Now that Skyfall has been out for a few weeks, how would you rank the 23 James Bond films?

If you haven't seen all of them just rank the one's you've seen.

Here's my updated list

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - ***** (A+)
2. Goldfinger (1964) - ***** (A+)
3. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - ***** (A+)
4. Skyfall (2012) - ***** (A+)
5. Casino Royale (2006) - ***** (A+)
6. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - ***** (A+)
7. From Russia with Love (1963) - ****½ (A)
8. Licence to Kill (1989) - ****½ (A)
9. Goldeneye (1995) - **** (A-)
10. The Living Daylights (1987) - **** (A-)
11. Live and Let Die (1973) - ***½ (B+)
12. You Only Live Twice (1967) - *** (B)
13. For Your Eyes Only (1981) - *** (B)
14. The World is Not Enough (1999) - *** (B)
15. Thunderball (1965) - *** (B)
16. Dr. No (1962) - *** (B)
17. Quantum of Solace (2008) - **½ (B-)
18. A View to a Kill (1985) - **½ (B-)
19. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - **½ (C+)
20. Diamonds are Forever (1971) - **½ (C+)
21. Octopussy (1983) - ** (C)
22. Moonraker (1979) - ** (C)
23. Die Another Day (2002) - *½ (C-)

am i the only person in the world who hasn't seen a single bond film?

I've vastly underBondeducated. I've seen CR, the Brosnan ones, Moonraker, the Man with the Golden Gun, License to Kill. That's right... no Connerys.

I don't understand how anyone could rank these two films first and worst?!? They are both of the same great style - - pure Bond formula flicks which get everything right (the "gags, gadgets, and girls" as I've read a million places this week).





Anyways, I'm just going to use two categories for my own rankings:

Great Bond Movies:

Die Another Day
The World is Not Enough
Live and Let Die
The Man With the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eye's Only
Octopussy
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
+ all of the Sean Connery Bond films

Crappy Bond Movies:

Casino Royale
Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldeneye
A View To A Kill
The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill

From what I recall:

Great enough to make a top 10 of the year

Casino Royale
The Spy Who Loved Me

The pretty good

Dr. No
Live and Let Die
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
Thunderball
The World is Not Enough
Octopussy
Tomorrow Never Dies


Decent

Die Another Day
A View to a Kill

Mediocre

Moonraker

the rest I either don't remember that much seeing them since it was a long time ago (namely some of the Sean Connery ones like Goldfinger), or I haven't seen them at all...

Rankings change allllll the time

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Casino Royale
Thunderball
Goldfinger
The Living Daylights
GoldenEye
From Russia With Love
The Spy Who Loved Me
You Only Live Twice
For Your Eyes Only
Quantum Of Solace
The World Is Not Enough
Octopussy
Tomorrow Never Dies
Licence To Kill
A View To A Kill
Live And Let Die
Dr. No
Diamonds Are Forever
Moonraker
Die Another Day
The Man With The Golden Gun

Die Another Day is absolute shite.

I remember reading 7 years ago in the Guinness book of records that they estimate 3 billion people have watched one of these films on some sort of media over the last 40+ years.

That explains a lot.

Ive only seen the Pierce Brosnan era except for Goldeneye.

That I have great taste in BOND fins?

All i know is the worst Bond is Live and Let Die, even worse then Moonraker. Its like watching a silly blacksplotation movie.

Best is a tie between Casino Royale, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye and You Only Live Twice.

You have Thunderball on the brain sir.

So I have the best and worst ranked #1 and #2 according to you.

Bond films are subjective I guess but the sheen seems to worn off quite a bit on the new era of Bond.

I just can't believe people like Die Another Day that much (of course it was Bradley, so I really don't believe it to begin with). It was so phoney and going through the motions, there's not a hint of soul in the delivery of any line and whilst I don't have a problem with CG you have to sell it with a little more gusto than that awful climax. The highlight of the film was the swordfight.

In my opinion there are two Bond formulas and the over-the-top aspect has it's place, but there are definately great (You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me... which ironically are like the same film) ones and exceedingly poor ones (Die Another Day, Moonraker).

Likewise of the more grounded Bonds, there are great ones (From Russia With Love, Casino Royale) and really poorer examples (Licence to Kill).

Guess so. Live and Let Die was just sooooo boring to me, it consisted entirely of Roger Moore getting his Jive on, so unappealing!!

You Only Live Twice was gloriously OTT right down to the missile thingy having hot vaginal sex with satellites.

Have seen 9.

From Russia with Love
Casino Royale
Goldfinger
Goldeneye
Dr No
Quantum of Solace
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough

I haven't seen all, but most of them.

Moonraker is CLEARLY the worst.


And of the four Brosnan Bond flicks, The World is Not Enough is my favorite. Sue me.

Um, yeah, Loyal...that's cos' Ronin featurs one of the best car chases ever. Better than seen in any Bond flick.

World is Not Enough would be a top tier Bond if it had...

- No Denise Richards
- A more substantial finale (the sub explosion needed to be bigger and more climactic)

I like The World Is Not Enough quite a bit, too.

The World is Not Enough had the coldest Brosnan moment when he shot Sophie, that certainly made it memorable.

Yeah I remember sitting in the audience saying, "Well that was different"

I can't remember a time where Bond basically just walks up to the main villian and shoots him/her.

Exactly, that car chase is still absolutely stunning.

I have only seen three Bond movies: Goldeneye, Die Another Day and Casino Royale (2006). I think it was Goldeneye in which the movie ended at a huge radio antenna observatory. I live 10 minutes from it! It's truly majestic. That was the best part of the movie.

I guess I need to become more educated on Bond movies, especially Connery ones.

Only seen parts of the Bond movies... So...

1. Casino Royale
2. Quantum Of Solace