothy Dalton, Jeroen Krabbe, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn, John Rhys-Davies Director: John Glen	Rate it!	69
10 Live and Let Die (1973) Cast: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Julius W. Harris, Clifton James Director: Guy Hamilton Synopsis: Roger Moore makes his first appearance as "Bond...James Bond" in 1973's Live and Let Die. Bond is dispatched to the States to stem the activities ... [MORE]	Rate it!	67
11 You Only Live Twice (1967) Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba, Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi Director: Lewis Gilbert Synopsis: James Bond heads East to save the world (and to learn how to serve saki properly) in this action-packed espionage adventure. When an American space... [MORE]	Rate it!	67
12 GoldenEye (1995) Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker Director: Martin Campbell Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 19... [MORE]	Rate it!	66
13 Quantum of Solace (2008) Cast: Daniel Craig, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko Director: Marc Forster Synopsis: A devastating betrayal sends James Bond from Australia to Italy and South America on a mission of vengeance that pits the suave super-spy against a... [MORE]	Rate it!	65
14 For Your Eyes Only (1981) Cast: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian Glover Director: John Glen Synopsis: For Your Eyes Only eschews the gimmickry and campiness of earlier James Bond films, concentrating instead on telling the story and maintaining susp... [MORE]	Rate it!	65
15 Die Another Day (2002) Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune Director: Lee Tamahori Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan makes his fourth appearance as suave super-spy James Bond in this espionage thriller, the 20th film in the official Bond series. Whi... [MORE]	Rate it!	63
16 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker Director: Roger Spottiswoode Synopsis: Roger Spottiswoode (Air America) directed this film, the 18th chapter in the 35-year-old James Bond series (excluding Casino Royale and Never Say N... [MORE]	Rate it!	63
17 Moonraker (1979) Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Corinne Clery, Bernard Lee Director: Lewis Gilbert Synopsis: In this adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1955 novel, James Bond (Roger Moore) must thwart Sir Hugo Drax (Michel Lonsdale), who plans to wipe out all of ... [MORE]	Rate it!	62
18 Octopussy (1983) Cast: Roger Moore, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi Director: John Glen, J. Glen Synopsis: This (13th) time around, "007" receives the usual call to come and visit "Mother" when another agent drops off a fake Faberge jeweled egg at the Br... [MORE]	Rate it!	62
19 A View to a Kill (1985) Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee Director: John Glen Synopsis: Secret Agent 007 must stop a megalomaniacal technology mogul from destroying Silicon Valley in this unexceptional entry in the James Bond series. C... [MORE]	Rate it!	62
20 The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize Director: Guy Hamilton	Rate it!	60
21 Never Say Never Again (1983) Cast: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger Director: Irvin Kershner Synopsis: The title of the 1983 James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again is a self-mocking reference to star Sean Connery's insistence back in 1971 that h... [MORE]	Rate it!	60
22 The World Is Not Enough (1999) Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Judi Dench Director: Michael Apted Synopsis: James Bond, the world's greatest secret agent, is sent once more into the breach in the name of Queen, Country, and a dry martini. In the 19th Bond... [MORE]	Rate it!	59
23 Diamonds Are Forever (1971)	Rate it!	56
24 Casino Royale (1967) Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Woody Allen Director: Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish	Rate it!	46